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Author: Van Orden, M. D.
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 102
ISBN-13: 9780870212123
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Text and photographs introduce the characteristics and purposes of the various types of ships in the present-day Navy.
Author: Van Orden, M. D.
Publisher: Dodd Mead
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 102
ISBN-13: 9780396085430
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Text and photographs introduce the characteristics and purposes of the various types of ships in the present-day Navy.
Author: Michael Green
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2014-09-30
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 1526742438
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This pictorial history of US battleships illustrates the power, versatility, and many combat operations of this naval stalwart across the 20th century. Between 1895 and 1944, the US Navy commissioned some 60 steel-clad battleships; from the USS Indiana (BB-1) to the USS Missouri (BB-63). After an impressive showing in the Spanish-American War and the Great White Fleet's circumnavigation of the world, US battleships played only a minor role in the First World War. They came into their own in World War II, bombarding enemy-held coastal regions, facing off against their Japanese counterparts, and providing essential protection of aircraft carriers. Their armor, at nearly a foot and a half thick, saved many lives in the face of suicidal kamikaze pilots. After World War II, battleships were relegated to war reserve status, but their conversion to platforms for cruise missiles gave them a vital new role. The last US battleship retired in 1992, having served in Korean, Vietnam, and Iraq. Combining rare wartime photographs and authoritative text by military expert Michael Green, Battleships of the United States Navy gives the expert and layman a detailed overview of one of the greatest weapon systems in military history.
Author: United States. Navy Department
Publisher:
Published: 1919
Total Pages: 1192
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Mark Stille
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2021-11-11
Total Pages: 396
ISBN-13: 1472848039
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A comprehensive overview of the strategy, operations and vessels of the United States Navy from 1941 to 1945. Although slowly building its navy while neutral during the early years of World War II, the US was struck a serious blow when its battleships, the lynchpin of US naval doctrine, were the target of the dramatic attack at Pearl Harbor. In the Pacific Theatre, the US was thereafter locked into a head to head struggle with the impressive Imperial Japanese Navy, fighting a series of major battles in the Coral Sea, at Midway, the Philippine Sea, Leyte Gulf and Okinawa in the struggle for supremacy over Japan. Having avoided the decisive defeat sought by the IJN, the US increased industrial production and by the end of the war, the US Navy was larger than any other in the world. Meanwhile in the west, the US Navy operated on a second front, supporting landings in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy, and in 1944 played a significant part in the D-Day landings, the largest and most complex amphibious operation of all time. Written by an acknowledged expert and incorporating extensive illustrations including photographs, maps and colour artwork, this book offers a detailed look at the strategy, operations and vessels of the US Navy in World War II.
Author: John Ballard
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2015-08-15
Total Pages: 259
ISBN-13: 1445646536
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this readable and informative book, John Ballard tells the story of ten of the most significant ships in the Royal Navy.
Author: Stephen F. Tomajczyk
Publisher:
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 102
ISBN-13: 9781610607339
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Ronald Utt
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2012-12-03
Total Pages: 528
ISBN-13: 1621570088
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The War of 1812 is typically noted for a handful of events: the burning of the White House, the rise of the Star Spangled Banner, and the battle of New Orleans. But in fact the greatest consequence of that distant conflict was the birth of the U.S. Navy. During the War of 1812, America’s tiny fleet took on the mightiest naval power on earth, besting the British in a string of victories that stunned both nations. In his new book, Ships of Oak and Guns of Iron: The War of 1812 and the Birth of the American Navy, author Dr. Ronald Utt not only sheds new light on the naval battles of the War of 1812 and how they gave birth to our nation’s great navy, but tells the story of the War of 1812 through the portraits of famous American war heroes. From the cunning Stephen Decatur to the fierce David Porter, Ships of Oak and Guns of Iron relates how thousands of American men and boys gave better than they got against the British Navy. The great age of fighting sail is as rich in heroic drama as any epoch. Dr. Utt’s Ships of Oak and Guns of Iron retrieves the American chapter of that epoch from unjustified obscurity, and offers readers an intriguing chronicle of the War of 1812 as well as a unique perspective on the birth of the U.S. Navy.
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Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Through more than 900 illustrations, this long-out-of-print historical document depicts the might of the U.S. Navy at the height of World War II.
Author: Brian Lane Herder
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2020-09-17
Total Pages: 49
ISBN-13: 1472839994
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The last predreadnought battleships of the US Navy were critical to the technological development of US battleships, and they were the first tool of international hard power wielded by the United States, a nation which would eventually become the world's dominant political and military power of the 20th century. These battleships were the stars of the 1907–09 Great White Fleet circumnavigation, in which the emerging power and reach of the US Navy was displayed around the world. They also took part in the bombardment and landings at Veracruz, some served as convoy escorts in World War I, and the last two were transferred to the Hellenic Navy and were sunk during World War II. This book examines the design, history, and technical qualities of the final six classes of US predreadnought battleships, all of which were involved in the circumnavigation of the Great White Fleet. These classes progressively closed the quality gap with European navies – the Connecticuts were the finest predreadnought battleships ever built – and this book also compares and contrasts US predreadnought battleships to their foreign contemporaries. Packed with illustrations and specially commissioned artwork, this is an essential guide to the development of US Navy Battleships at the turn of the twentieth century.
