American Destroyer Escorts Of World War 2
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American Destroyer Escorts Of World War 2
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Author : Peter Elliott
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
American Destroyer Escorts Of World War 2 written by Peter Elliott and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with History categories.
Includes notes on American-built destroyer escorts in service with other navies.
Us Navy Destroyer Escorts Of World War Ii
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Author : Mark Lardas
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2020-11-26
Us Navy Destroyer Escorts Of World War Ii written by Mark Lardas and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-26 with History categories.
The Destroyer Escort was the smallest ocean-going escort built for the United States Navy – a downsized destroyer with less speed, fewer guns, and fewer torpedoes than its big brother, the fleet destroyer. Destroyer escorts first went into production because the Royal Navy needed an escort warship which was larger than a corvette, but which could be built faster than a destroyer. Lacking the shipyards to build these types of ships in Britain, they ordered them in the US. Once the US unexpectedly entered World War II, its navy suddenly also needed more escort warships, even warships less capable than destroyers, and the destroyer escort was reluctantly picked to fill the gap. Despite the Navy's initial reservations, these ships did yeoman service during World War II, fighting in both the Atlantic and Pacific, taking on both U-boat and Japanese submarines and serving as the early warning pickets against kamikazes later in the war. They also participated in such dramatic actions as the Battle of Samar (where a group of destroyers and destroyer escorts fought Japanese battleships and cruisers to protect the escort carriers they were shielding) and the capture of the U-505 (the only major naval vessel captured at sea by the US Navy). The destroyer escorts soldiered on after World War II in both the United States Navy and a large number of navies throughout the world, with several serving into the twenty-first century. This book tells the full story of these plucky ships, from their design and development to their service around the world, complete with stunning illustrations and contemporary photographs.
United States Destroyer Operations In World War Ii
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Author : Theodore Roscoe
language : en
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Release Date : 1953
United States Destroyer Operations In World War Ii written by Theodore Roscoe and has been published by US Naval Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1953 with History categories.
"In this colorful operational history of the U.S. Navy's destroyers and destroyer escorts in World War II, Theodore Roscoe pays tribute to the workhorses of the fleet that served in every theater of the war. As submarine hunters, convoy escorts, troop transports, radar pickets, rescue vessels, blockade runners, bombardment ships, and much more, these remarkably versatile ships-and the crews who manned them-took part in more operations than any other type of ship in the U.S. Navy. This is their story of the war." -- Front jacket flap.
The Captain Class Frigates In The Second World War
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Author : Donald Collingwood
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 1999-04-01
The Captain Class Frigates In The Second World War written by Donald Collingwood and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-04-01 with History categories.
This is the first book to fully document the story behind the Frigates that played such a vital role during World War Two.
Shepherds Of The Sea
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Author : Robert F. Cross
language : en
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Release Date : 2013-03-15
Shepherds Of The Sea written by Robert F. Cross and has been published by US Naval Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-15 with History categories.
Political Science/International Relations/General
U S Navy Ships Camouflage Wwii
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Author : Al Adcock
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
U S Navy Ships Camouflage Wwii written by Al Adcock and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Destroyers (Warships) categories.
The Buckley Class Destroyer Escorts
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Author : Bruce Hampton Franklin
language : en
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Release Date : 1999
The Buckley Class Destroyer Escorts written by Bruce Hampton Franklin and has been published by US Naval Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
The text describes the development of the class, armament, major conversion programs, differences between the American and British ships, and the operational history of Buckleys in the U.S. and Royal Navies. Throughout the book, recollections and contemporary observations from the men who served aboard these ships are used to provide a personal touch to the history of these "Little Wolves."
Tin Cans And Greyhounds
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Author : Clint Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2019-02-12
Tin Cans And Greyhounds written by Clint Johnson and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-12 with History categories.
For men on destroyer-class warships during World War I and World War II, battles were waged “against overwhelming odds from which survival could not be expected.” Those were the words Lieutenant Commander Robert Copeland calmly told his crew as their tiny, unarmored destroyer escort rushed toward giant, armored Japanese battleships at the Battle off Samar on October 25, 1944. This action-packed narrative history of destroyer-class ships brings readers inside the half-inch-thick hulls to meet the men who fired the ships' guns, torpedoes, hedgehogs, and depth charges. Nicknamed "tin cans" or "greyhounds," destroyers were fast escort and attack ships that proved indispensable to America's military victories. Beginning with destroyers' first incarnation as torpedo boats in 1874 and ending with World War II, author Clint Johnson shares the riveting stories of the Destroyer Men who fought from inside a "tin can"—risking death by cannons, bombs, torpedoes, fire, and drowning. The British invented destroyers, the Japanese improved them, and the Germans failed miserably with them. It was the Americans who perfected destroyers as the best fighting ship in two world wars. Tin Cans & Greyhounds compares the designs of these countries with focus on the old, modified World War I destroyers, and the new and numerous World War II destroyers of the United States. Tin Cans & Greyhounds details how destroyers fought submarines, escorted convoys, rescued sailors and airmen, downed aircraft, shelled beaches, and attacked armored battleships and cruisers with nothing more than a half-inch of steel separating their crews from the dark waves.
Atlantic Escorts
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Author : David Brown
language : en
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
Release Date : 2007-11-15
Atlantic Escorts written by David Brown and has been published by Seaforth Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-11-15 with History categories.
Winston Churchill famously claimed that the submarine war in the Atlantic was the only campaign of the Second World War that really frightened him. If the lifeline to north America had been cut, Britain would never have survived; there could have been no build-up of US and Commonwealth forces, no D-Day landings, and no victory in western Europe. Furthermore, the battle raged from the first day of the war until the final German surrender, making it the longest and arguably hardest-fought campaign of the whole war. The ships, technology and tactics employed by the Allies form the subject of this book. Beginning with the lessons apparently learned from the First World War, the author outlines inter-war developments in technology and training, and describes the later preparations for the second global conflict. When the war came the balance of advantage was to see-saw between U-boats and escorts, with new weapons and sensors introduced at a rapid rate. For the defending navies, the prime requirement was numbers, and the most pressing problem was to improve capability without sacrificing simplicity and speed of construction. The author analyses the resulting designs of sloops, frigates, corvettes and destroyer escorts and attempts to determine their relative effectiveness.
Blood On The Sea
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Author : Robert Sinclair Parkin
language : en
Publisher: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
Release Date : 1996
Blood On The Sea written by Robert Sinclair Parkin and has been published by Da Capo Press, Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with History categories.
First time in paperback: A unique portrait of American military action through the stories of the seventy-one U.S. destroyers sunk in World War II.