At the U.S. Naval Academy in the late 1870s, future line officers—such as William S. Sims—and engineering officers followed separate rigorous courses of education. There was tension between the two groups, but both received the schooling necessary to embrace emerging technologies and lead the U.S. Navy in the Great War.

 

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