Naval category: 2015 books
On the Bottom
The Raising of the Submarine S-51
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
On September 25, 1925, the S-51 tragically sank to the ocean floor, and Edward Ellsberg was the man whose courage and determination brought it back
The sinking of the submarine S-51 was one of the greatest tragedies in American naval history. Due to a miscommunication and subsequent collision...
US Heavy Cruisers 1943–75
Wartime and Post-war Classes
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2014
This title follows on from a companion book covering the US heavy cruisers that were built prior to the war, together forming the definitive guide to the US's heavy cruiser classes. Versatile warships, the heavy cruisers of the Baltimore class, and their successors in the Oregon City and Des Moines...
Seventeen Fathoms Deep
The Saga of the Submarine S-4 Disaster
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
This is the first full-length history of the S-4 disaster, which was the first rescue attempt made of a modern submarine
The rescue divers could hear the crew tapping out a message in Morse code: “Is there any hope?” After being accidentally rammed by the Coast Guard destroyer USS Paulding...
Midway: Dauntless Victory
A re-examination of America’s greatest naval victory of World War II.
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2008
This is an in-depth study of the battle of Midway that reviews the many previous accounts and compares their accuracy and veracity with fresh documentation that has been released recently, including new material on the post-war analysis made by a US select committee. There are new viewpoints on the...
Sea Wolf of the Confederacy
The Daring Civil War Raids of Naval Lt. Charles W. Read
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2004
In June 1863, just days before the epic clash at Gettysburg ended the last rebel land invasion of the North, a small party of the Confederate Navy mounted a devastating series of raids on the New England coast, culminating in a battle off Portland, Maine. Veteran author David W. Shaw brilliantly re-creates...
Raising the Hunley
The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Lost Confederate Submarine
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
The history of the Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley is as astonishing as its disappearance. On February 17, 1864, after a legendary encounter with a Union battleship, the iron “fish boat” vanished without a trace somewhere off the coast of South Carolina. For more than a century the fate of...
by William C. Davis
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2012
One was called "a tin can on a shingle"; the other, "a half-submerged crocodile."
Yet, on a March day in 1862 in Hampton Roads, Virginia, after a five-hour duel, the U.S.S. Monitor and the C.S.S. Virginia (formerly the U.S.S. Merrimack) were to change the course of not only...
Iron Dawn
The Monitor, the Merrimack, and the Civil War Sea Battle that Changed History
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
“An utterly absorbing account of one of history’s most momentous battles” (Forbes) that not only changed the Civil War but the future of all sea power—from acclaimed popular historian Richard Snow, who “writes with verve and a keen eye” (The New York Times Book Review).
No single...
Constitution vs Guerriere
Frigates during the War of 1812
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2012
Famed as a classic naval duel, a one-on-one clash between two sailing frigates offered the victor immeasurable fame and glory. During the War of 1812, the Royal Navy and United States Navy squared off in four such duels, the most famous that between the USS Constitution and HMS Guerrière. Ships and...
by Mark Lardas
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2012
By 1805 the 44-gun frigate was probably viewed as a failed experiment whilst the 38-gun frigate was viewed as the vessel of the future. Ten years later every navy was building 44-gun frigates and today it is viewed as the symbol of the Napoleonic-era cruiser. This remarkable transformation resulted...
by Angus Konstam
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2012
The idea of a heavy cruiser emerged in the aftermath of World War I, and was closely linked to the limits set by the inter-war Washington Naval Treaty. The pre-World War I concept of armoured cruisers had been abandoned, but in their stead the Admiralty saw a place for powerful cruisers, able to patrol...
by Rear Admiral Edward Ellsberg
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
A Navy admiral’s firsthand account of the Allied salvage operation that played a key role in recovering North Africa from the Nazis during World War II.
By 1942, Mussolini’s forces were on the run in East Africa. In order to slow the Allied advance, the Italians used audacious tactics—including...
by Tom Frame
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
The complete and authoritative account of the sinking of the HMAS Sydney, and the recent finding of her wreck.
On 19 November 1941, the pride of the Australian Navy, the light cruiser Sydney, fought a close-quarters battle with the German armed raider HSK Kormoran off Carnarvon on the West...
by Mark Lardas
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2012
The 'Original Six' frigates were commissioned by the new-born US Navy at a staggering cost of nearly $700,000. Designed to be light and fast, these warships enabled America to project its power across the globe. Among the ships Mark Lardas examines is USS Constellation: the first ship to be commissioned...