The United States Navy

Author : Mark Stille
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472848031

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The United States Navy in World War II by Mark Stille Pdf

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 : M. Hill Goodspeed
Publisher : Hugh Lauter Levin Associates
Page : 732 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015060103887

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U.S. Navy by M. Hill Goodspeed Pdf

Building on the official Navy chronologies, this book presents a year-by-year summary of significant naval activities from 1775 to the present. Key historical entries, along with significant operations, technological advances, and narratives of the women and men instrumental in shaping the organisation, are written by leading experts in each subject. With a distinctive battleship cover and 1000 photographs, this authoritative and encyclopaedic account of the U S Navy is an important addition to any military history collection.

Author : Craig L. Symonds
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199394944

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The U.S. Navy by Craig L. Symonds Pdf

This brisk narrative charts the history of the United States Navy from its birth during the American Revolution through its emergence as a global power amid the world wars of the twentieth century and finally to its current role as a superpower in the twenty-first century.

Author : Van Orden, M. D.
Publisher : Dodd Mead
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : History
ISBN : 0396085431

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The Book of United States Navy Ships by Van Orden, M. D. Pdf

Text and photographs introduce the characteristics and purposes of the various types of ships in the present-day Navy.

Author : William Reynolds Braisted
Publisher : Austin : University of Texas Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015020726637

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The United States Navy in the Pacific, 1897-1909 by William Reynolds Braisted Pdf

Author : Paul Metsa
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781452933214

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Blue Guitar Highway by Paul Metsa Pdf

This is a musician’s tale: the story of a boy growing up on the Iron Range, playing his guitar at family gatherings, coming of age in the psychedelic seventies, and honing his craft as a pro in Minneapolis, ground zero of American popular music in the mid-eighties. “There is a drop of blood behind every note I play and every word I write,” Paul Metsa says. And it’s easy to believe, as he conducts us on a musical journey across time and country, navigating switchbacks, detours, dead ends, and providing us the occasional glimpse of the promised land on the blue guitar highway. His account captures the thrill of the Twin Cities when acts like the Replacements, Husker Dü, and Prince were remaking pop music. It takes us right onto the stages he shared with stars like Billy Bragg, Pete Seeger, and Bruce Springsteen. And it gives us a close-up, dizzying view of the roller-coaster ride that is the professional musician’s life, played out against the polarizing politics and intimate history of the past few decades of American culture. Written with a songwriter’s sense of detail and ear for poetry, Paul Metsa’s book conveys all the sweet absurdity, dry humor, and passion for the language of music that has made his story sing.

Author : Robert J Cressman
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 867 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781682471548

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The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II by Robert J Cressman Pdf

Ten years after the close of World War II, the U.S. Navy published a chronology of its operations in the war. Long out of print, the work focused on what were then defined as critical and decisive events. It ignored a multitude of combat actions as well as the loss or damage of many types of U.S. ships and craft—particularly auxiliaries, amphibious ships, and district craft—and entirely omitted the U.S. submarine campaign against Japanese shipping, This greatly expanded and updated study, now available in paperback with an index, goes far beyond the original work, drawing on information from more than forty additional years of historical research and writing. Massive, but well organized, it addresses operational aspects of the U.S. Navy’s war in every theater.

Author : James A. Field, Jr.,Ernest McNeill Eller
Publisher : University Press of the Pacific
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2001-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0898756758

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History of United States Naval Operations by James A. Field, Jr.,Ernest McNeill Eller Pdf

Americans think of the Korean War as death and hardship in the bitter hills of Korea. It was certainly this, and for those who fought this is what they generally saw. Yet every foot of the struggles forward, every step of the retreats, the overwhelming victories, the withdrawals and last ditch stands had their seagoing support and overtones. The spectacular ones depended wholly on amphibious power -- the capability of the twentieth century scientific Navy to overwhelm land-bound forces at the point of contact. Yet the all pervading influence of the sea was present even when no major landing or retirement or reinforcement highlighted its effect. When navies clash in gigantic battle or hurl troops ashore under irresistible concentration of ship-borne guns and planes, nations understand that sea power is working. It is not so easy to understand that this tremendous force may effect its will silently, steadily, irresistibly even though no battles occur. No clearer example exists of this truth in wars dark record than in Korea. Communist-controlled North Korea had slight power at sea except for Soviet mines. So beyond this strong underwater phase the United States Navy and allies had little opposition on the water. It is, therefore, easy to fail to recognize the decisive role navies played in this war fought without large naval battles.

Author : Christopher Ford,David A Rosenberg
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612513300

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The Admirals' Advantage by Christopher Ford,David A Rosenberg Pdf

Operational intelligence, knowledge of the enemy’s location and actions, is crucial to effective military operations. The Admirals’ Advantage offers a revealing look at naval operational intelligence based on the findings of a classified Operational Intelligence (OPINTEL) Lessons-Learned Project and a 1998 Symposium at the Navy and Marine Corps Intelligence Training Center. Participants included senior intelligence and operational leaders who explored the evolution and significance of OPINTEL since World War II. Past and current practices were examined with inputs from fleet and shore commands and insights from interviews and correspondence with senior flag officers and intelligence professionals.

Author : Tracy Vonder Brink
Publisher : Pebble
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781977131768

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The United States Navy by Tracy Vonder Brink Pdf

The U.S. Navy traces its roots back to the American Revolutionary War. Then, its small fleet was outnumbered. Today, it is the largest navy in the world. Learn about the roles of sailors and their training, and get an inside look at the different types of ships, aircraft, equipment, and weapons the U.S. Navy uses to complete missions around the world.

Author : Mark Henry
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782002208

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The US Navy in World War II by Mark Henry Pdf

In 1941 the US Navy had 17 battleships of which eight would be knocked out on the first day of the war four aircraft carriers, and about 340,000 men including reservists. Pearl Harbor so weakened it that it was unable to prevent the Japanese capture of the Philippines and a vast sweep of Pacific islands. By 1945 it was the strongest navy the world had ever seen, with nearly 100 carriers, 41,000 aircraft and 3.3 million men; the unrivalled master of air-sea and amphibious operations, it was poised to invade Japan's home islands after reducing her fleet to scrap and her Pacific empire to impotence and starvation. This extraordinary story is illustrated here with dramatic photos, and nine meticulous colour plates showing a wide range of USN uniforms.

Author : United States. Naval History Division
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OSU:32435011344538

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The United States Navy by United States. Naval History Division Pdf

Author : Jeffery Dorwart
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781591146193

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Dorwart's History of the Office of Naval Intelligence, 1865–1945 by Jeffery Dorwart Pdf

This is the history of the founding in 1882 and operation through two world wars of America's first permanent intelligence agency, the Office of Naval Intelligence. In this study Dr. Jeffery M. Dorwart shows how and why a tiny late 19th century U.S. Navy bureau created to collect information about foreign warship design became during two world wars a complex and sometimes troubled domestic and worldwide intelligence agency. More significantly, this history of O.N.I. demonstrates how the founders and first generations of U.S. naval officers trained to man warships at sea confronted what seemed an inherent dilemma in new missions that interfered with providing technical and operational information to their navy. Dorwart explains the forces that created this dilemma and how ONI officers responded in different ways to their intelligence mission. This history recounts how from the very beginning ONI duty during the last decades of the 19th century seemed conflicting. Some found the new assignment very rewarding in collecting and collating data for the U.S. to build a "New Navy" of steel and steam-powered warships armed with the latest rifled ordnance. But other naval officers saw assignment to this tiny office as a monotonous dead-end assignment endangering their careers as shipboard operators. Dorwart shows how the first and second world wars and interwar period dramatically accelerated the naval intelligence office's dilemma. The threats in both oceans from powerful enemy navies equipped with the latest technology and weaponry gave an urgency to the collection of information on the strategies, warships, submarines, and aircraft development of potential and actual naval enemies. But at the same time ONI was asked to provide information of possible domestic threats from suspected enemy spies, terrorists, saboteurs or anti-war opponents. This led ONI officers to wiretap, break and enter, pursue surveillance of all types of people from foreign agents to Americans suspected of opposition to strengthening the U.S. Navy or becoming involved in world wars. This history explains that many ONI directors and officers were highly motivated to collect as much information as possible about the naval-military capabilities and strategies of Germany, Italy, Japan, and even allies. ONI officers understood that code-breaking was part of their job as well. But this all led some to become deeply involved in domestic spying, wiretapping, breaking and entering on private property. These extralegal and at times illegal operations, Dorwart argues, confused some ONI officers, leading to too much information that clouded vital intelligence such as Japanese plans to attack American naval bases. In the end, this study demonstrates the dilemma confronted between 1882 and 1945 by dedicated U.S. naval officers attached to or collecting information worldwide for the Office of Naval Intelligence.

Author : Michael Green
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473854444

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Aircraft Carriers of the United States Navy by Michael Green Pdf

This pictorial history of US aircraft carriers illustrates the many classes and types of carriers used by the navy from before WWII to the present day. In 1922 the US Navy commissioned its first small experimental aircraft carrier. This was followed into service by two much larger carriers in 1927 with five more being built— including three large Yorktown class—prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Then, to take the offensive against the Japanese Navy, the American Congress funded by far the largest carrier-building program in history. Since 1975, when the first of a fleet of ten nuclear-powered Nimitz class carriers was commissioned, The United States Navy’s fleet of carriers has optimized its superpower status and worldwide power projection. Yet these are due to be replaced in the decades to come with the even more sophisticated nuclear-powered Gerald R. Ford class. Compiled and written by Michael Green, Aircraft Carriers of the United States Navy contains superb images of all the different types of classes of carriers employed by the US Navy since 1922. These and its highly informative text and captions give the reader a broad overview of this fascinating subject.

Author : Nathan Miller
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612518923

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The U.S. Navy by Nathan Miller Pdf

Since 1977 Nathan Miller's concise history of the U.S. Navy has been the standard historical survey read by plebes at the U.S. Naval Academy. Now this highly readable account of the navy, its men and women, ships and aircraft, wars and politics, and the role all played in the creation and protection of the United States has been revised, updated, and made available to the general public in a handy, affordable paperback. Miller, an award-winning biographer and naval historian, has drawn upon a wide variety of stellar published and archival sources to produce a unique primer for those interested in an easy-to-read introduction to American seapower. His concise, fast-moving survey takes the reader from the founding of the raggle-taggle Continental Navy in 1775 through its growth and challenges in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, to lessons learned from Desert Storm as well as current efforts to integrate women into combatant roles, deal with personnel and material downsizing, and deploy the Pentagon's strategic and tactical innovations for the twenty-first century. All new for this third edition are enhanced coverage of the Marine Corps, an index, and maps. As readable as fiction and as up-to-date as today's headlines, this little-known gem prized by Annapolis midshipmen for decades will quickly be recognized by readers of all stripes as simply the best available brief history of the U.S. Navy.