Author: Erik Heyl
Publisher: Buffalo, N.Y. : [E. Heyl]
ISBN:
Category : Merchant marine
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Early American Steamers
Author: Erik Heyl
Publisher: Buffalo, N.Y. : [E. Heyl]
ISBN:
Category : Merchant marine
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Publisher: Buffalo, N.Y. : [E. Heyl]
ISBN:
Category : Merchant marine
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Our Navy at War
Author: Josephus Daniels
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Submarine mines
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Submarine mines
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
USS Alabama
Author: Kent Whitaker
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 143964375X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Powerful: this single word aptly describes a naval vessel known as a battleship. The USS Alabama (BB-60) was the last of four South Dakota-class battleships built for World War II. She is well armored and designed to survive an attack while continuing to fight. Her main battery, known as "Big Guns," consisted of nine 16-inch guns; each could launch a projectile weighing as much as a small car that could hit a target 21 miles away. Her crew numbered 2,332 men, none of whom were lost to enemy fire, earning her the nickname "Lucky A." She served as more than just a battleship: she carried troops, supplies, and seaplanes and served in the Pacific and Atlantic; her doctors treated patients from other ships; she was the wartime home for a major-league ballplayer; the movie setting for Hollywood films; and she traveled home to the state of Alabama with the help of schoolchildren.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 143964375X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Powerful: this single word aptly describes a naval vessel known as a battleship. The USS Alabama (BB-60) was the last of four South Dakota-class battleships built for World War II. She is well armored and designed to survive an attack while continuing to fight. Her main battery, known as "Big Guns," consisted of nine 16-inch guns; each could launch a projectile weighing as much as a small car that could hit a target 21 miles away. Her crew numbered 2,332 men, none of whom were lost to enemy fire, earning her the nickname "Lucky A." She served as more than just a battleship: she carried troops, supplies, and seaplanes and served in the Pacific and Atlantic; her doctors treated patients from other ships; she was the wartime home for a major-league ballplayer; the movie setting for Hollywood films; and she traveled home to the state of Alabama with the help of schoolchildren.
Antisubmarine Warrior in the Pacific
Author: John A. Williamson
Publisher: University Alabama Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
"The author details the challenges of communal life aboard ship and explains the intense loyalty that bonds crew members for life. Ultimately, Williamson offers a portrait of himself, an inexperienced naval officer who, having come of age in Alabama during the Depression, rose to become the most successful WW II antisubmarine warfare officer in the Pacific."--Jacket.
Publisher: University Alabama Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
"The author details the challenges of communal life aboard ship and explains the intense loyalty that bonds crew members for life. Ultimately, Williamson offers a portrait of himself, an inexperienced naval officer who, having come of age in Alabama during the Depression, rose to become the most successful WW II antisubmarine warfare officer in the Pacific."--Jacket.
Two Years on the Alabama
Author: Arthur Sinclair
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Navy Department Communiques
Author: United States. Navy Department
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
The Evolution of the Cruise Missile
Author: Kenneth P. Werrell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Patch Guide
Author: Michael L. Roberts
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 1563110830
Category : Crests
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Attack aircraft carriers, battleships, destroyers, frigates, light and heavy cruisers, and patrol crafts. 1,300 different ships and submarines from WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and the Gulf War have their crests displayed in brilliant full color. This book is an encyclopedia, preserving the emblems that reflect the pride of the crews belonging to the best ships in the U.S. Navy."" Indexed.
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 1563110830
Category : Crests
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Attack aircraft carriers, battleships, destroyers, frigates, light and heavy cruisers, and patrol crafts. 1,300 different ships and submarines from WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and the Gulf War have their crests displayed in brilliant full color. This book is an encyclopedia, preserving the emblems that reflect the pride of the crews belonging to the best ships in the U.S. Navy."" Indexed.
USS California
Author: David Doyle
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780977378173
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780977378173
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
A-10s Over Kosovo
Author: Phil M. Haun
Publisher: www.Militarybookshop.CompanyUK
ISBN: 9781780392769
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
First published in 2003. The NATO-led Operation Allied Force was fought in 1999 to stop Serb atrocities against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. This war, as noted by the distinguished military historian John Keegan, "marked a real turning point . . . and proved that a war can be won by airpower alone." Colonels Haave and Haun have organized firsthand accounts of some of the people who provided that airpower-the members of the 40th Expeditionary Operations Group. Their descriptions-a new wingman's first combat sortie, a support officer's view of a fighter squadron relocation during combat, and a Sandy's leadership in finding and rescuing a downed F-117 pilot-provide the reader with a legitimate insight into an air war at the tactical level and the airpower that helped convince the Serbian president, Slobodan Milosevic, to capitulate.
Publisher: www.Militarybookshop.CompanyUK
ISBN: 9781780392769
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
First published in 2003. The NATO-led Operation Allied Force was fought in 1999 to stop Serb atrocities against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. This war, as noted by the distinguished military historian John Keegan, "marked a real turning point . . . and proved that a war can be won by airpower alone." Colonels Haave and Haun have organized firsthand accounts of some of the people who provided that airpower-the members of the 40th Expeditionary Operations Group. Their descriptions-a new wingman's first combat sortie, a support officer's view of a fighter squadron relocation during combat, and a Sandy's leadership in finding and rescuing a downed F-117 pilot-provide the reader with a legitimate insight into an air war at the tactical level and the airpower that helped convince the Serbian president, Slobodan Milosevic, to capitulate.