Olaf M. Hustvedt Oral History Interview

December 31, 1975
Oral History #OH0083
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Mason, John T. , Jr. ; Hustvedt, Olaf M. (Olaf Mandt), 1886-1978
Physical description
0.01 Cubic Feet, 297 pages
Preferred Citation
Olaf M. Hustvedt Oral History Interview (#OH0083), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
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ECU Manuscript Collection
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Vice Admiral Olaf M. Hustvedt (USNA Class of 1909), discusses his thirty-six year career, including service in World War I and World War II, heading the Experimental Section in the Bureau of Ordnance, serving as Production Chief of the Naval Gun Factory, commanding the USS Detroit and the USS North Carolina, Commander of Battleships in the Atlantic Fleet, and commanding Battleship Division 7.

Biographical/historical information

Vice Admiral Hustvedt (USNA Class of 1909), during a thirty six year career, distinguished himself in Naval Ordnance and as battleship commander. He served in World War I and World War II, headed the Experimental Section in the Bureau of Ordnance, served as Production Chief of the Naval Gun Factory, commanded the USS DETROIT, the USS NORTH CAROLINA, Commander Battleships, Atlantic Fleet, and Battleship Division 7.

Scope and arrangement

This typed memoir is a copy of sessions conducted by the U.S. Naval Institute in 1975. This copy was made with the approval of Captain Erling H. Hustvedt, son and heir of Admiral Hustvedt. All copyright privileges belong to the U.S. Naval Institute and the family of Admiral Hustvedt.

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Gift of Olaf M. Hustvedt

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Repository does not own copyright to the oral history collection. Permission to cite, reproduce, or broadcast must be obtained from both the repository and the participants in the oral history, or their heirs.

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General note

1909-1945

Key terms
Personal Names
Hustvedt, Olaf M. (Olaf Mandt), 1886-1978
Corporate Names
North Carolina (Battleship : BB-55)
United States. Navy--Officers--Interviews
Topical
Admirals--United States--Interviews
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1939-1945