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Author : Stephen F. Tomajczyk
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Destroyers (Warships)
ISBN : 1610607333
Author : United States. Naval History Division
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Destroyers (Warships)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105120699496
Author : Michael Green
Publisher : Images of War
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1526758547
This classic Images of War book traces the key role played by destroyers of the United States Navy since the first order for 16 in 1898. Prior to the USA's entry into the First World War a further 63 destroyers were commissioned and, due to the U-boat threat, 267 more were authorised by Congress once hostilities were joined.Between 1932 and Pearl Harbor ten new classes totalling 169 destroyers came into service. During the war years American shipyards turned out a further 334 vessels. Of the three classes, the 175 Fletcher-class were judged the most successful.The Cold War years saw the development of seven more classes. More recently 82 of the stealth shaped Arleigh Burke class have been ordered but the futuristic Zumwalt-class programme has been curtailed for cost reasons.Expert author Michael Green is to be commended for compiling this comprehensive account of the USN's impressive destroyer programme with its authoritative text and superb images.
Author : Mark Lardas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472839756
The Destroyer Escort was the smallest ocean-going escort built for the United States Navy – a downsized destroyer with less speed, fewer guns, and fewer torpedoes than its big brother, the fleet destroyer. Destroyer escorts first went into production because the Royal Navy needed an escort warship which was larger than a corvette, but which could be built faster than a destroyer. Lacking the shipyards to build these types of ships in Britain, they ordered them in the US. Once the US unexpectedly entered World War II, its navy suddenly also needed more escort warships, even warships less capable than destroyers, and the destroyer escort was reluctantly picked to fill the gap. Despite the Navy's initial reservations, these ships did yeoman service during World War II, fighting in both the Atlantic and Pacific, taking on both U-boat and Japanese submarines and serving as the early warning pickets against kamikazes later in the war. They also participated in such dramatic actions as the Battle of Samar (where a group of destroyers and destroyer escorts fought Japanese battleships and cruisers to protect the escort carriers they were shielding) and the capture of the U-505 (the only major naval vessel captured at sea by the US Navy). The destroyer escorts soldiered on after World War II in both the United States Navy and a large number of navies throughout the world, with several serving into the twenty-first century. This book tells the full story of these plucky ships, from their design and development to their service around the world, complete with stunning illustrations and contemporary photographs.
Author : Michael Green
Publisher : Pen and Sword Maritime
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526758552
This pictorial history examines the key role played by US Navy destroyers from the turn of the twentieth century through the Cold War and beyond. The first sixteen United States Navy destroyers were ordered in 1898. Prior to America’s entry into the First World War, another sixty-three destroyers were commissioned and, due to the U-boat threat, 267 more were authorized by Congress once hostilities were joined. Between 1932 and Pearl Harbor ten new classes totaling 169 destroyers came into service. During the Second World War, American shipyards turned out a further 334 vessels. Of the three classes, the 175 Fletcher-class were judged the most successful. The Cold War years saw the development of seven more classes, while more recent additions include eighty-two of the stealth-shaped Arleigh Burke class. In this comprehensive account, author and military expert Michael Green combines a superb collection of historical images with an authoritative text.
Author : Wirt Williams
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781839742682
The Enemy, first published in 1951, is the wartime account of a fictional U.S. Navy destroyer, the USS Dee (based on the author’s experiences while serving aboard the USS Decatur in the North Atlantic). The ships’ mission is to locate and destroy German submarines while protecting an aircraft carrier. The book details life aboard the destroyer and the inevitable conflicts that arise between men at sea for long periods. The ship also encounters and engages enemy submarines, receiving slight damage. Following author Wirt Williams’ service aboard the USS Decatur, he was transferred to the Pacific theater where he captained a Landing Ship. After the war, Williams worked as a reporter, then became an English professor in California. He continued to write and published six novels, and was nominated for three Pulitzer Prizes, once for his reporting and twice for his novels. The Enemy was his first novel. Williams passed away in 1986 at the age of 64.
Author : Theodore Roscoe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : UOM:39015000603277
Author : Mark Stille
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472848031
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.
Author : United States. Navy Department. Office of Information
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Airplanes, Military
ISBN : UOM:39015011851402
Author : Mark Stille
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472855121
An illustrated history of the long Cold War careers of the US Navy's last gun destroyers, from the modernized World War II-era Fletcher-class to the Forrest Sherman-class. The finest American destroyers of World War II had surprisingly long careers into the Cold War and the missile age. The 175-strong Fletcher-class was the largest class of US Navy destroyers ever built, and most received some modernization after World War II. A handful were converted into ASW (Anti-Submarine Warfare) escorts and one was even converted into the US Navy's first guided missile destroyer. Many Sumner-class destroyers were also kept in service, with the last decommissioned in 1973. The Gearing class was the classic US Navy wartime destroyer to have a second Cold War career, some being modified into picket ships and others into ASW escorts. Ninety-five were extensively modernized under the Fleet Modernization and Rehabilitation (FRAM) program which allowed them to serve until 1980. The majority of these ships then saw service with foreign navies. However the story of Cold War gun destroyers is not just one of World War II relics. Commissioned in the 1950s, the 18 ships of the Forrest Sherman class were the US Navy's last all-gun destroyers, and were considered to be the pinnacle of US Navy gun-destroyer design. Later in their careers, most were modernized for ASW and antiair warfare. The virtually unknown Norfolk class was originally built as a destroyer leader and maximized for ASW but only two were modernized and the other three retired early. Many of these ships, such as USS Edson, Cassin Young, and Turner Joy, still survive as museum ships today. Using battlescene artwork, detailed illustrations and photos, this book explores the careers, modernizations, and roles of all these unsung Cold War stalwarts, the last gun destroyers of the US Navy.
Author : William B. Kirkland
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786257659
Includes numerous maps and illustrations. This monograph provides first-hand accounts of Destroyer Squadron 18 during this critical battle upon which so much of the success of our campaign in Europe would depend. Their experience at Omaha Beach can be looked upon as typical of most U.S. warships engaged at Normandy. On the other hand, from the author’s research it appears evident that this destroyer squadron, with their British counterparts, may have had a more pivotal influence on the breakout from the beachhead and the success of the subsequent campaign than was heretofore realized. Its contributions certainly provide a basis for discussion among veterans and research by historians, as well as a solid, professional account of naval action in support of the Normandy landings.
Author : United States. Navy Department
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Warships
ISBN : MINN:20000003739527
Author : United States. Naval History Division
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 766 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Warships
ISBN : UVA:35007004873893
Author : United States. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations,Ernest Joseph King
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1946
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : UOM:39015038929793
Author : John C. Reilly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Destroyers (Warships)
ISBN : 0713715367
