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Decision at Sea

Author : Craig L. Symonds
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199754888
Total Pages : 585 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book Decision at Sea written by Craig L. Symonds and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-10-23 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 naval warfare--and the course of the American nation. Acclaimed military historian Craig Symonds offers spellbinding narratives of crucial engagements, showing how each battle reveals the transformation of technology and weaponry from one war to the next; how these in turn transformed naval combat; and how each event marked a milestone in American history. - Oliver Hazard Perry's heroic victory at Lake Erie, one of the last great battles of the Age of Sail, which secured the Northwestern frontier for the United States - The brutal Civil War duel between the ironclads Monitor and Virginia, which sounded the death knell for wooden-hulled warships and doomed the Confederacy's hope of besting the Union navy - Commodore Dewey's stunning triumph at Manila Bay in 1898, where the U.S. displayed its "new navy" of steel-hulled ships firing explosive shells and wrested an empire from a fading European power - The hairsbreadth American victory at Midway, where aircraft carriers launched planes against enemies 200 miles away--and where the tide of World War II turned in the space of a few furious minutes - Operation Praying Mantis in the Persian Gulf, where computers, ship-fired missiles, and "smart bombs" not only changed the nature of warfare at sea, but also marked a new era, and a new responsibility, for the United States. Symonds records these encounters in detail so vivid that readers can hear the wind in the rigging and feel the pounding of the guns. Yet he places every battle in a wide perspective, revealing their significance to America's development as it grew from a new Republic on the edge of a threatening frontier to a global superpower. Decision at Sea is a powerful and illuminating look at pivotal moments in the history of the Navy and of the United States. It is also a compelling study of the unchanging demands of leadership at sea, where commanders must make rapid decisions in the heat of battle with lives--and the fate of nations--hanging in the balance.

The British Trident, Or, Register of Naval Actions

Author : Archibald Duncan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The British Trident, Or, Register of Naval Actions written by Archibald Duncan and published by . This book was released on 1804 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Naval Actions of the War of 1812

Author : James Barnes
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 : 8027247683
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book The Naval Actions of the War of 1812 written by James Barnes and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2018-12-21 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook edition of "The Naval Actions of the War of 1812" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. "In searching the history of our own country, when it stood together as a united nation, waging just war, we find England, our mother country, whose language we speak, arrayed against us. But, on account of this bond of birth and language, should we cease to tell about the deeds of those men who freed us from her grasp and oppressions, and made us what we are? I trust not. May our navy glory in its record, no matter the consequences! May our youth grow up with the lives of these men—our Yankee commanders—before them, and may they profit by their examples!This should not inculcate a hatred for a former foe. It should only serve to build up that national esprit de corps without which no country ever stood up for its rights and willed to fight for them. May the sons of our new citizens, whose fathers have served kings, perhaps, and come from other countries, grow up with a pride in America's own national history! "Contents:The United States Frigate Constitution Falls in With a British SquadronThe Constitution, Under Command of Captain Hull, Captures the British Frigate GuerrièreThe British Frigate Macedonian Is Captured by the United States Frigate Captain Wm. Bainbridge Captures the British Frigate JavaGallant Action of the Privateer Schooner Comet, of 14 GunsThe United States Sloop of War HornetThe United States Frigate Chesapeake Is Captured by the English Frigate ShannonThe United States Brig Enterprise Captures H. B. M. Sloop of War BoxerThe American Fleet on Lake Erie Captures the Entire English Naval Force Under Commodore BarclayThe United States Frigate Essex Is Captured by Two English VesselsThe United States Sloop of War Peacock Takes the British Sloop of War L'epervierThe United States Sloop of War Wasp Captures the British Sloop of War ReindeerThe American Forces on Lake Champlaincapture the English Squadron Causing the Evacuation of New York State by the BritishThe United States Frigate Presidenis Taken by a British SquadronThe Constitution Engages and Captures Two English Vessels The British Brig of War Penguin Surrenders to the United States Brig HornetThe Chase of the Hornet, Sloop of War, by the Cornwallis, a British Line-of-battle Ship

Mediterranean Naval Battles That Changed the World

Author : Quentin Russell
Publisher : Pen and Sword Maritime
ISBN 13 : 1526716011
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Mediterranean Naval Battles That Changed the World written by Quentin Russell and published by Pen and Sword Maritime. This book was released on 2021-03-03 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This epic naval history examines seven pivotal Mediterranean conflicts, from the Battle of Salamis in the fifth century BC to the Siege of Malta during WWII. This book tells the story of the Mediterranean as a theater of war at sea. Historian Quentin Russell covers seven major battles or campaigns, each of which changed the balance of power and shape the course of history. Chronicling each battle in vivid detail, Russell also provides essential background, covering the history of naval power in the Mediterranean and the effect of the development of naval architecture and design on the outcomes. Readers will learn that the Battle of Lepanto in 1571 was the last major battle fought between galleys; the Battle of Navarino in 1827 was the last to be fought entirely by sailing ships; and the Battle of Cape Matapan in 1941—where a young Duke of Edinburgh saw action—was the first operation to exploit the breaking of the Italian naval Enigma codes. The battles included are: Salamis (480 BC), Actium (31 BC), Lepanto (1571), the Nile (aka Aboukir Bay, 1798), Navarino (1827), Cape Matapan (1941), and the Siege of Malta (1940-42).

The British Trident; Or Register of Naval Actions ... from the ... Spanish Armada, to the Present Time. Chronologically Arranged

Author : Archibald Duncan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book The British Trident; Or Register of Naval Actions ... from the ... Spanish Armada, to the Present Time. Chronologically Arranged written by Archibald Duncan and published by . This book was released on 1805 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Naval Actions of the War of 1812

Author : James Barnes
Publisher : New York : Harper & Bros. Pub.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Naval Actions of the War of 1812 written by James Barnes and published by New York : Harper & Bros. Pub.. This book was released on 1896 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Naval Battles of the First World War

Author : Geoffrey Bennett
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473816645
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book Naval Battles of the First World War written by Geoffrey Bennett and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-06-30 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a British Royal Navy officer, a detailed history of World War I’s principal battles at sea. With the call to action stations in August 1914, the Royal Navy faced its greatest test since the time of Nelson . . . This classic history of the Great War at sea combines graphic and stirring accounts of all the principal naval engagements—battles overseas, in home waters and, for the first time, under the sea—with analysis of the strategy and tactics of both sides. Geoffrey Bennett brings these sea battles dramatically to life, and confirms the Allied navies’ vital contribution to victory. Praise for Naval Battles of the First World War “Strongly recommended.” —RUSI Journal “Excellent balanced accounts and judgements.” —Richard Hough, historian and author “Extensive photographs, include key aspects such as the German battle cruiser Blucher at the Dogger Bank battle, the destruction of the British battle cruiser Queen Mary, as well as the German dreadnaught Bayern sinking after being scuttled at Scapa Flow. A fascinating diagram shows Battleship Turrets, which provides insight into the process of action, such as the shell room, cordage charge, magazine, to the cordite hoist and gun.” —Jon Sandison, historian

Gunsmoke Over the Atlantic

Author : Jack Coombe
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0307485730
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Gunsmoke Over the Atlantic written by Jack Coombe and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2008-12-18 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On April 12, 1861, the Civil War began when shots were fired on an unfinished fort in Charleston Harbor. From that thunderous opening salvo, the naval battles to control the Atlantic coast that followed–daring, savage, and often deadly–were not only crucial in determining the outcome of the war and the fate of a nation, but would change the face of naval warfare forever. GUNSMOKE OVER THE ATLANTIC Historian Jack D Coombe, author of the critically acclaimed Thunder Along the Mississippi and Gunfire Around the Gulf, combines brilliant research with a novelist’s flair for re-creation to put us directly into the action of the Civil War on river, on shore, and at sea. In this vivid account, we experience the soul-gnawing terror of a bombardment, the claustrophobic confines of a still-unproven submarine, and the smoke-choked chaos of a harbor in the grips of a full-bore naval engagement between two desperate enemies. Coombe focuses on the Civil War as it was fought along the Atlantic coast, a fierce contest of blockaders and blockade-runners, ironclads, wood-hulled battleships, land cannon, submarines, and the first underwater antiship weapons. For the North, the challenge was to implement a blockade over 3,500 miles of Confederate coastline, from Virginia to Texas. To do so, they would have to modernize an ineffective and outdated U.S. Navy fallen into incompetence and disrepair. For the South, the challenge was to create a fledgling navy from whatever meager resources were at hand. The Confederacy patched together a navy of river runners and converted battleships, turned cornfields into shipyards, and put the first ironclad battleship into action. And it was the South that introduced the new concept of underwater weaponry, sending spar torpedoes, mines, submarines–and a few incredibly brave men willing to deploy them–into battle against the North. Gunsmoke over the Atlantic chronicles the key engagements, from the Monitor and the Virginia dueling at Hampton Roads to the ill-fated campaign against Fort Fisher. Along the way, we meet a remarkable cast of naval strategists and warriors on both sides of the battle, witness the crucial, often deadly role played by the weather and the sea itself, and get a vivid view of such important events as the first amphibious landing in history, at Cape Hatteras in 1861. An important work for students of the Civil War and of naval history, this book fills in missing pieces of America’s most tragic war and shows why, when the guns finally fell silent, a new era had begun. Four years after the fall of Fort Sumter, a once divided country had the beginnings of the most powerful navy in the world.

Naval Actions of the War of 1812 (Illustrated Edition)

Author : James Barnes
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 : 8026897633
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book Naval Actions of the War of 1812 (Illustrated Edition) written by James Barnes and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2018-10-04 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In searching the history of our own country, when it stood together as a united nation, waging just war, we find England, our mother country, whose language we speak, arrayed against us. But, on account of this bond of birth and language, should we cease to tell about the deeds of those men who freed us from her grasp and oppressions, and made us what we are? I trust not. May our navy glory in its record, no matter the consequences! May our youth grow up with the lives of these men—our Yankee commanders—before them, and may they profit by their examples! This should not inculcate a hatred for a former foe. It should only serve to build up that national esprit de corps without which no country ever stood up for its rights and willed to fight for them. May the sons of our new citizens, whose fathers have served kings, perhaps, and come from other countries, grow up with a pride in America's own national history! " Contents: The United States Frigate Constitution Falls in With a British Squadron The Constitution, Under Command of Captain Hull, Captures the British Frigate Guerrière The British Frigate Macedonian Is Captured by the United States Frigate Captain Wm. Bainbridge Captures the British Frigate Java Gallant Action of the Privateer Schooner Comet, of 14 Guns The United States Sloop of War Hornet The United States Frigate Chesapeake Is Captured by the English Frigate Shannon The United States Brig Enterprise Captures H. B. M. Sloop of War Boxer The American Fleet on Lake Erie Captures the Entire English Naval Force Under Commodore Barclay The United States Frigate Essex Is Captured by Two English Vessels The United States Sloop of War Peacock Takes the British Sloop of War L'epervier The United States Sloop of War Wasp Captures the British Sloop of War Reindeer The American Forces on Lake Champlaincapture the English Squadron Causing the Evacuation of New York State by the British The United States Frigate Presidenis Taken by a British Squadron The Constitution Engages and Captures Two English Vessels The British Brig of War Penguin Surrenders to the United States Brig Hornet The Chase of the Hornet, Sloop of War, by the Cornwallis, a British Line-of-battle Ship

Warships and Naval Battles of the Civil War

Author : Tony Gibbons
Publisher : Popular Culture Ink
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Warships and Naval Battles of the Civil War written by Tony Gibbons and published by Popular Culture Ink. This book was released on 1989 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "After thirty years of research, this book presents, for the first time, a comprehensive study of the battleships and cruisers of the conflict. It looks at the ironclads of the North and South, the Union sloops and gunboats that blockaded the Confederacy, and Confederate raiders and privateers who destroyed the Union's merchant marine. An in-depth examination is made of the secret weapon that could have tipped the scales for the South -- the submarine."--Jacket

Naval Battles of the World

Author : Edward Shippen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1044 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Naval Battles of the World written by Edward Shippen and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 1044 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Big Guns! A Few Facts, Comprising the Naval Actions of the United States' Navy ... Addressed to the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States. By a Friend of Peace

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Author : United States. Navy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 18 pages
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Download or read book The Big Guns! A Few Facts, Comprising the Naval Actions of the United States' Navy ... Addressed to the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States. By a Friend of Peace written by United States. Navy and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Naval Actions

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781568370156
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (71 download)

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Naval Battles of the Second World War

Author : Leo Marriott
Publisher : Pen and Sword Maritime
ISBN 13 : 1399098942
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Naval Battles of the Second World War written by Leo Marriott and published by Pen and Sword Maritime. This book was released on 2022-05-31 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Second World War was a truly global conflict and maritime power played a major role in every theatre of operations. Land campaigns depended on supplies transported by sea, and victory or defeat depended on the outcome of naval battles. So Leo Marriott’s highly illustrated two-volume account of the struggle sets naval actions in the wider strategic context as well as giving graphic accounts of what happened in each engagement. This first volume concentrates on the Royal Navy’s confrontation with the ships and submarines of the German Kriegsmarine during the Battle of the Atlantic, the Arctic convoys and the struggle across the Mediterranean against the Italian navy to supply the opposing armies in North Africa. The Battle of the River Plate, the pursuit of the Bismarck, the PQ17 convoy to the Soviet Union and Operation Pedestal, the most famous convoy sent to relieve Malta, are among the episodes described in vivid detail and illustrated with a selection of striking photographs. This concise but wide-ranging introduction to the naval war emphasizes the sheer scale of the conflict in every sea and shows the direct impact of each naval battle on the course of the war .

The naval battles for Guadalcanal 1942

Author : Mark Stille
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780961553
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The naval battles for Guadalcanal 1942 written by Mark Stille and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-20 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A highly illustrated account of the series of naval battles around the embattled island of Guadalcanal in late 1942. The battle for Guadalcanal that lasted from August 1942 to February 1943 was the first major American counteroffensive against the Japanese in the Pacific. The battle of Savo Island on the night of 9 August 1942, saw the Japanese inflict a severe defeat on the Allied force, driving them away from Guadalcanal and leaving the just-landed marines in a perilously exposed position. This was the start of a series of night battles that culminated in the First and Second battles of Guadalcanal, fought on the nights of 13 and 15 November. One further major naval action followed, the battle of Tassafaronga on 30 November 1942, when the US Navy once again suffered a severe defeat, but this time it was too late to alter the course of the battle as the Japanese evacuated Guadalcanal in early February 1943. In this compact, engaging volume, Mark Stille examines the contrasting fortunes experienced by both sides over the intense course of naval battles around the island throughout the second half of 1942 that did so much to turn the tide in the Pacific.

A manual of naval tactics: together with a brief critical analysis of the principal modern naval battles ... With an appendix, being an extract from Sir H. Douglas's "Naval warfare with steam.".

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Author : James Harmon Ward
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book A manual of naval tactics: together with a brief critical analysis of the principal modern naval battles ... With an appendix, being an extract from Sir H. Douglas's "Naval warfare with steam.". written by James Harmon Ward and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Clash of Fleets

Author : Vincent O'Hara
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1682470199
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (824 download)

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Download or read book Clash of Fleets written by Vincent O'Hara and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2017-04-15 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clash of Fleets is an operational history that records every naval engagement fought between major surface warships during World War I. Much more than a catalog of combat facts, Clash of Fleets explores why battles occurred; how the different navies fought; and how combat advanced doctrine and affected the development and application of technology. The result is a holistic overview of the war at sea as it affected all nations and all theaters of war. A work of this scope is unprecedented. Organized into seven chapters, the authors first introduce the technology, weapons, ships, and the doctrine that governed naval warfare in 1914. The next five chapters explore each year of the war and are subdivided into sections corresponding to major geographic areas. This arrangement allows the massive sweep of action to be presented in a structured and easy to follow format that includes engagements fought by the Austro-Hungarian, British, French, German, Ottoman, and Russian Navies in the Adriatic, Aegean, Baltic, Black, Mediterranean, and North Seas as well as the Atlantic, India, and Pacific Oceans. The role of surface combat in the Great War is analyzed and these actions are compared to major naval wars before and after. In addition to providing detailed descriptions of actions in their historical perspectives, O’Hara and Heinz advance several themes, including the notion that World War I was a war of navies as much as a war of armies. They explain that surface combat had a major impact on all aspects of the naval war and on the course of the war in general. Finally, Clash of Fleets illustrates that systems developed in peace do not always work as expected in war, that some are not used as anticipated, and that others became unexpectedly important. There is much for today’s naval professional to consider in the naval conflict that occurred a century ago.