Where the Fleet Begins: A History of the David Taylor Research Center, 1898-1998: A History of the David Taylor Research Center, 1898-1998

Traces the modern research and development center from its dual origin when David Taylor and George Melville brought science and technology to the emerging steam-driven steel fleet, through a full century of modernization and several reorganizations. Details the constant work to transform vision into reality, and to keep innovation flowing from cutting-edge science and technology into the Navy's ships and submarines.