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Publisher: Squadron/Signal Publications 2000 | 52 Pages | ISBN: 0897474120 | PDF | 24 MB The Motor Torpedo Boats (MTBs) employed by the British Royal Navy during World War II - along with the US Navy's Patrol Torpedo (PT) Boats - can trace their roots to the 1876 torpedo boat HMS LIGHTNING. The British firm Thornycroft produced this 84-foot (25.6 m) long steam-powered craft to carry the newly designed and patented Whitehead torpedo. ... Ebook description

Publisher: Squadron/Signal Publications 1997 | 50 Pages | ISBN: 0897473787 | PDF | 50 MB "Destroyer Escorts In Action," gives the history and details of these ships. Includes information on these Classes: Evarts, Buckley, Cannon, Edsall, Rudderow, John C Butler, plus APD and DER Conversions. ... Ebook description

Publisher: Squadron/Signal Publications 1995 | 51 Pages | ISBN: 0897473361 | PDF | 18 MB When USS NICHOLAS (DD-449) was commissioned on 4 June 1942. Ihe even! was a sig­nificant one lor the U.S. Navy. It marked the entry into service of the first of 175 Fletcher Class destroyers. These destroyers not only represented a landmark design which would serve with distinction throughout the Second World War. ... Ebook description

Publisher: Squadron/Signal Publications 1993 | 52 Pages | ISBN: 0897472934 | PDF | 25 MB The term "Silent Service" evokes images of Second World War submarines complete with foul air, battery acid and diesel fuel. The present day nuclear powered fleet ballistic missile submarine brings a new meaning to the term "Silent Service." With its slippery Black painted stealthy hull and ultra quiet machinery — its silence can be very deadly to any aggressor. ... Ebook description

Publisher: Squadron/Signal Publications 1996 | 51 Pages | ISBN: 0897473566 | PDF | 55 MB ... Ebook description

Publisher: Squadron/Signal Publications 1984 | 52 Pages | ISBN: 0897471571 | PDF | 26 MB The Washington Treaty of 1922 brought a halt to an ambitious program of capital ship construction by the US Navy. Seven battleships and six battlecruisers were either broken up during construction or never started. One battleship, USS Washington (BB-47), was 75.9 per cent complete when work was abandoned on 8 February 1922. ... Ebook description

Publisher: Squadron/Signal Publications 1997 | 50 Pages | ISBN: 0897473736 | PDF | 27 MB During World War II the United States twill three types of aircraft carriers, the Essex class heavy fleet carriers (CVs). the Independence class light carriers converted from cruisers (CVLs), and "escort" carriers, converted from merchant or tanker hulls (CVI-s). The 24 ships of the Essex class were not remarkable for any great design innovation, but essentially for being in the right place at the right time, and for doing well the task history gave them. ... Ebook description