Submarines Of World War Ii
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Submarine Commander
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Author : Paul R. Schratz
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2013-07-24
Submarine Commander written by Paul R. Schratz and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-24 with History categories.
A fascinating personal memoir of underwater combat in World War II, told by a man who played a major role in those dangerous operations. Frank and beautifully written, Submarine Commander's breezy style and irrepressible humor place it in a class by itself. This book will be of lasting value as a submarine history by an expert and as an enduring military and political analysis. In early 1943 the submarine USS Scorpion, with Paul R. Schratz as torpedo officer, slipped into the shallow waters east of Tokyo, laid a minefield, and made successful torpedo attacks on merchant shipping. Schratz participated in many more patrols in heavily mined Japanese waters as executive officer of the Sterlet and the Atule. At war's end he participated in the Japanese surrender, aided the release of American POWs, and had a key role in the disarming of enemy suicide submarines. He then took command of the revolutionary new Japanese submarine I-203 and returned it to Pearl Harbor. But this was far from the end of Schratz's submarine career. In 1949 he commissioned the ultramodern USS Pickerel, the most deadly submarine then afloat, and set a world's record in a 21-day, 5,200-mile submerged passage from Hong Kong to Honolulu. With the outbreak of the Korean War, the Pickerel was immediately sent to Korea to participate in secret intelligence operations only recently declassified and never before revealed in print. Schratz's broad military experience makes this a far from ordinary memoir.
Submarines Of World War Two
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Author : Erminio Bagnasco
language : en
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Release Date : 2000
Submarines Of World War Two written by Erminio Bagnasco and has been published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
Over 2,500 submarines saw action during WWII--and now a single book covers every type and class, from midgets to U-cruisers to experimental designs. The mass of detail includes technical characteristics, while hundreds of charts and photos give facts and figures on construction, displacement, dimensions, speed, range, operational depth, fuel load, armament, and complement. Each class of submarine's performance--and fate--is chronicled, as is the evolution of submarine warfare--providing a rare view of how design improvement affected the war's outcome.
War Beneath The Sea
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Author : Peter Padfield
language : en
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Release Date : 2008-05-02
War Beneath The Sea written by Peter Padfield and has been published by Turner Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-05-02 with History categories.
Praise for War Beneath the Sea "I am truly filled with awe and admiration...fascinating and a great contribution to the entire lore of submarines.... I wish I had written the book." ?Capt. Edward L. Beach, USN (Ret.) author of Run Silent, Run Deep "Peter Padfield is the best British naval historian of his generation now working. [His] book...will now become the standard work on the subject." ?Daily Telegraph (London) "Peter Padfield has produced by far the best and most complete critical history of the submarine operations of all the combatants in the Second World War, at the same time providing vivid narrative accounts of particular actions and events." ?Lloyd?s List (London) "An excellent account of submarine warfare in 1939?45... [it] recreates the tribulations and horrors of that especially brutal form of warfare within a sturdily analytical and often critical framework." ?The Economist "[A] marvelously complete and detailed study of World War II submarine warfare...an interesting, serious, and timely book." ?Houston Chronicle "A brilliant submarine warfare study." ?Military Review
Submarines Of World War Ii
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Author : John Ward
language : en
Publisher: Zenith Press
Release Date : 2001
Submarines Of World War Ii written by John Ward and has been published by Zenith Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
In addition to the well-known German U-boats, this volume includes less frequently seen British and Japanese submersibles.
Wahoo
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Author : Richard O'Kane
language : en
Publisher: Presidio Press
Release Date : 2009-11-11
Wahoo written by Richard O'Kane and has been published by Presidio Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-11 with History categories.
The career of the USS Wahoo in sinking Japanese ships in the farthest reaches of the Empire is legendary in submarine circles. Christened three months after Pearl Harbor, Wahoo was commanded by the astonishing Dudley W. “Mush” Morton, whose originality and daring new techniques led to results unprecedented in naval history; among them, successful “down the throat” barrage against an attacking Japanese destroyer, voracious surface-running gun attacks, and the sinking of a four-ship convoy in one day. Wahoo took the war to Japan’s front porch, and Morton became known as the Navy’s most aggressive and successful sea raider. Now, in a new quality paperback edition, her full story is told by the person most qualified to tell it—her executive officer Richard O’Kane, who went on to become the leading submarine captain of the Second World War. Praise for Wahoo “The accounts of the patrols are spine-tingling, both in triumph and tragedy. It is a tale of great courage, brilliant leadership, and daring innovation in a new type of submarine warfare fought largely on the surface in waters closely controlled by the enemy. Well-written, a gripping story for anybody with a love of the sea or adventure in submarine combat.”—Naval War College Review “This is an exceptional story of American men who rose to the occasion time and again under dangerous circumstance.” —Abilene Reporter News “A first-hand—and first-rate—narrative, told by the former executive officer of this legendary WWII submarine, which gives readers an intimate feel for life aboard the ‘boats’ that helped beat the odds in the battles of the Pacific and put Japan on the defensive.”—Sea Power “Like Clear the Bridge!, [Richard] O’Kane’s bestselling account of the Tang’s 33 confirmed sinkings, [Wahoo] is a rousing, authentic war adventure that could well become a classic of its type, crack[ling] with the tensions, boredom, and occasional exhilaration of submarine life under the Pacific, O’Kane is a superb storyteller, and his credentials are impeccable.”—Springfield Sunday Republic
Japanese Submarine Losses To Allied Submarines In World War Ii
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Author : Vernon J. Miller
language : en
Publisher: Merriam Press
Release Date : 1999-07
Japanese Submarine Losses To Allied Submarines In World War Ii written by Vernon J. Miller and has been published by Merriam Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-07 with categories.
United States Submarine Operations In World War Ii
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Author : Theodore Roscoe
language : en
Publisher: Annapolis, U.S. Naval Institute
Release Date : 1949
United States Submarine Operations In World War Ii written by Theodore Roscoe and has been published by Annapolis, U.S. Naval Institute this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1949 with History categories.
The complete and dramatic story of how the U.S. Navy's "Silent Service" helped win the most extensive underseas war in history.
Slide Rules And Submarines
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Author : Montgomery C. Meigs
language : en
Publisher: The Minerva Group, Inc.
Release Date : 2002-06
Slide Rules And Submarines written by Montgomery C. Meigs and has been published by The Minerva Group, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-06 with History categories.
The classic problem of when to depend on lessons learned from previous conflicts and when to employ new tactics and technology always confronts military leaders. At the beginning of World War II, for example, Allied naval strategists were prepared to do battle using traditional tactics against surface vessels, but - this study contends - not against submarines; because the strategists failed to appreciate either the damage done by submarines in World War I or the tactics that had worked successfully against them. Consequently, from the beginning of World War II to mid-1943, German U-boats were able to mount a devastating campaign against Allied shipping. In Slide Rules and Submarines, Montgomery Meigs describes how the allies learned to counter the U-boat threat. Using new technology - and new tactics derived from scientific methods - they devised countermeasures to defeat the German submarine menace. Then, continuing to apply those successful measures, they went on to negate the Japanese submarine threat in the Pacific. The author cites the crucial role of civilian scientists - the "outsiders" - who worked with military staffs and operational commanders of the campaign at sea. Their open minds and objective methods were essential for the application of such tactical advances as sonar and radar, acoustic torpedoes, depth finders, and code breaking to the battle. As this study illustrates, the importance of such timely and innovative cooperation among scientists, the research and development community, and military commanders in bringing technological knowledge to bear for operational and strategic advantage cannot be overstated. Meigs study of how such cooperation succeeded in the crucible of wartime crisis is itself an example of how the lessons of the past can serve us well today. J. A. Baldwin Vice Admiral, United States Navy President, National Defense University
United States Submarine Losses In World War Ii
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Author : United States Navy
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2008-09-01
United States Submarine Losses In World War Ii written by United States Navy and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-01 with categories.
Originally printed in 1946 at the order of Vice Admiral Lockwood, Commander of Submarines, Pacific Fleet, United States Submarine Losses memorializes the 374 officers and 3131 men lost at sea between 1941 and 1945. It also chronicles the gallantry and persistence of these men, who under the most difficult conditions possible, performed critical missions and almost single-handedly decimated Japan¿s merchant fleet. ¿To those whose contribution meant the loss of sons, brothers or husbands in this war,¿ Admiral Lockwood noted in a speech given on Navy Day, 1945, ¿ I can assure you that they went down fighting and that their brothers who survived them took a grim toll of our savage enemy to avenge their deaths. May God rest their gallant souls.¿ This book is a testament to all those, living and dead, who served in the Silent Service in WWII. This enhanced, softbound edition features the entire original text and includes an official appendix of Axis submarine losses.
Japanese Submarine Losses To Allied Submarines In World War 2
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Author : Vernon J. Miller Miller (author)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1901
Japanese Submarine Losses To Allied Submarines In World War 2 written by Vernon J. Miller Miller (author) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1901 with categories.