CONTENTS 



Chapter Page 



PREFACE iii 



I CHRONOLOGY 1 



II DAHLGREN'S FIRST LEADING SCIENTIST 



Dr. L. T. E. Thompson 19 



III EARLY WORK IN AVIATION 



Rear Admiral Boynton L. Braun 28 



IV RANGE OPERATIONS 



Donald W. Stoner 50 



V DEVELOPMENT OF ARMOR AND PROJECTILE 



LABORATORY 



Dr. Ralph A. Sawyer 69 



VI DAHLGREN'S FIRST DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH 



Dr. Charles C. Bramble 76 



VII TIMES OF CRISIS 



Dr. Russell H. Lyddane 82 



VIII THE MANHATTAN AND ELSIE PROJECTS 



Wesley W. Meyers 96 



IX COMMUNITY RELATIONS 



Harold M. Gouldman, Jr 109 



X DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY 



Ralph A. Niemann 123 



XI NAVAL GUNS 



Carl H. Wingo, Jr 138 



XII RAPID DEVELOPMENT 



Bernard Smith 151 



XIII DAHLGREN IN PERSPECTIVE 



Rear Admiral Frederic S. Withington 168 



APPENDIX 



Commanding Officers 181 



INDEX 



Names 183 



Subjects 186 



