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Book Synopsis Merchant Sailors at War, 1943–1945 by : Philip Kaplan
Download or read book Merchant Sailors at War, 1943–1945 written by Philip Kaplan and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of the Atlantic was the dominating factor all through the war. Never for one moment could we forget that everything happening elsewhere, on land, at sea, or in the air, depended ultimately on its outcome. - Winston ChurchillFeatured in this new volume from Philip Kaplan are images of some of the most iconic and important merchant ships of the latter years of the Second World War, along with intriguing shots of the men who sailed and worked on them. The indomitable HMS Sackville, the only surviving corvette of the Second World War, is afforded particularly prominent coverage, alongside a host of lesser-known but equally formidable ships. The Corvettes (vessels that escorted convoys throughout the war) were amongst the wettest and most uncomfortable of all warships, and their crews were undoubtedly amongst the most heroic. This volume is, in effect, a photo essay on the corvette. Escorting the convoy system of defensive Allied boats in the Atlantic and tasked with preventing merchant ships from being sunk by German submarines and U-boats, the Corvette's job was invaluable. This history, told in words and images, is sure to appeal to all military and maritime enthusiasts, representing an exciting addition to the established Images of War series.
Book Synopsis Merchant Ships 1943 by : Eric Charles Talbot-Booth
Download or read book Merchant Ships 1943 written by Eric Charles Talbot-Booth and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Merchant Ship Shapes written by and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Merchant Vessels of the United States by :
Download or read book Merchant Vessels of the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 1788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Sea Lanes in Wartime by : Robert Greenhalgh Albion
Download or read book Sea Lanes in Wartime written by Robert Greenhalgh Albion and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Merchant Ships, 1943. Founded, Compiled, Drawn and Edited by E.C. Talbot-Booth ... Assisted by E.B.R. Sargent, Etc by : Eric Charles Talbot BOOTH
Download or read book Merchant Ships, 1943. Founded, Compiled, Drawn and Edited by E.C. Talbot-Booth ... Assisted by E.B.R. Sargent, Etc written by Eric Charles Talbot BOOTH and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Dead Reckoning by : Bruce Campbell Ogilvie
Download or read book Dead Reckoning written by Bruce Campbell Ogilvie and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-22 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of my father's service in the U.S. Navy Armed Guard in World War II. His training, daily operations, and the challenge of surviving in time of war. My father received a direct commission as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy Reserve. Beginning in 1942 he trained in three places and then served afloat and on shore until December 1945. From April 1943 through January 1944, he served as the Commander of the U.S. Navy Armed Guard men on merchant ship during the most critical days of World War II. Every merchant ship had to get the cargo through to Great Britain. He served on the Liberty Ship - a product of the United States - that carried the supplies in convoy to save Great Britain and Europe. Dead Reckoning is the transcribed and explained daily log of one Armed Guard Commander - Bruce Crossan Ogilvie. He trained for 180 days to command the gunnery and communication crew of U.S. Navy enlisted men assigned to protect the merchant marine ships. The War Shipping Commission enlisted all merchant shipping in the critical crossing of the Atlantic Ocean. Here is the daily log of life on ship board, the signals, the confidential messages, the ships, and planes of the allied effort to keep Great Britain in the war until the U.S. Army and Army Air Force could attack Fortress Europe on June 6, 1944. Here are the men, their lives documented on board and off ship - illness, injury, misbehavior, and achievement. Bruce Crossan Ogilvie completed his US Navy service in 1945, then using his education and training in cartography and geography he returns to teaching. Earning a Master of Arts and Ph.D. in Geography he taught at elementary, high school, college and university levels for a total of 62 years. During twenty years he was The Geographer for Rand McNally & Co. (Maps, Globes, and Atlases) and his final ten years of full-time employment with the U.S. Geological Survey, as the sometime Chief of the Geographical Information Service. This book is his personal recollection and memories of a critical few years in the 20th Century. The book documents the events that he experienced first-hand. To help readers new to this period of the twentieth century there is a history of the U.S. Navy Armed Guard that protected merchant shipping in both World War I and II. Also, a short history of the development of the famous Liberty Ship. Ultimately, 2,710 ships were produced in three years becoming the most numerous commercial ships ever created.
Book Synopsis Troopships of World War II by : Roland Wilbur Charles
Download or read book Troopships of World War II written by Roland Wilbur Charles and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book contains authentic photographs and salient facts covering 358 troopships used in World War II. In addition, other vessels of miscellaneous character, including Victory and Liberty type temporary conversions for returning troops, are listed in the appendices ..."--Pref.
Book Synopsis Merchant Marine for Trade and Defense by : United States. Maritime Commission
Download or read book Merchant Marine for Trade and Defense written by United States. Maritime Commission and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Merchant Ships by : Eric Charles Talbot-Booth
Download or read book Merchant Ships written by Eric Charles Talbot-Booth and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Liberty Ships of World War II by : Greg H. Williams
Download or read book The Liberty Ships of World War II written by Greg H. Williams and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book details the Liberty ships and the Emergency Shipbuilding Program during World War II. For the first time, comprehensive information is provided about the builders, the namesakes, and the operators under one cover. Included is a list of all 2,710 Liberty ships delivered by U.S. shipyards, giving each ship's namesake and detailed descriptions of the companies that built the ships and the steamship companies that operated them during the war. This book also details the formation of two shipyards in South Portland, Maine, the Todd-Bath Iron Shipbuilding Co. and the South Portland Shipbuilding Corp. South Portland's shady operations were investigated by the U.S. Congress and resulted in the merger of both companies into the New England Shipbuilding Corporation in April 1943. Also featured is the Jeremiah O'Brien. Built by New England Ship in 1943 and one of only two operational Liberty ships left in the world, its service history and crew information are given along with its postwar restoration and return to Normandy in 1994.
Book Synopsis The Real Cruel Sea by : Richard Woodman
Download or read book The Real Cruel Sea written by Richard Woodman and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2011-07-06 with total page 729 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The renowned maritime historian’s compelling study of the vital role played by merchant seamen during WWII in the Battle of the Atlantic. For the British, the Battle of the Atlantic was a fight for survival. They depended on the safe transit of hundreds of merchant ships carrying food and supplies from America to feed the country and keep the war effort going. On top of that, they had to export manufactured goods to pay for it all. Britain's merchant navy, a disparate collection of private vessels, had become the country's lifeline. While its seamen were officially non-combatants, they bravely endured the onslaught of the German U-boat offensive until Allied superiority overwhelmed the enemy. Drawing extensively on first-hand sources, Richard Woodman establishes the importance of the British and Allied merchant fleets in the struggle against Germany. This important study elevates the heroic seamen who manned these ships to their rightful place in the history of the Second World War.
Book Synopsis Convoy SC122 & HX229 by : Martin Middlebrook
Download or read book Convoy SC122 & HX229 written by Martin Middlebrook and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2011-07-12 with total page 633 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of The First Day on the Somme details a naval skirmish that became a turning point for the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II. Winston Churchill wrote, “The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril.” Had the convoy link between North America and Britain been broken, the course of World War II would have been different. There was a period during the winter of 1942-43 when the Germans almost cut the North Atlantic lifeline. In the first twenty days of March, 1943, the Germans sank ninety-seven Allied merchant ships—twice the rate of replacement. During the same period, seven U-boats were lost and fourteen put in service. No wonder Churchill was worried. Early in March, 1943, Convoys SC122 and HX229 sailed from New York harbor for England, and Admiral Doenitz deployed forty-two U-boats to entrap them. Twenty-one merchant ships were sunk in the ensuing battle. The Germans called it “the greatest convoy battle of all time.” This book documents the convoys, every maneuver of the merchant ships, their escort vessels, the long-range aircraft cover, and the attacking U-boats in a powerful narrative reminiscent of Nicholas Monsarrat’s bestselling novel The Cruel Sea. In many ways, this book could be the story of any of the hundreds of convoys that sailed the ocean during the war. Middlebrook also elucidates three controversial aspects of the Battle of the Atlantic: why there was an “Air Gap” long after full air cover could have been provided, why the convoys had to sail with dangerously weak naval escorts, and how the Allied outwitted the Germans in the radio decoding war.
Book Synopsis Japanese Naval and Merchant Shipping Losses During World War II by All Causes by : United States. Joint Army-Navy Assessment Committee
Download or read book Japanese Naval and Merchant Shipping Losses During World War II by All Causes written by United States. Joint Army-Navy Assessment Committee and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis U.S. Merchant Shipping and the British Import Crisis by : Richard M. Leighton
Download or read book U.S. Merchant Shipping and the British Import Crisis written by Richard M. Leighton and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis United States Merchant Marine Casualties of World War II, rev ed. by : Robert M. Browning, Jr.
Download or read book United States Merchant Marine Casualties of World War II, rev ed. written by Robert M. Browning, Jr. and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-02-10 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. merchant marine played a critical, though often overlooked, role in World War II. This reference work provides a brief narrative of each of the recorded attacks on American-flagged merchant ships, as well as an accounting of the men and the ships, which were a part of this worldwide conflict. In addition to the wealth of data on the ships, their crews and cargoes, it depicts the exciting and often violent story of the hundreds of enemy attacks on convoys and lone merchant vessels. Evident within the narrative is the gallantry and sacrifice of naval gun crews and the merchant crewmen.
Book Synopsis Control of Merchant Ships by : United States. Congress. House. Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Download or read book Control of Merchant Ships written by United States. Congress. House. Merchant Marine and Fisheries and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
