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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

Publisher: Squadron/Signal Publications 1994 | 50 Pages | ISBN: 0897473124 | PDF | 19 MB This history of the development of the American wartime PT (Patrol Torpedo) boats began life as a book proposal on just one class of these fast wooden boats, which I submitted to Mr. Nick Waters of squadron/signal publications. He suggested that I turn the proposed manu­script into a developmental history of all U. ... Ebook description

Publisher: Squadron/Signal Publications 1977 | 51 Pages | ISBN: 0897470540 | PDF | 35 MB The story of the U-boat campaign in World War II is a drama of rise and fall, and almost rise again. The German U-boat arm rose from the ashes to become the Third Reich's most effective weapon against the West. For a few brief months the U-boats seemed to be winning the Battle of the Atlan­tic, bringing England slowly but surely to her knees, until May 1943 brought a sudden reversal of fortune and the anguish of a losing struggle fought with diminishing resources against a materially superior enemy. ... Ebook description

Publisher: Naval Institute Press 1994 | 160 Pages | ISBN: 1550680846 | PDF | 77 MB The subject of this book is a Flower class corvette built in Vancouver and commissioned in January 1941. Agassiz (pronounced Aga-see) in her as-built, short forecastle configuration differed considerably from the com­mon conception of the long-forecastle 'Flower', such as the museum ship I1MCS Sackville in Halifax, Nova Scotia, or the Greek corvette Kriezis (ex-Coreopsis) which represented HMS Compass Rose in the film The Cruel Sea, or 1/72 scale models from the popular Matchbox/Revell kit. ... Ebook description

Publisher: Squadron/Signal Publications 1991 | 51 Pages | ISBN: 0897472659 | PDF | 35 MB The U.S. Navy had shown considerable interest in aviation as it emerged as a reliable technology at the end of the first and the beginning of the second decade of this century. But. in the U.S. Navy, as in other navies interested in aviation, there was a great deal of controversy over the best way to employ this new capability. ... Ebook description

Publisher: Conway Maritime Press 2003 | 120 Pages | ISBN: 0851779670 | PDF | 46 MB The "Anatomy of the Ship" series provides documentation of individual ships and ship types, accompanied by line drawings with descriptive keys, technical details and a record of the ship's service history. The frigate Diana, built in 1793, is typical of many that fought in the Napoleonic Wars. . ... Ebook description