United States Hydrographic Office

U.S. agency that prepares and publishes maps, charts, and nautical books required in navigation
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United States Hydrographic Office

Summary

United States Hydrographic Office is a government agency[1]. It was born on +1866-00-00T00:00:00Z[2]. It died on +1962-00-00T00:00:00Z[3]. It ranks in the top 6% of government_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[4]

Key Facts

  • United States Hydrographic Office was born on +1866-00-00T00:00:00Z[2].
  • United States Hydrographic Office died on +1962-00-00T00:00:00Z[3].
  • United States Hydrographic Office is in the country of United States[5].
  • United States Hydrographic Office's instance of is recorded as government agency[6].
  • United States Hydrographic Office's seal image is recorded as U.S.H.O. Seal (1876).jpg[7].
  • United States Hydrographic Office's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.[8].
  • United States Hydrographic Office's ISNI is recorded as 000000011482296X[9].
  • United States Hydrographic Office's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 150611767[10].
  • United States Hydrographic Office's GND ID is recorded as 62061-0[11].
  • United States Hydrographic Office's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79140986[12].
  • United States Hydrographic Office's IdRef ID is recorded as 248477218[13].
  • United States Hydrographic Office's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA09271743[14].
  • United States Hydrographic Office's Commons category is recorded as United States Hydrographic Office[15].
  • +1866-06-21T00:00:00Z marks the founding of United States Hydrographic Office[16].
  • United States Hydrographic Office was dissolved in +1962-07-10T00:00:00Z[17].
  • United States Hydrographic Office's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0h65yrb[18].
  • United States Hydrographic Office's parent organization or unit is recorded as (U.S.) Bureau of Navigation[19].
  • United States Hydrographic Office's parent organization or unit is recorded as (U.S.) Bureau of Navigation[20].
  • United States Hydrographic Office's parent organization or unit is recorded as United States Department of War[21].
  • United States Hydrographic Office's parent organization or unit is recorded as Bureau of Equipment[22].
  • United States Hydrographic Office's NLA Trove people ID is recorded as 999018[23].
  • United States Hydrographic Office's replaced by is recorded as Naval Oceanographic Office[24].
  • United States Hydrographic Office's Commons Creator page is recorded as United States Hydrographic Office[25].
  • United States Hydrographic Office's SHARE Catalogue author ID is recorded as 633943[26].
  • United States Hydrographic Office's BHL creator ID is recorded as 26307[27].

Body

Founding

+1866-06-21T00:00:00Z marks the founding of United States Hydrographic Office[16].

Operations

United States Hydrographic Office's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.[8]. Parent organizations include (U.S.) Bureau of Navigation[19], a government agency[28], founded in 1862[29]; United States Department of War[21], a defence ministry[30], in United States[31], founded in 1949[32], headquartered in The Pentagon[33]; and Bureau of Equipment[22], a government agency[34], in United States[35], founded in 1862[36].

Dissolution

United States Hydrographic Office was dissolved in +1962-07-10T00:00:00Z[17].

Why It Matters

United States Hydrographic Office ranks in the top 6% of government_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[4]

References

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  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [4] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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