Author: George J. Billy
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476636788
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 235
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Among the more than 260 American submarines that patrolled the Pacific during World War II, the USS Swordfish in 1941 was the first to sink a Japanese armed merchant ship, marking the beginning of the submarine's colorful history. A series of seven commanders led Swordfish's 13 war patrols. Each skipper had a distinct leadership style. Some were successful in sinking enemy ships; others returned to port empty-handed. Yet all patrols risked dangerously close encounters with the enemy and the unforgiving nature of the open sea. Drawing on archival sources and interviews with veteran sailors, this first full-length history of the Swordfish provides detailed accounts of each patrol and covers the mysterious disappearance of the legendary submarine on its final mission.
Author: United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. Subcommittee on Agreements for Cooperation
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Category : Nuclear energy
Languages : en
Pages : 486
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Author: United States Submarine Veterans
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 159652068X
Category : Veterans
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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Author: United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
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Category : Nuclear energy
Languages : en
Pages : 486
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Author: United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
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Category : Legislative hearings
Languages : en
Pages : 1308
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Author: United States. Congress. Joint Committee ...
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Languages : en
Pages : 1974
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Author: Dan Ryan
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1452077177
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 394
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Catywampus: is a continuation of the story begun in Admirals Son Generals Daughter and is a parallel to Jigsaw. This book describes in vivid detail what may have occurred in the United States Military between 1896 and 1906 during the McKinley and Roosevelt Presidential administrations. The narration is by the grandson of a career naval officer, born in Beaufort, South Carolina. He will serve as a cadet in Annapolis and as a member of the elite submarine commanders in the United States Navy. The historical events of 1896 through 1906 are carefully followed. The imagination of the author provides rich characters in powerful settings from the torpedo proving grounds in Newport, Rhode Island to the jungles of Central America when he joins his brother on a navy manhunt of killers. The love story between a man and a woman is woven throughout the book when the grandson graduates from the naval academy and marries his childhood sweetheart. He is unaware that his father and his Uncle Theodore Roosevelt have decided to tap his knowledge of modern submarines and his photographic memory to become one of this countries most successful counter intelligence officers. Scenes are set carefully with attention to accurate research of the low country of South Carolina as well as our Nation's Capital circa 1896 -1906. The second edition of Peoples Standard History of the United States written by Edward S. Ellis and published in 1906 by Western Book Syndicate and copyrighted by the Woolfall Company have provided background materials, maps of the period and needed information on how the federal government was organized and functioned during this period of history
Author: Kenneth Sewell
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416527338
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 481
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"The Hunt for Red October" meets "Blind Man's Bluff" in this chilling, true story of a rogue Soviet submarine that sank while trying to provoke a war between the U.S. and China.
Author: Kenneth Sewell
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416564349
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 291
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A Cold War disaster that took ninety-nine lives, and was denied for forty years—what really happened to the USS Scorpion? May 1968: An American submarine is sent to investigate suspicious Soviet ships gathered in the mid-Atlantic. No one aboard the USS Scorpion was aware of the trap they rode into—that the Soviets planned revenge for the mysterious sinking of a Russian sub two months before…or that a traitor has been supplying the KGB with the US Navy’s top-secret codes. In this thrilling story that portray the human side of a naval tragedy that was officially denied for forty years, veteran submariner and bestselling author Kenneth Sewell chronicles the astounding true events behind the demise of the USS Scorpion.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1346
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