The Legacy of the White Oak Laboratory,

Authors

Frank C. Mahncke

Abstract

The Navy has had a remarkable and pro- ductive group of in-house research and development laboratories. Sadly, with the drawdowns of the post–Cold War era, many have been closed, among them the “White Oak Laboratory”—the Naval Ordnance Laboratory at White Oak, Maryland. WOL, as it was popularly known, gave the Navy a tremendous leg- acy of technology, weapons, and people. Fortunately, that legacy has been pre- served by William Anspacher, Betty Gay, Donald Marlowe, Paul Morgan, and Samuel Raff in this richly detailed ac- count of the laboratory’s history.

Recommended Citation

Mahncke, Frank C. (2001) "The Legacy of the White Oak Laboratory,," Naval War College Review: Vol. 54: No. 3, Article 28.
Available at: https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol54/iss3/28