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Such Is Life in the Navy

Author : Ian N. Ross
Publisher : Bookbaby
ISBN 13 : 9781483563817
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (638 download)

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Download or read book Such Is Life in the Navy written by Ian N. Ross and published by Bookbaby. This book was released on 2016-05-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book begins by tracing Wiley's boyhood in small Midwestern towns and reveals the character that will come to exemplify his personal and professional life. Intelligent, pragmatic, courageous, calm...all of these attributes serve him well. Upon graduation from the United States Naval Academy, "Doc" Wiley embarks on a journey bringing him face-to-face with numerous life-threatening situations and personal tragedies. He is fearless in taking to the air and rises to the top of the Navy's rigid airship program. Avoiding politicking and intrigue, Wiley builds a reputation as the consummate airship officer and a leading expert in the field. At the outbreak of World War II, he calmly and bravely directs his squadron of thirteen aging destroyers -- heavily outgunned and outnumbered by the Japanese -- in the first naval battles following Pearl Harbor. Later in the war, as the captain of the USS West Virginia, Wiley guides his battleship through fierce combat in Pacific. At Leyte Gulf, Surigao Strait, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and other infamous battles, he wins accolades from his crew and the Navy brass for his leadership, aggressiveness, and results. Wiley handles deep personal loss with the same courage and stoicism he brings to his job. He is the doting father of three who must balance the needs of his family with service to his country. His is an inspirational story.

Such is Life in the Navy - The Story of Rear Admiral Herbert V. Wiley - Airship Commander, Battleship Captain

Author : Ian Ross
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1329837533
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book Such is Life in the Navy - The Story of Rear Admiral Herbert V. Wiley - Airship Commander, Battleship Captain written by Ian Ross and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-01-20 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Such is Life in the Navy tells the story of Herbert Victor Wiley. Born in Missouri in the late 1800's, this man lived an accomplished life, both as a naval officer and as a father. His boyhood in small Midwestern towns builds the character that will exemplify Wiley in his personal and professional life. Intelligent, pragmatic, courageous, calm... all of these attributes serve him well. He is fearless in taking to the air and builds a reputation as the consummate airship officer and a leading expert in the field. At the outbreak of World War II he calmly and bravely directs a squadron of destroyers against Japanese forces. Later, as captain, he guides his battleship USS West Virginia through fierce combat in the Pacific. He wins accolades for his leadership, perseverance, and achievement. Wiley handles deep personal loss with the same courage and stoicism he brings to his job. He is the doting father of three who must balance the needs of his family with service to his country.

Such Is Life in the Navy

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Rear Admiral Herbert V. Wiley

Author : Ernest Marshall
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 168247318X
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (824 download)

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Download or read book Rear Admiral Herbert V. Wiley written by Ernest Marshall and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is, simultaneously, a biography of Admiral Herbert Victor Wiley and a history of the U.S. Navy’s lighter-than-air program. As tensions rose between Japan and the U.S. over control of East Asia and the Pacific Ocean, the prospects of war between the two nations increased. The Navy tracked the Germans’ use of zeppelins during the First World War and saw in them an aircraft with the potential to conduct long-range reconnaissance over the oceans – something that could not be achieved by airplanes or surface ships. While rapid progress was being made in manned flight, it was still young enough that the future of LTA vs. HTA flight was unknown. At the time, however, airships had a much greater range than airplanes making them suitable for reconnaissance. In its history, the Navy had four great airships – the U.S.S. Shenandoah, the U.S.S. Los Angeles, the U.S.S. Akron, and the U.S.S. Macon. Wiley served on all four of these airships and the history of these vessels is covered through the career of Wiley. Three of the airships ended in disaster and Wiley survived the crash of two of them. The book explores in detail the events leading to the crash of each airship through examination of the records of the Navy’s Courts of Inquiry that investigated the cause of each crash. The book also tracks issues surrounding the use of non-flammable helium as a lifting gas instead of highly explosive hydrogen used by the Germans. The U.S. had a monopoly on the supply of helium. While Germany sought to purchase helium from the U.S., the government board governing the sale of helium blocked is availability to Germany on the basis it might be used for wartime purposes. Dr. Hugo Eckener had run the Zeppelin works in Friedrichshaven since the end of WWI and he had a vision for LTA flight that was peaceful, including international transoceanic passenger and freight services. The outbreak of WW II ended the zeppeling industry and dashed all of Eckener’s dreams. Following the crash of the Macon, Wiley returned to the surface fleet, eventually becoming Commander of Destroyer Squadron 29 in the Asiatic Fleet shortly before the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

Rear Admiral Herbert V. Wiley U.S. Navy

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Rear Admiral Herbert Victor Wiley U.S. Navy, Retired

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Total Pages : 12 pages
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Battleship Commander

Author : Paul L Stillwell
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1682475948
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (824 download)

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Download or read book Battleship Commander written by Paul L Stillwell and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2021-10-15 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first-ever biography of Vice Admiral Willis A. Lee Jr., who served a key role during World War II in the Pacific. Recognizing the achievements and legacy of one of the war's top combat admirals has been long overdue until now. Battleship Commander explores Lee's life from boyhood in Kentucky through his eventual service as commander of the fast battleships from 1942 to 1945. Paul Stillwell draws on more than 150 first-person accounts from those who knew and served with Lee from boyhood until the time of his death. Said to be down to earth, modest, forgiving, friendly, and with a wry sense of humor, Lee eschewed the media and, to the extent possible, left administrative details to others. Stillwell relates the sequential building of a successful career, illustrating Admiral Lee's focus on operational, tactical, and strategic concerns. During his service in the Navy Department from 1939 to 1942, Lee prepared the U.S. Navy for war at sea, and was involved in inspecting designs for battleships, cruisers, aircraft carriers, and destroyers. He sent observers to Britain to report on Royal Navy operations during the war against Germany and made plans to send an action team to mainland China to observe conditions for possible later Allied landings there. Putting his focus on the need to equip U.S. warships with radar and antiaircraft guns, Lee was one of the few flag officers of his generation who understood the tactical advantage of radar, especially during night battles. In 1942 Willis Lee became commander of the first division of fast battleships to operate in the Pacific. During that service, he commanded Task Force 64, which achieved a tide-turning victory in a night battle near Guadalcanal in November 1942. Lee missed two major opportunities for surface actions against the Japanese. In June 1944, in the Marianas campaign, he declined to engage because his ships were not trained adequately to operate together in surface battles. In October 1944, Admiral William Halsey's bungled decisions denied Lee's ships an opportunity for combat. Continuing his career of service near the end of the war, Lee, in the summer of 1945, directed anti-kamikaze research efforts in Casco Bay, Maine. While Lee's wartime successes and failures make for compelling reading, what is here in this biography is a balanced look at the man and officer.

Admiral Dan Gallery

Author : C. Herbert Gilliland
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Admiral Dan Gallery written by C. Herbert Gilliland and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He also is known for his success as a writer, and the best of his work makes up a significant part of this book - excerpts from magazine articles, short stories, and letters that are incorporated into this biography by two English professors who vividly portray the highly original man behind the deeds and the writings."--BOOK JACKET.

Autobiography of Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes, U.S. Navy, 1798-1877

Author : Charles Wilkes
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 976 pages
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The Life of an American Sailor

Author : Albert Gleaves
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Life of an American Sailor written by Albert Gleaves and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

From Reefer to Rear-admiral

Author : Benjamin Franklin Sands
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Total Pages : 340 pages
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Download or read book From Reefer to Rear-admiral written by Benjamin Franklin Sands and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Kinkaid of the Seventh Fleet

Author : Gerald E. Wheeler
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 560 pages
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Download or read book Kinkaid of the Seventh Fleet written by Gerald E. Wheeler and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Life of John Ancrum Winslow

Author : John Morris Ellicott
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
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Download or read book The Life of John Ancrum Winslow written by John Morris Ellicott and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Admiral William Veazie Pratt, U.S. Navy

Author : Gerald E. Wheeler
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 488 pages
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ADMIRAL WILLIAM A MOFFETT

Author : William F. Trimble
Publisher : Smithsonian Books (DC)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
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Download or read book ADMIRAL WILLIAM A MOFFETT written by William F. Trimble and published by Smithsonian Books (DC). This book was released on 1994 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "More than any other individual, Rear Adm. William A. Moffett (1869-1933) shaped naval aviation during its critical formative years in the twenties and early thirties. In this first full biography, William F. Trimble shows that Moffett's remarkably sophisticated understanding of what later would be called the military-industrial complex laid the groundwork for the force that fought and won World War II in the Pacific." "There was little, Trimble contends, in Moffett's early career that pointed to the pivotal role he would play in naval aviation. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, the Annapolis graduate won the Medal of Honor as captain of the cruiser Chester during the 1914 landing at Veracruz. During World War I, as commanding officer of the Great Lakes Naval Training Station near Chicago, he joined with the local business elite to launch an aviation training program. Later, commanding the battleship Mississippi, he supported the formation of a ship plane unit and befriended aviation pioneer Henry Mustin, a strong advocate of fleet aviation." "Trimble shows that Moffett's real influence began with his work to establish the Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics in 1921. Serving as the bureau's chief until his death, Moffett integrated the use of airplanes and airships with fleet operations, managed the introduction of new technology - most notably the aircraft carrier - and rationalized procurement and personnel. Although the Navy was traditionally "the silent service," Moffett used public relations opportunities to promote naval aviation and to defeat the military, political, and bureaucratic opponents of his agenda. Trimble describes the admiral's highly publicized confrontation with Brig. Gen. William ("Billy") Mitchell, who agitated for a unified air force at the expense of a separate naval air arm." "Recognizing Moffett's gifted stewardship of the Bureau of Aeronautics, Trimble also recounts several of his obvious failures. Among them was his avid support for the large rigid airship as a solution to naval reconnaissance problems. Moffett lost his life in 1933, when he went down with the airship Akron off the coast of New Jersey."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Old Naval Days

Author : Sophie Radford de Meissner
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Old Naval Days written by Sophie Radford de Meissner and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Admiral Arleigh (31-Knot) Burke

Author : Ken Jones
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612515525
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book Admiral Arleigh (31-Knot) Burke written by Ken Jones and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2014-01-15 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by two World War II veterans who later became well-known war correspondents, this biography records the inspiring life of one of America's great naval heroes. Popularly referred to as "31-Knot" Burke, Admiral Arleigh Burke fought savage battles at sea and won every decoration a grateful nation could bestow, yet his service to his country was not in combat alone. This book is at once a stirring testament to Burke's World War II record as a combat leader and to his talents as a diplomat at the armistice table in Korea and as a politician in Washington. It details his legendary victories with DESRON 23 in the Pacific and his development of high-speed night tactics for destroyers that resulted in what many call the perfect naval engagement at the Battle of Cape St. George. Burke's most enduring contributions occurred during his unprecedented three terms as chief of naval operations when he directed the Navy's technical development during its revolutionary change from steam and gunpowder to nuclear concepts in ships, weaponry, strategy, and tactics. Published soon after Burke's retirement from the Navy in 1961, the book has remained a standard reference for four decades.