Their garb has reflected these differences, as well as conforming to the type of duties each group was expected to perform. Officer and enlisted have historically been, for the most part, comprised of individuals from separate social, educational and economic classes. In any historical narrative of Navy uniforms the dichotomy between officer and enlisted dress requires separate treatment of the evolutionary developments of these traditionally distinctive modes of dress. A bibliography is included at the completion of the History Section. Information has been obtained from Navy Uniform Board historical directives and selected commercial histories of Naval uniforms. The historical personal and official correspondence regarding uniforms on file at the National Archives has been researched. Uniform Regulations, provided by the Navy Department Library have been reviewed. The study has been compiled utilizing research data available in the Washington area. These changes are related to naval history in order that the reader can match uniform development with changes in the Navy itself. The history of the development of the naval uniform traces the uniforms through significant changes from 1776-1981.
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