Furer, Julius Augustus, 1880-1963

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Naval officer.

From the description of Papers of Julius Augustus Furer, 1910-1962 (bulk 1915-1961). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71060554

Biographical Note

  • 1880, Oct. 9: Born, Mosel, Wis.
  • 1901: Graduated, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.
  • 1905: M.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
  • 1915: Duty at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii In charge of the USS F-4 submarine salvage operations
  • 1915 - 1923 : Duty in the Bureau of Construction and Repair, with a two-year absence from 1919 to 1921
  • 1917: Supervisor, construction of 110-foot submarine
  • 1919 - 1921 : Duty in the Pacific Fleet
  • 1923 - 1927 : Member, Naval Mission to Brazil
  • 1927: Married Helen Carlin Emery
  • 1935 - 1937 : Assistant naval attaché, American embassy, London, England
  • 1935 - 1938 : Technical adviser, Naval Limitations Conference, London, England
  • 1938 - 1941 : General inspector, Bureau of Ships
  • 1941: Promoted to rear admiral
  • 1941 - 1945 : Coordinator of research and development, Navy Department
  • 1958: Retired, United States Navy
  • 1959: Published Administration of the Navy Department in World War II. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office
  • 1963, June 5: Died, Bethesda, Md.

From the guide to the Julius Augustus Furer Papers, 1910-1962, (bulk 1915-1961), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Land, Emory Scott, 1879-1971. Emory Scott Land papers, 1901-1972. Library of Congress
creatorOf Julius Augustus Furer Papers, 1910-1962, (bulk 1915-1961) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Dudley Wright Knox Papers, circa 1864-1960, (bulk 1921-1946) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn United States. Navy. Wisconsin related documents and photographs, 1864, 1909, 1946-1957. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Burke, Arleigh A., 1901-1996. person
associatedWith Bush, Vannevar, 1890-1974. person
associatedWith Compton, K. T. (Karl Taylor), 1887-1954. person
associatedWith Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959. person
associatedWith Eller, Ernest McNeill, 1903-1992. person
associatedWith F-4 (Submarine) corporateBody
associatedWith F-4 (Submarine) corporateBody
associatedWith Furer, Albert. person
associatedWith Furer, Albert. person
associatedWith Furer, Kurt. person
associatedWith Furer, Kurt. person
associatedWith Halsey, William Frederick, 1882-1959. person
associatedWith Heffernan, John B. person
associatedWith Hunsaker, Jerome C. (Jerome Clarke), 1886-1984. person
correspondedWith Knox, Dudley Wright, 1877-1960. person
correspondedWith Land, Emory Scott, 1879-1971. person
associatedWith Little, Charles James Colebrook, Sir, 1882- person
associatedWith Morison, Samuel Eliot, 1887-1976. person
associatedWith Toal, Clifton. person
associatedWith Toal, Clifton. person
associatedWith United States Naval Academy. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Navy. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
United States
United States
England--London
Subject
Military attachés
Military attachés
Naval research
Naval research
Salvage
Submarines (Ships)
Occupation
Naval officers
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Birth 1880-10-09

Death 1963-06-05

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