General Board of the United States Navy
... that the General Board of the United States Navy was an advisory body of the United States Navy, effectively a naval general staff?
... that the <b id="mwAUc"><a href="./General_Board_of_the_United_States_Navy" id="mwAUg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="General Board of the United States Navy">General Board of the United States Navy</a></b> was an advisory body of the <a href="./United_States_Navy" id="mwAUk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a>, effectively a naval <a class="mw-redirect" href="./General_staff" id="mwAUo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="General staff">general staff</a>?