Establishment of The Bureau System, 1842
Ultimately, the Board system was unable to provide the Navy with the necessary technical and management control. Among other things, naval technology was becoming increasingly complex during the first half of the 19th century, and required more specialized oversight. In the early 1840s, Congress decided to abolish the Board of Naval Commissioners and replace them with a more specialized bureaucracy based on broad functional areas such as shipbuilding.
The first five bureaus were established by Act of Congress on August 31, 1842. They were the:
- Bureau of Naval Yards and Docks
- Bureau of Construction, Equipment, and Repairs;
- Bureau of Provisions and Clothing;
- Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography; and
- Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
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