Admiral Lewis B. Combs
Papers, 1944-1976
Acc. # 2008-2 |
Processed by: T.A.Gobert |
Vol.: .2 lin. ft. |
Date: January 2008 |
Restrictions: none |
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Biographical Note
Lewis B. Combs was born in 1885. He attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he received a degree in civil engineering in 1916. Soon after graduation, he joined the United States Navy, serving as a naval engineer for the next thirty years.
From 1938 to 1946 Admiral Combs served as the Deputy Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks. He is most well known for his leadership in developing the Naval Construction Battalions (a.k.a. the "Seabees") during World War II. After his retirement from the Navy in 1947, Combs became head of RPI's Department of Civil Engineering, retiring from that position in 1961. Admiral Combs died in Red Hook, New York, in 1996.
Scope Note
This collection of Admiral Combs's papers includes a few of his speeches, articles about fellow Rensselaer alumni who served in World War II, historical information about the Navy's Bureau of Yards and Docks and the Civil Engineering Corps, and technical information and images related to diesel pile drivers.
Inventory
| Box | Folder | Description |
Date |
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1 |
1 |
Speeches | 1945 |
2 |
Articles regarding RPI men who served in World War II | 1946 |
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3 |
Historical information regarding the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Yards and Docks and the Civil Engineering Corps | 1944-1962 |
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4 |
Navy Civil Engineer, v. 17, no. 2 | Summer 1976 |
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5 |
Diesel pile driver specifications and correspondence | 1950 |
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6 |
Diesel pile driver photographs | ca. 1950 |
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7 |
Diesel pile driver technical drawings | 1947 |
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