J. B. Lippincott, 1975. — 1114 p. — ISBN: 0397007531. A detailed reconstruction of United States submarine activity in the Pacific between December 1941 and August 1945, assessing the submarine's role in the overall War and profiling outstanding and representative officers and crew members.
Dodd, Mead & Company, USA, 1957. — 74 p. — ISBN: N/A The story of the submarine is the story of the fulfillment of one of man's oldest dreams — to travel under water. Before the invention of the atomic submarine, how ever, this dream was never fully realized. Submarines built previously were not true submarines, but merely surface ships which could duck under water for short...
Naval War College Press, 2003. - 107 p. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, submarines have been the weapon of choice for weaker naval powers that wish to contest a dominant power’s control of the seas or its ability to project power ashore from the sea. This is because submarines have been and are likely to remain the weapon system with the highest leverage in a...
Annapolis, Maryland: US Naval Institute Press, 1995. — 400 p. — ISBN: 1-55750-263-3. This large-format book, the seventh in Friedman's acclaimed design history series, is lavishly illustrated. Detailed inboard profiles of every distinct type of submarine the U.S. Navy bought between 1900 and 1945 (and also types exported by U.S. builders) show how the submarines changed. The...
Motorbooks International, 1997. — 98 p. — (Enthusiast Color Series). — ISBN: 0760302766. The Genat's have combined pictures and honest, thoughtful narrative into an easy-reading and highly informative look at US Navy submarines, breaking out the topics by chapters on attack subs, ballistic missile subs, the then-new Seawolf class, training, and living on a submarine. The...
Squadron/Signal Publications, 2006. - 52 p. American submarines were a decisive element in winning WWII in the Pacifiic accounting for more than half of the nearly 10 million tons of Japanese naval and merchant shipping lost during the war, while also carrying out such other important duties as pilot rescue, reconnaissance and espionage. The burden of the submarine war from...
The Official Magazine of the U.S. Submarine Force. Military Editor Undersea Warfare CNO N97 2000 Navy Pentagon, Washington. - 32 p. Official magazine of the US submarine fleet. In English. language U.S. Naval Shipyards: Supporting the Fleet Today and Planning for the Future by NAVSEA Public Affairs. Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Puget Sound Naval Shipyard....
Pictorial Histories Publishing Co., 2001. — 58 p. — ISBN: 0933126727. This is a terrific photo history of U.S. Submarines of World War II. History of the Gato, Balco and Trench class submarines, 84 photos, technical data, cut away drawings and blueprints. A Must Have book for submarine and WW II enthusiasts and historians.
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