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1930
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January 27
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Admiral H.K. Tu, Chinese Navy, visits NWC.
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1930
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May 30
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Pringle detached for sea duty. Captain S.W. Bryant, acting.
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1930
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June 16
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Rear Admiral Harris Laning assumes NWC presidency.
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1930
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July 1
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1931 classes begin with 44 senior, 37 junior students.
Graduation May 29, 1931.
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1930
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September 10
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First America's Cup Races held off Newport.
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1931
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July 1
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1932 classes begin with 42 senior, 37 junior students.
Graduation May 27, 1932.
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1931
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July 21
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U.S. Senate ratifies London Treaty of Naval Limitations.
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1931
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October 28
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General of the Armies John Pershing and Marshal Petain of France visit NWC as part of Yorktown Sesquicentennial celebration.
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1932
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July 1
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1933 classes begin with 48 senior and 48 junior students. Ernest J. King and William F. Halsey included in senior class. Graduation May 26, 1933.
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1933
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February 16
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Marine Corps Schools team presents advanced base problem to NWC.
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1933
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May 13
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Laning detached for sea duty. Captain Adolphus Andrews, acting.
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1933
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June 3
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Rear Admiral Luke McNamee assumes NWC presidency
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1933
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July 6
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1934 classes begin with 52 senior, 36 junior students.
Graduation May 25, 1934.
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1933
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August 16
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CNO approves advanced course at NWC.
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1934
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May 8
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Pringle Hall dedicated.
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1934
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May 29
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McNamee retires from active duty. Captain H.D. Cooke,acting.
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1934
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June 18
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Rear Admiral Edward Kalbfus assumes NWC presidency.
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1934
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July 1
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1935 classes begin with11 advanced, 45 senior, 40 junior students. Graduation May 24, 1935.
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1934
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July 11
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Admiral Joseph Reeves, C-in-C U.S. Fleet, addresses NWC.
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1934
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October 9
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Change to Navy Regulations deletes NWC president from General Board membership and shifts NWC from CNO to Bunav direction.
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1935
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July 1
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1936 classes begin with 11 advanced, 45 senior, 22 junior students. Graduation May 22, 1936.
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1936
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May 15
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Colonel Robert McCormick, publisher of Chicago Tribune, addresses NWC.
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1936
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July 2
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1937 classes begin with 12 advanced, 50 senior, 10 junior students. Graduation May 14, 1937.
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1936
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September 28
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Death of William Sowden Sims in Boston, Mass.
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1936
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December 15
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Kalbfus detached for sea duty. Captain H.D. Cooke acting.
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1937
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January 2
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Rear Admiral Charles P. Snyder assumes NWC presidency.
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1937
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July 1
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1938 classes begin with six advanced, 52 senior, 15 junior students. Graduation May 13, 1938.
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1938
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May 17
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Congress passes Vinson-Trammell Act authorizing "Two Ocean" Navy.
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1938
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July 6
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1939 classes begin with nine advanced, 53 senior, 17 junior students. Graduation May 27, 1939.
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1938
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September 21
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Major hurricane strikes Narragansett Bay area.
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1938
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October 1
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Addition to Mahan Hall completed to expand Library facilities.
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1939
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May 27
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Snyder detached for sea duty. Captain J.W. Wilcox acting.
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1939
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June 30
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Kalbfus returns and assumes NWC presidency.
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1939
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July 5
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1940 classes begin with nine advanced, 53 senior, 17 junior students. Graduation May 26, 1940.
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1939
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September 1
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Outbreak of World War II in Europe.
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1939
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September 8
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President Roosevelt declares "limited national emergency."
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