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US Flush-Deck Destroyers 1916–45

Author : Mark Lardas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472819993
Total Pages : 107 pages
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Download or read book US Flush-Deck Destroyers 1916–45 written by Mark Lardas and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-28 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four pipes and flush decks – these ships were a distinctively American destroyer design. Devised immediately prior to and during the United States' involvement in World War I they dominated the US Navy's destroyer forces all the way through to World War II. They were deployed on North Atlantic and Norwegian Sea convoys, and virtually everywhere in the Pacific, from Alaska to Australia. Fifty were given to Great Britain in its hour of need in 1940, and many would serve in other navies, fighting under the Soviet, Canadian, Norwegian, and even the Imperial Japanese flags. They also served in a variety of roles becoming seaplane tenders, high-speed transports, minesweepers and minelayers. One was even used as a self-propelled mine during Operation Chariot, destroying the dry dock at St. Nazaire. Fully illustrated throughout with commissioned artwork and contemporary photographs, this volume reveals the operational history of these US Navy ships that fought with distinction in both World Wars.

US Flush-Deck Destroyers 1916–45

Author : Mark Lardas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472819985
Total Pages : 49 pages
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Download or read book US Flush-Deck Destroyers 1916–45 written by Mark Lardas and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-28 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four pipes and flush decks – these ships were a distinctively American destroyer design. Devised immediately prior to and during the United States' involvement in World War I they dominated the US Navy's destroyer forces all the way through to World War II. They were deployed on North Atlantic and Norwegian Sea convoys, and virtually everywhere in the Pacific, from Alaska to Australia. Fifty were given to Great Britain in its hour of need in 1940, and many would serve in other navies, fighting under the Soviet, Canadian, Norwegian, and even the Imperial Japanese flags. They also served in a variety of roles becoming seaplane tenders, high-speed transports, minesweepers and minelayers. One was even used as a self-propelled mine during Operation Chariot, destroying the dry dock at St. Nazaire. Fully illustrated throughout with commissioned artwork and contemporary photographs, this volume reveals the operational history of these US Navy ships that fought with distinction in both World Wars.

A Family Saga

Author : John L. Dickey, II
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781490585154
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (851 download)

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Download or read book A Family Saga written by John L. Dickey, II and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-07-19 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Destroyer History Foundation, Merriam Press Naval History 1. Revised Edition (July 2013). In 1916, before the United States joined World War I, Congress authorized 50 destroyers of a new “flush deck” design as part of a program intended to make the United States a major player on the world stage. Deliveries commenced after the United States joined the war in 1917. Although only 41 flush deckers joined the fleet before the Armistice in 1918, construction continued until 273 ships were completed. In 1922, after the Washington Naval Treaties went into effect, the U.S. Navy placed more than half of these new destroyers in reserve. By the end of the 1930s, 103 of them had been lost or retired; after the outbreak of World War II, 50 more were transferred to the United Kingdom. That left the U.S. Navy with 120 flush deckers, still the majority of its destroyer force. In World War II, although poorly matched against modern enemy ships and aircraft, they proved invaluable when converted as transports, minecraft, seaplane tenders and escorts. They operated in nearly every campaign and while one in four was lost, one in four was also decorated, making them the most sacrificed and most honored destroyers in the U.S. Navy's history. In 2000, the late John L. Dickey, II published A FAMILY SAGA: FLUSH-DECK DESTROYERS, 1917–1955, which provided previously-unavailable details on these ships. Now, historian David McComb has integrated Dickey's own errata and addenda with new tables and twice as many photos to bring destroyer enthusiasts an easy-to-read, definitive reference for the largest group of destroyers ever operated by the United States Navy. This revised edition features a full-color cover and interior pages printed on quality white paper for better photo reproduction, with an all-new professional format. 78 photos and drawings; 34 tables; index.

Killing Shore

Author : K. A. Nelson
Publisher : Brookline Books
ISBN 13 : 195504130X
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book Killing Shore written by K. A. Nelson and published by Brookline Books. This book was released on 2024-04-18 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The shocking story of Nazi Germany’s naval assault in American waters, told through the eyes of seafarers who experienced it off the Jersey Shore. It is January 1942. Six weeks after the United States entered World War II, Imperial Japan is annihilating American forces across the Far East while the Nazis stand triumphant over much of Europe. Adolf Hitler’s forces are about to commence an assault along the East Coast of the United States, but this “Atlantic Pearl Harbor” would prove far more devastating than Japan’s attack on Hawaii. The wolves are closing in, and few Americans realize their beaches and coastal cities are about to witness the worst naval defeat in American history. The Western Hemisphere holds the key to victory for the beleaguered Allies, but only if the vast economic and military resources of North and South America can be carried across the Atlantic by Allied merchant ships. These civilian-manned cargo vessels are the backbone of the American war economy and the lifeline enabling Britain and the Soviet Union to survive—but Hitler’s favorite admiral also knows this, and he has set in motion a plan of unprecedented boldness. Germany’s dreaded submarines, or “U-boats,” are going to the United States. The fiery months that followed would pit American servicemen against German U-boat sailors in a desperate struggle that stained East Coast waters with oil and blood. In the crosshairs of this deadly cat-and-mouse game was a stalwart contingent of civilian mariners who crewed the tankers and freighters supplying the war against the Axis Powers. Thousands of them would perish as hundreds of merchant ships were sunk. Every American coastal state became a battlefront in 1942, and the events that transpired off New Jersey illustrate the perils and brutality of this forgotten campaign. The seafloor along the Garden State is today strewn with shipwrecks that bear witness to the innumerable ways to die faced by friend and foe alike only miles from the boardwalk. Though these seafarers’ lives were forfeit, the battle they fought would decide the fates of millions.

US Navy Gunboats 1885–1945

Author : Brian Lane Herder
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472844629
Total Pages : 49 pages
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Download or read book US Navy Gunboats 1885–1945 written by Brian Lane Herder and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-04-15 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the history of the US Navy's gunboats and their role in building a worldwide American naval presence abroad and in combat, from the Yangtze era through to World War II. For more than half a century, American gunboats were the ships often responsible for policing small crises and provided deterrence and fast-response capabilities around the world – showing the flag, landing armed parties, patrolling river and littoral areas, and protecting ex-pats. They were often the United States' most-visible and constant military presence in far-flung foreign lands, and were most closely associated with the Far East, particularly the Philippines and China. Most famous, of course, was the multinational Yangtze Patrol. Many US gunboats were built, purchased or reassembled overseas where they usually served out their entire careers, never coming within 7,000 miles of the national homeland which they served. Numerous gunboats were captured from the Spanish during the 1898 war, many being raised from shallow graves, refurbished, and commissioned into USN service. The classic haunt of US gunboats was the Asiatic Station of China and the Philippines. Gunboat service overseas was typically exotic and the sailors' lives were often exciting and unpredictable. The major operational theatres associated with the US gunboats were the pre-1898 cruises and patrols of the earliest steel gunboats, the Spanish-American War of 1898 (both the Philippines and the Caribbean), the guerilla wars of the early 20th century Philippines and Latin America, the Asiatic Fleet and Yangtze Patrol of the 1890s–1930s, and finally World War II, which largely entailed operations in China, the Philippines, the Dutch East Indies, Alaska, and on convoy routes. It was Japan's sudden 1941–1942 'Centrifugal Offensive' that effectively spelled the beginning of the end not just of most American gunboats, but also the century-old world order in Asia that had provided US gunboats with their primary mission.

The United States Navy in World War II

Author : Mark Stille
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472848063
Total Pages : 305 pages
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Download or read book The United States Navy in World War II written by Mark Stille and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-11 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive overview of the strategy, operations and vessels of the United States Navy from 1941 to 1945. Although slowly building its navy while neutral during the early years of World War II, the US was struck a serious blow when its battleships, the lynchpin of US naval doctrine, were the target of the dramatic attack at Pearl Harbor. In the Pacific Theatre, the US was thereafter locked into a head to head struggle with the impressive Imperial Japanese Navy, fighting a series of major battles in the Coral Sea, at Midway, the Philippine Sea, Leyte Gulf and Okinawa in the struggle for supremacy over Japan. Having avoided the decisive defeat sought by the IJN, the US increased industrial production and by the end of the war, the US Navy was larger than any other in the world. Meanwhile in the west, the US Navy operated on a second front, supporting landings in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy, and in 1944 played a significant part in the D-Day landings, the largest and most complex amphibious operation of all time. Written by an acknowledged expert and incorporating extensive illustrations including photographs, maps and colour artwork, this book offers a detailed look at the strategy, operations and vessels of the US Navy in World War II.

US Destroyers 1934–45

Author : Dave McComb
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849082529
Total Pages : 49 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book US Destroyers 1934–45 written by Dave McComb and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-12-20 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the beginning of the 20th century, destroyers have been all-purpose ships, indispensable in roles large and small – from delivering the mail at sea to screening other vessels and, where larger ships were not present, forming the front line in battle. This title details the 169 ships of ten classes introduced in the 1930s: early 1,500-tonners and 1,850-ton destroyer leaders designed to conform to the 1930 London Naval Treaty, plus the successor 1,570-ton Sims class and 1,620and 1,630-ton Benson and Gleaves classes. In wartime, most 1,500-tonners and leaders initially saw front line duty in the Pacific but were relegated to secondary assignments as newer vessels arrived; while the later 1,620and 1,630-tonners became the standard destroyers of the Atlantic War. This volume reveals the fascinating design story behind these pioneering classes – from the constraints of peacetime treaties to advances in propulsion engineering, and wartime modifications. With an operational overview of their service and tables listing all ships by class, builder, and initial squadron, this is the definitive guide to the pre-war US destroyer classes.

US Destroyers vs German U-Boats

Author : Mark Lardas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472854098
Total Pages : 81 pages
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Download or read book US Destroyers vs German U-Boats written by Mark Lardas and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-04-27 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An absorbing study of the duels fought between the US Navy's escort warships and Hitler's U-boats between December 1941 and May 1945. Although the Battle of the Atlantic lasted several years, its most critical phase began once the United States entered World War II. By December 1941, the British had mastered the U-boat threat in the Eastern Atlantic, only to see the front abruptly expand to regions the US Navy would patrol, chiefly the Atlantic Seaboard. Unless the US Navy overcame the U-boat threat, the Allies would struggle to win. The Battle of the Atlantic was made up of thousands of individual duels: aircraft against U-boats, aircraft against aircraft, aircraft against ships-but most crucially, ships against U-boats. The individual clashes between Germany's U-boats and the Allied warships escorting the vital convoys often comprised one-on-one actions. These stories provide the focus of this detailed work. The technical details of the U-boats, destroyers, and destroyer escorts involved are explored in stunning illustrations, including ship and submarine profiles and weaponry artworks, and key clashes are brought to life in dramatic battlescenes. Among the clashes covered are including USS Kearny vs. U-568, USS Roper (DD-147) vs U-85, USS Eugene E. Elmore (DE-686) vs U-549, and USS Atherton (DE-169) vs U-853.

Flush Decks and Four Pipes

Author : John Doughty Alden
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Flush Decks and Four Pipes written by John Doughty Alden and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1965 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated history of flush deck destroyers of the U.S. Navy, giving data on over 200 ships from Model DD-69 through DD-347.

US Flush Deck Destroyers in Action

Author : Al Adcock
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780897474603
Total Pages : 49 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (746 download)

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Download or read book US Flush Deck Destroyers in Action written by Al Adcock and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Family Saga: Flush Deck Destroyers, 1917-1955

Author : John L. Dickey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 142 pages
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Download or read book A Family Saga: Flush Deck Destroyers, 1917-1955 written by John L. Dickey and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ships Monthly

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 758 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Ships Monthly written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels

Author : United States. Navy Department
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1314 pages
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Download or read book Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels written by United States. Navy Department and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 1314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Encyclopedia of Naval History

Author : Anthony Bruce
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135935343
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Naval History written by Anthony Bruce and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-27 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the beginnings of the age of sail and firearms to the present day, the Encyclopedia of Naval History provides a complete and comprehensive guide to world naval history.

United States Naval Institute Proceedings

Author : United States Naval Institute
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1040 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book United States Naval Institute Proceedings written by United States Naval Institute and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 1040 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The U-boat Wars, 1916-1945

Author : John Terraine
Publisher : G.P. Putnam's Sons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 900 pages
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Download or read book The U-boat Wars, 1916-1945 written by John Terraine and published by G.P. Putnam's Sons. This book was released on 1989 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A definitive account of the development of submarine warfare during and between two world wars. Examines U-boat campaigns in World Wars I and II, particularly the Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1945.

America's Anchor

Author : Kennard R. Wiggins, Jr.
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476671974
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book America's Anchor written by Kennard R. Wiggins, Jr. and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-01-21 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This naval history of the Delaware Estuary spans three centuries, from the arrival of the Europeans to the end of the World War II. The author describes the shipbuilders and infrastructure, and the ships and men who sailed this surprisingly active waterway in peace and in war. From Philadelphia to the Delaware Capes, the story of the nascent U.S. Navy and key historical figures emerges. Dozens of historic images and four appendices are included.