Naval category: 2015 books
Red Crew
Fighting the War on Drugs with Reagan’s Coast Guard
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018
Red Crew is a first-hand account of U.S. Coast Guard anti-smuggling operations during the early years of the nation’s maritime war on drugs. Jim Howe describes his experience as the executive officer of a specialized drug-hunting crew that sailed in then-state-of-the-art “surface effect ships,”...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
This new 2012 Navy Program Guide is an overview of the key systems, programs and initiatives of the U.S. Navy, with detailed information on the status of hundreds of programs for systems ranging from aircraft and ships to weapons and information dominance. As a bonus, this ebook reproduction includes...
Clear the Bridge!
The War Patrols of the U.S.S. Tang
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2011
The story of Tang and her gallant crew ranks with the most amazing of naval history. Whether rescuing Navy fliers off Truk or stalking enemy convoys off Japan, Tang carried the war to the enemy with unparalleled ferocity. Tang’s skipper on all five of her war patrols, Rear Admiral Richard H. O’Kane...
Islands of Destiny
The Solomons Campaign and the Eclipse of the Rising Sun
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
The Battle of Midway is traditionally held as the point when Allied forces gained advantage over the Japanese. In Islands of Destiny, acclaimed historian and military intelligence expert John Prados points out that the Japanese forces quickly regained strength after Midway and continued their assault...
by David Wragg
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2009
Seapower was a crucial element in the outcome of the Second World War. The U-Boat campaign almost brought Britain to her knees; the Arctic convoys were crucial to keeping Russia in the War; Pearl Harbor brought America into the conflict with massive repercussions; allied naval supremacy made the D-Day...
Perry's Lake Erie Fleet
After the Glory
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2012
Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry's defeat of the British at the Battle of Lake Erie was a defining moment both in the War of 1812 and American naval history. Yet the story of Perry's fleet did not end there. Come aboard as author David Frew chronicles the years and decades after Perry's victory. Heroic...
The Color of War
How One Battle Broke Japan and Another Changed America
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
From the acclaimed World War II writer and author of The Ghost Mountain Boys, an incisive retelling of the key month, July 1944, that won the war in the pacific and ignited a whole new struggle on the home front.
In the pantheon of great World War II conflicts, the battle for Saipan is often...
A Man and His Ship
America's Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the S.S. United States
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
THE STORY OF A GREAT AMERICAN BUILDER
At the peak of his power, in the 1940s and 1950s, William Francis Gibbs was considered America’s best naval architect.
His quest to build the finest, fastest, most beautiful ocean liner of his time, the S.S. United States, was a topic of national...
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors
The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2008
“This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can.”
With these words, Lieutenant Commander Robert W. Copeland addressed the crew of the destroyer escort USS Samuel B. Roberts on the morning of October 25, 1944, off the...
Clash of The Carriers
The True Story of the Marianas Turkey Shoot of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2006
The incredible true story of the most spectacular aircraft carrier battle in history—World War II’s Great Marianas Turkey Shoot.
“Superb... the greatest naval air battle of all time finally receives the meticulous and comprehensive treatment it deserves.”—Richard Frank, author of...
Navy SEALs
Their Untold Story
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
The most complete history of the U.S. Navy SEALs—from their roots in World War II to their celebrated efforts in the War on Terror—written with the unprecedented cooperation of the Naval Special Warfare community. The book will tie-in with a fall 2014 PBS series.
Over the last fifty years,...
The Unknown Battle of Midway
The Destruction of the American Torpedo Squadrons
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2005
“A memoir and more . . . Kernan brings this maritime battle superbly to life. . . . And he narrates the air assault in gripping detail” (The Wall Street Journal).
The Battle of Midway is considered the greatest US naval victory, but behind the luster is the devastation of the American torpedo...
Midway Submerged
An Analysis of American and Japanese Submarine Operations at the Battle of Midway, June 1942
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2011
Scholarly studies on the Battle of Midway are prolific, yet few have examined the pivotal role American and Japanese submarines played. Fewer still have challenged the prevailing wisdom held among historians that US airstrikes on vulnerable Japanese fleet carriers marked a turning point in the war,...
USN Destroyer vs IJN Destroyer
The Pacific 1943
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
This book covers the fierce night naval battles fought between the US Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy during late 1943 as the Allies advanced slowly up the Solomons Islands toward the major Japanese naval base at Rabaul. During this period, several vicious actions were fought featuring the most...