Naval

This entertaining collection of essays takes a biographical approach to early American naval history. The period from 1775 to 1850 was a trying time for the infant navy, a time when much was demanded of individual officers. New in paperback, this book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979074622Author George a SitesFormat PaperbackImprint G.A.Sites BooksPublisher G.A.Sites BooksWeight(grams) 848g

Hampered by lack of materials, shipyards and experienced shipbuilders, even so the South managed to construct 34 iron-armored warships during the Civil War, of which the Confederate Navy put 25 into service. The stories of these vessels illustrate the...

Only the very best officers are given command of U.S. Navy ships, and only the elite of these are selected for command of aircraft carriers. The USS America was the third of four Kitty Hawk-class super-carriers. Commissioned in 1965 and decommissioned in...

"Ashore and Afloat" tells the early history of the Halifax Naval Yard. From the building of the yard and its expansion, to the people involved in the enterprise, to the nuts and bolts of buying the masts and paying the bills, Julian Gwyn's history of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738510095Author Gerald ButlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 318g

This book examines the burning issues facing today's Navy and Congress. Although rapid progress in aircraft and bombing technology has caused some to question the viability of naval warfare, the role of the navy has actually grown. The Navy is able to...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648011774Author Timothy DiamondFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Timothy DiamondPublisher Timothy DiamondWeight(grams) 481g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812977646Author Roger CrowleyFormat PaperbackImprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 272g

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Since the beginning of the Republic, officers of our armed services have worn patriotic symbols on their uniforms. For naval officers these symbols were the eagle and anchor and these have been incorporated in their belt plate designs since the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979587443Author Robert W GloverFormat PaperbackPage Count 436Imprint Institute of Nautical ArchaeologyPublisher Institute of Nautical...

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Sylvanus G. Morley (1883-1948) has been highly regarded for over a century for his archaeological work among the Maya pyramids. As director of the Carnegie Archaeological Program, he supervised the reconstruction of Chichen Itza, one of today's most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743298018Author Kenneth SewellFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Gallery BooksPublisher Gallery BooksWeight(grams) 331gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *...

From thunderous broadsides traded between wooden sailing ships on Lake Erie, to the carrier battles of World War II, to the devastating high-tech action in the Persian Gulf, here is a gripping history of five key battles that defined the evolution of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of NYPL Books to Remember and New York Times Editors' Choice.Book InformationISBN 9780142004692Author Caroline AlexanderFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Penguin...

The USS Saginaw was a Civil War gunboat that served in Pacific and Asian waters between 1860 and 1870. During this decade, the crew witnessed the trade disruptions of the Opium Wars, the Taiping Rebellion, the transportation of Confederate sailors to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780990742425Author Peter StetsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Jm PublishingPublisher Jm PublishingWeight(grams) 417g

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In an overview of naval campaigns from 1939 to 1945, a military historian explains how sea power changed the course of World War II, depicts pivotal battles, and analyzes each nation's naval tactics and strategy.Book InformationISBN 9780684839141Author...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425253625Author Jerome PreislerFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 340g

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In 1972, the U.S. was embroiled in an unpopular war in Vietnam, and the USS Kitty Hawk was headed to the gulf of Tonkin. Its five thousand men, cooped up for the longest at-sea tour of the war rioted - or, as this book suggests, mutinied. Disturbingly,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143113928Author Roy AdkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 527gDimensions(mm) 214mm * 140mm *...

This study describes the courts of vice-admiralty as they existed in the American colonies at the beginning of the revolutionary struggles, analyzes the changes in the courts and their jurisdiction from 1763 to the outbreak of the war, and examines the...

The United States established an academy for educating future army officers at West Point in 1802. Why, then, did it take this maritime nation forty-three more years to create a similar school for the navy? The Long Road to Annapolis examines the origins...

As the United States grew into an empire in the late nineteenth century, notions like "sea power" derived not only from fleets, bases, and decisive battles but also from a scientific effort to understand and master the ocean environment. Beginning in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780990572428Author Robert NicholsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint Patriot Media, IncorporatedPublisher Patriot Media, IncorporatedWeight(grams) 245g

On January 16, 1944, the submarine rescue vessel USS Macaw (ASR-11) ran aground at Midway Atoll while attempting to get a towing line to the stranded submarine USS Flier (SS-250). The Flier was pulled free six days later, but another three weeks of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451221322Author David SearsFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 329g

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When the U.S.S. battleship Maine mysteriously exploded in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898, it set off the Spanish-American War, that "splendid little war" which forever changed the United States' position among nations. "Remember the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780765324573Author Larry BondFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint ForgePublisher ForgeWeight(grams) 599g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692679371Author Jeannie DeppFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Aykeen PressPublisher Aykeen PressWeight(grams) 200g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692674888Author Joe KrausFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Celebrity GalleriesPublisher Celebrity GalleriesWeight(grams) 186gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692483596Author Barbara Perkins BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Timekeepers PressPublisher Timekeepers PressWeight(grams) 141g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615605708Author Art GibersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint ArtgibbooksPublisher ArtgibbooksWeight(grams) 152g