Us Navy Cold War Guided Missile Cruisers

Author : Mark Stille
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472835253

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US Navy Cold War Guided Missile Cruisers by Mark Stille Pdf

Faced with an increasingly formidable anti-ship cruise missile threat from the Soviet Union in the early days of the Cold War, and with the recent memory of the kamikaze threat from World War II, the USN placed a great priority on developing air defence cruise missiles and getting them to sea to protect the fleet. The first of these missiles were sizable, necessitating large ships to carry them and their sensors, which resulted in the conversion of a mix of heavy and light cruisers. These ships, tasked with protecting carrier groups and acting as flagships, entered service from 1955 and served until 1980. The cruisers served in the front lines of the Cold War and many saw combat service, engaging in surface actions from Vietnam to the Persian Gulf. Complementing the conventionally-powered missile cruisers was a much smaller number of expensive nuclear-powered cruisers, including the Long Beach, the USN's largest-ever missile cruiser. Until replaced by the Ticonderoga and Burke classes of Aegis ships, the USN's 38 missile cruisers were the most capable and important surface combatants in the fleet and served all over the globe during the Cold War. Using specially commissioned artwork and meticulous research, this illustrated title explores the story of these cruisers in unparalleled detail, revealing the history behind their development and employment.

Author : Edward Hampshire
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472817426

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Soviet Cold War Guided Missile Cruisers by Edward Hampshire Pdf

A fully illustrated study of the Soviet Navy's biggest and most powerful surface combatants of the Cold War. Heavily armed and formidable, guided missile cruisers formed the core of the Soviet Navy during the Cold War. From the last class of conventional Sverdlov-class cruisers through to increasingly complex and formidable missile cruisers, these ships ensured that NATO took the Soviet naval threat seriously. Soviet Cold War Guided Missile Cruisers covers all classes of these impressive warships, from the early Sverdlov through the Kynda, Kresta, Kara and Slava to the enormous Kirov classes. Together, these vessels marked the apogee of Soviet naval technology and capability and they remain today the largest non-aircraft carrier warships built since 1945. Containing material previously only available in Russian and fully researched from specialist defence journals, this comprehensive volume examines the design, development, and intended role of these impressive, hi-tech warships, and recounts their dramatic operational history as NATO and Soviet warships faced off against each other during the long Cold War at sea.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781472824998

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Author : Mark Stille
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472840493

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US Navy Frigates of the Cold War by Mark Stille Pdf

Though they were never the most glamorous of warships, found US Navy frigates were frequently found on the frontlines of the Cold War at sea. These warships were the descendants of World War II's destroyer escorts, designed primarily to escort convoys. They specialized in anti-submarine warfare, but were intended to be numerous, tough, versatile, and well-armed enough to show US naval power around the world, performing roles that varied from intercepting drug-smugglers to defending aircraft carriers. When the Cold War turned hot, frigates were often there. It was a US Navy frigate, Harold E. Holt, that conducted the US Navy's first hostile boarding action since 1826 during the SS Mayaguez incident. Frigates were at the forefront of operations in the Persian Gulf during the Tanker War, with the frigate USS Stark suffering a notorious Exocet attack by Iraqi warplanes, and proving the Oliver Hazard Perry-class's legendary toughness. This book explains how the technology and design of frigates changed during the Cold War, how the classes were modified to keep up to date, and explores the many varied missions they performed during the Cold War and since.

Author : Mark Stille
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472835239

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US Navy Cold War Guided Missile Cruisers by Mark Stille Pdf

Faced with an increasingly formidable anti-ship cruise missile threat from the Soviet Union in the early days of the Cold War, and with the recent memory of the kamikaze threat from World War II, the USN placed a great priority on developing air defence cruise missiles and getting them to sea to protect the fleet. The first of these missiles were sizable, necessitating large ships to carry them and their sensors, which resulted in the conversion of a mix of heavy and light cruisers. These ships, tasked with protecting carrier groups and acting as flagships, entered service from 1955 and served until 1980. The cruisers served in the front lines of the Cold War and many saw combat service, engaging in surface actions from Vietnam to the Persian Gulf. Complementing the conventionally-powered missile cruisers was a much smaller number of expensive nuclear-powered cruisers, including the Long Beach, the USN's largest-ever missile cruiser. Until replaced by the Ticonderoga and Burke classes of Aegis ships, the USN's 38 missile cruisers were the most capable and important surface combatants in the fleet and served all over the globe during the Cold War. Using specially commissioned artwork and meticulous research, this illustrated title explores the story of these cruisers in unparalleled detail, revealing the history behind their development and employment.

Author : Lynn Stone
Publisher : Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2005-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781606941058

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Cruisers At Sea by Lynn Stone Pdf

Explores Large Missile Cruisers Which Are Multi-Mission Warships With Modern Weapons, Loaded With Cruise Missiles And The Capability To Attack More Multiple Targets.

Author : Norman C Polmar,Thomas A Brooks
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781682473320

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Admiral Gorshkov by Norman C Polmar,Thomas A Brooks Pdf

Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Sergei G. Gorshkov was the product of a tradition unlike those of his Western contemporaries. He had a unique background of revolution, civil war, world wars, and the forceful implementation of an all-controlling communist dictatorship. Out of this background of violence and overwhelming transformation came a man with a vivid appreciation of the role and value of navies, but with his own unique ideas about the kind of navy that the Soviet Union required and the role that navy should play in Soviet military and national strategy. Western naval observers have persisted in attempting to define Admiral Gorshkov in Western naval terms. Many of these observers have been baffled when they found that the man and his actions simply did not fit conventional narratives. This book lays out the tradition, background, experiences, and thinking of the man as they relate to the development of the Soviet Navy that Gorshkov commanded for almost three decades and that was able to directly challenge the maritime dominance of the United States—a traditional sea power. His influence persists to this day, as the Russian Navy that is at sea in the twenty-first century is, to a significant degree, based on the fleet that Admiral Gorshkov built.

Author : Edward J. Marolda
Publisher : Department of the Navy
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-08
Category : History
ISBN : MINN:31951D03647126G

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Ready Seapower by Edward J. Marolda Pdf

No naval command has done more than the Seventh Fleet to defend and promote American interests in Asia. This “fighting fleet” was in the forefront of U.S. forces involved in the Pacific campaigns of World War II and the conflicts in Korea, Vietnam, and the Arabian Gulf. In the last half of the 20th century and the first decade of the 21st century, the Seventh Fleet has stood as a bulwark against aggression and partnered with America’s Asian allies to maintain peace and stability in this vital region. Whether combating conventional forces, guerrillas, insurgents,, pirates, or terrorists, Seventh Fleet Sailors have routinely displayed exceptional courage and dedication, serving also as ambassadors for America’s core values of freedom, democracy, free market enterprise, and respect for human rights.

Author : Norman Friedman
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1682477592

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U. S. Cruisers by Norman Friedman Pdf

The Norman Friedman Illustrated Design History series of U.S. warships books has been an industry standard for three decades and has sold thousands of copies worldwide. To mark and celebrate this achievement, the Naval Institute Press is proud to make these books available once more. Digitally remastered for enhanced photo resolution and quality, corrected, and updated, this series will continue to serve--for scholars and enthusiasts alike--as the foundation for U.S. naval warship research and reference for years to come. U.S. Cruisers is one the most comprehensive references available on the entire development of U.S. cruisers, from the first steel cruisers, the flawed designs of the Washington Naval Treaty era, the light, heavy, and large cruisers of World War II, the postwar rapid-fire artillery designs of the Des Moines and the Worcester classes, guided-missile conversions, and to the Aegis ships of the Ticonderoga-class. Like the other books in Norman Friedman's design-history series, U.S. Cruisers is based largely on formerly classified internal U.S. Navy records. Friedman, a leading authority on U.S. warships, explains the political and technical rationales of warship construction and recounts the evolution of each design. Alan Raven and A.D. Baker III have created detailed scale outboard and plan views of each ship class and of major modifications to many classes. Numerous photographs complement the text.

Author : United States. Navy Department. Office of Information
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Airplanes, Military
ISBN : UOM:39015011851402

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Ships, Aircraft, and Weapons of the United States Navy by United States. Navy Department. Office of Information Pdf

Author : United States. Navy Department
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Warships
ISBN : MINN:20000003739527

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Ships, Aircraft, and Weapons of the United States Navy by United States. Navy Department Pdf

Author : Curtis A. Utz,United States Navy,Naval Historical Center,United States Navy Department
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1410221237

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Cordon of Steel by Curtis A. Utz,United States Navy,Naval Historical Center,United States Navy Department Pdf

This study is a dramatic example of how the U.S. Navy's multipurpose ships and aircraft, flexible task organization, and great mobility enabled President Kennedy to protect national interests in one of the most serious confrontations of the Cold War. Curtis A. Utz is currently a historian in the Naval Historical Center's Contemporary History Branch.

Author : Mark Stille
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472840493

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US Navy Frigates of the Cold War by Mark Stille Pdf

Though they were never the most glamorous of warships, found US Navy frigates were frequently found on the frontlines of the Cold War at sea. These warships were the descendants of World War II's destroyer escorts, designed primarily to escort convoys. They specialized in anti-submarine warfare, but were intended to be numerous, tough, versatile, and well-armed enough to show US naval power around the world, performing roles that varied from intercepting drug-smugglers to defending aircraft carriers. When the Cold War turned hot, frigates were often there. It was a US Navy frigate, Harold E. Holt, that conducted the US Navy's first hostile boarding action since 1826 during the SS Mayaguez incident. Frigates were at the forefront of operations in the Persian Gulf during the Tanker War, with the frigate USS Stark suffering a notorious Exocet attack by Iraqi warplanes, and proving the Oliver Hazard Perry-class's legendary toughness. This book explains how the technology and design of frigates changed during the Cold War, how the classes were modified to keep up to date, and explores the many varied missions they performed during the Cold War and since.

Author : Norman Polmar,Kenneth J. Moore
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
Page : 649 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781597973199

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Cold War Submarines by Norman Polmar,Kenneth J. Moore Pdf

Submarines had a vital, if often unheralded, role in the superpower navies during the Cold War. Their crews carried out intelligence-collection operations, sought out and stood ready to destroy opposing submarines, and, from the early 1960s, threatened missile attacks on their adversary's homeland, providing in many respects the most survivable nuclear deterrent of the Cold War. For both East and West, the modern submarine originated in German U-boat designs obtained at the end of World War II. Although enjoying a similar technology base, by the 1990s the superpowers had created submarine fleets of radically different designs and capabilities. Written in collaboration with the former Soviet submarine design bureaus, Norman Polmar and K. J. Moore authoritatively demonstrate in this landmark study how differing submarine missions, antisubmarine priorities, levels of technical competence, and approaches to submarine design organizations and management caused the divergence.

Author : United States. Office of Naval Intelligence
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Sea-power
ISBN : UOM:39015074796007

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Understanding Soviet Naval Developments by United States. Office of Naval Intelligence Pdf