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Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1563110636
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (631 download)
Download or read book Battleship USS Alabama, BB-60 written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 1993 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kent Whitaker
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 143964375X
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)
Download or read book USS Alabama written by Kent Whitaker and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-08-05 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Powerful: this single word aptly describes a naval vessel known as a battleship. The USS Alabama (BB-60) was the last of four South Dakota–class battleships built for World War II. She is well armored and designed to survive an attack while continuing to fight. Her main battery, known as “Big Guns,” consisted of nine 16-inch guns; each could launch a projectile weighing as much as a small car that could hit a target 21 miles away. Her crew numbered 2,332 men, none of whom were lost to enemy fire, earning her the nickname “Lucky A.” She served as more than just a battleship: she carried troops, supplies, and seaplanes and served in the Pacific and Atlantic; her doctors treated patients from other ships; she was the wartime home for a major-league ballplayer; the movie setting for Hollywood films; and she traveled home to the state of Alabama with the help of schoolchildren.
Author : David Doyle
Publisher : Schiffer Military History
ISBN 13 : 9780764362354
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (623 download)
Download or read book USS Alabama (Bb-60) written by David Doyle and published by Schiffer Military History. This book was released on 2021-08-28 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth and final battleship in the South Dakota class, the USS Alabama served in both the Atlantic and Pacific during World War II, participating in many of the most famous battles of the war. Armed with nine 16-inch guns, 20 5-inch guns, and a myriad of 40 mm and 20 mm weapons, Alabama was one of the most powerful warships afloat. This volume illustrates the modifications and improvements made to the ship during her service, and the battles fought by her men. The battleship today is a floating museum and veterans memorial moored in Mobile Bay in her namesake state of Alabama. Additional detailed photos capture the workings of this powerful, complex warship. Through carefully researched archival documents and photographs, the history of this iconic warship and the men who crewed it is presented in this profusely illustrated volume.
Author : Karyn W. Tunks
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439679401
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)
Download or read book USS Alabama written by Karyn W. Tunks and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2023-10-09 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Home to thousands of US sailors, the USS Alabama fought bravely in World War II, but after she finished her service, the battleship was set to be scrapped. The people of Alabama decided they had to save the ship named for their proud state. No one was more determined than Alabama's schoolchildren. Author Karyn Tunks traces the story of the children's efforts in this informative and entertaining account. Tunks reveals a wealth of detail about life at sea before the ship was decommissioned and the many challenges Alabamians faced in securing the ship's permanent home. Artist Julie Dupré Buckner captures the feeling of the era in her detailed, vivid illustrations of the ship, those who called her home, and those who saved her for future generations. Complete with a glossary, illustrated ship's diagram, and timeline, USS Alabama: Hooray for the Mighty A! offers beginning readers a glimpse of the fascinating history of the battleship and how even the smallest of actions can produce incredible results.
Author : Juliet Wilson-Bareau
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 0300099622
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Manet and the American Civil War written by Juliet Wilson-Bareau and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2003 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "On June 19, 1864, the United States warship Kearsarge sank the Confederate raider Alabama off the coast of Cherbourg, France, in one of the most celebrated naval engagements of the American Civil War. When Kearsarge later anchored off the French resort town of Boulogne-sur-Mer it was thronged by curious visitors, one of whom was the artist Edouard Manet. Although he did not witness the historic battle, Manet made a painting of it partly as an attempt to regain the respect of his colleagues after having been ridiculed for his works in the 1864 Salon. Manet's picture of the naval engagement and his portrait of the victorious Kearsarge belong to a group of his seascapes of Boulogne whose unorthodox perspective and composition would profoundly influence the course of French painting." "Manet's paintings and watercolors related to the battle are considered in depth alongside numerous prints, photographs, letters, and archival newspaper illustrations that illuminate the history of the episode and in some cases dispel lingering misconceptions. Manet's other Boulogne seascapes are also discussed in terms of their complex chronology and evolution. A final chapter touches on some of the sources for the seascapes - from Old Master paintings to Japanese woodblock prints - and traces the influence of the seascapes on such artists as Gustave Courbet, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, and Claude Monet."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Mark Lardas
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781849084925
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (849 download)
Download or read book CSS Alabama vs USS Kearsarge written by Mark Lardas and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the time of American Civil War things had changed from the Age of Fighting Sail - steam power and explosive shells were transforming naval warfare. Iron was beginning to supplant wood. Britain had just finished HMS Warrior, an iron-hulled warship and coastal ironclads dominated the waters off the United States. The changes meant that ships sank, during battles instead of afterwards. The fights were no less bloody, but in addition to flying splinters, a host of other dangers were added - burst steam boilers, fire due to exploding shells, and the burst from the shells themselves. But, just as in the age of sail, warship captains that won one-on-one battles with another warship became as famous as modern sports stars. During the course of the American Civil War, three single ship actions were fought between Union cruisers and Confederate raiders: CSS Florida vs. USS Wachusett, CSS Alabama vs. USS Hatteras, and CSS Alabama vs. USS Kearsarge. This book will present those, with an emphasis on the most famous battle: Alabama's fight with Kearsarge. Next to the battle between USS Monitor and CSS Virginia, no other naval duel of the American Civil War drew as much interest. That story is told from the eyes of the participants filtered through the lens of historical analysis available since the battles were fought. This includes archeological studies of wrecks of some of these ships, making this book an indispensible guide for anyone interested in Civil War and naval history.
Author : David Doyle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780897477307
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (773 download)
Download or read book USS Alabama written by David Doyle and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Glenn Frazier
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781495166273
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (662 download)
Download or read book Hell's Guest written by Glenn Frazier and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Witold Koszela
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788364596377
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (963 download)
Download or read book The Battleship USS Alabama written by Witold Koszela and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-19 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Al Adcock
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780897473996
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (739 download)
Download or read book USS Alabama written by Al Adcock and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Daniel Rogers
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 9781591146988
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (469 download)
Download or read book Battleship Alabama written by Daniel Rogers and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2022-04-15 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building upon the expertise of the authors and historians of the Naval Institute Press, the Naval History Special Editions are designed to offer studies of the key vessels, battles, and events of armed conflict. Using an image-heavy, magazine-style format, these Special Editions should appeal to scholars, enthusiasts, and general readers alike. USS Alabama (BB-60) is the fourth and final South Dakota-class battleship completed for the United States Navy. Entering service in 1942, she became one of ten new fast battleships the United States commissioned from 1941 to 1944. This volume narrates the story of Alabama's construction, design, functioning, deployments during World War II, crew experiences, commanding officers, and second life as a museum ship. During the war, her nine 16-inch/45 caliber main guns fired 1,252 rounds at enemy targets. Her secondary batteries, twenty 5-inch/38 caliber guns, were part of the most effective anti-aircraft screening actions of any navy during the war. They combined with Alabama's 40 mm and 20 mm cannons to down 22 Japanese warplanes in the central and western Pacific. Alabama earned nine battle stars for her participation in such battles as the Gilbert Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Philippine Sea, Leyte Gulf, and Okinawa. She finished the war by bombarding the Japanese Home Islands, deploying a contingent of Marines to Japan, and transporting home U.S. service members from the western Pacific. All the while, her crew adjusted to the varying demands of patrols through frigid seas above the Arctic Circle, amid the heat and humidity of equatorial latitudes, and during two deadly western Pacific typhoons. She returned to the United States to form part of the reserve fleet until the early 1960s, when "the Mighty A" was transferred to the state of Alabama to serve as the centerpiece of a memorial park on the shores of Mobile Bay.
Author : Erik Heyl
Publisher : Buffalo, N.Y. : [E. Heyl]
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Early American Steamers written by Erik Heyl and published by Buffalo, N.Y. : [E. Heyl]. This book was released on 1953 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John A. Williamson
Publisher : University Alabama Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Antisubmarine Warrior in the Pacific written by John A. Williamson and published by University Alabama Press. This book was released on 2005-03-06 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The author details the challenges of communal life aboard ship and explains the intense loyalty that bonds crew members for life. Ultimately, Williamson offers a portrait of himself, an inexperienced naval officer who, having come of age in Alabama during the Depression, rose to become the most successful WW II antisubmarine warfare officer in the Pacific."--Jacket.
Author : Andrew Bowcock
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book CSS Alabama written by Andrew Bowcock and published by Bloomsbury Academic. This book was released on 2002 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Built secretly by Laird's on the Mersey, to the order of the Confederate States during the American Civil War, the Alabama embarked on a hugely destructive world-wide campaign against Federal shipping that made the ship a household name. Eventually tracked down by the Union sloop Kearsarge, the raider was sunk off Cherbourg in an epic ship-to-ship action. However, the almost legendary quality of the ship's career was further enhanced post-war by a bestselling autobiography by Alabama's captain, Raphael Semmes. Nor did the ship's impact on history finish with her sinking, as her depredations caused a diplomatic row between the USA and Britain that was not resolved until the latter agreed to substantial compensation in 1871.
Author : United States. Navy Dept
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Annual Report of the Operations of the Naval Militia written by United States. Navy Dept and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jp Valery
Publisher : Jean-Pierre Valery
ISBN 13 : 0995217521
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (952 download)
Download or read book An American Road Trip written by Jp Valery and published by Jean-Pierre Valery. This book was released on 2016-07-04 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the shores of the St Lawrence River, to the ones of the Atlantic Ocean, through those of the Mexican Gulf, partake in a 7,000 km long visual journey across North-America. Travel through 17 States and 2 Canadian Provinces and partake in a unique journey across the land of the free. Partake in this adventure, and escape for a moment through the photographs. *** After driving across 17 US States, Jp Valery is releasing his first photography ebook. The 126-pages debut work recounts the road trip performed by two friends from Montréal, to New-Orleans, to Washington. 17 states in 13 days for an unforgettable experience, now available for the grand public to discover. Jp envisions a natural photography. Thus, all pictures present in his book are not retouched, not cropped, not photoshopped, not modified, not reverted or rotated, and not staged.
Author : William E. McMahon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Dreadnought Battleships and Battle Cruisers written by William E. McMahon and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
