US Naval Strategic Transformation And Battleship Development (1890-1922)

It was an important historical period in the history of the United States navy,between the end of nineteenth Century to the early twentieth Century.In this period,The U.S.Navy abandoned the use of nearly a hundred years of "coastal defense"and "commercial plunder",the strategy began to change the strategy to "sea offensive".In 1889 and 1890,Tracey put forward a new naval strategy in the two annual report,and the U.S.Navy began the process of strategic transformation.Understand.ing of the new U.S.naval strategy to unity in a disagreement,and affected the development of the United States Navy battleships were also in the twists and turns.The battleships and the new strategy was tested and widely recognized in the Spanish-American War in 1898.Therefore,the development of the battleship and naval strategic transformation were smoothly in Roosevelt administration,and after the reorganization of the Navy in 1906,the Navy realized the strategic transformation.After the WWI,according to the war and the Washington Conference,the U.S.Navy has adjusted to the development of naval strategy and make a new plan to develop the battleships.At this point,the strategic transformation of the U.S.Navy was completed,and has been used before the WWII.Overall,the strategic transformation of the U.S.Navy and the development of battleships can be.divided into three stages.First,the begin of the Naval strategic transformation and the Tortuous development period of battleships.Second,the Navy initially realized the strategic transformation period and the rapid development of the battleship.The adjustment of Naval strategic and the replanning of the development of battleships.The three stage consists of the United States Navy battleship development and strategic transformation.