books about: battle-cruiser     books:       British Battleships of World War Two: The Development and Technical History of the Royal Navy's Battleships ...9 reviews Alan Raven, John Roberts Naval Institute Press, 2003 The Best RN BB Resource Available After many years, I recently had the opportunity and aquired this book. Simply stated - what a treasure!!!! This work is the most outstanding & comprehensive work on Royal Navy battleship development from the Queen Elizabeth class to HMS Vanguard published IMHO. This work has many pictures and line drawings I have never seen before. Additionally, it covers the refits and rebuilds of ...             U.S. Cruisers: An Illustrated Design History5 reviews Norman Friedman Naval Institute Press, 1984 U.S. Cruisers: An illustrated Design History If you are a cruiser fan throw away all of your other reference books and get this one. The book traces the history of the U.S. cruiser and it's development with great pictures, drawings and charts. Every class of cruiser is treated in detail with particular emphasis on the many WW2 classes and variations. Especially intresting is the detail given to the modificiations of pre Dec.7 1941 ships ...             The Battlecruiser Hood (Anatomy of the ship)4 reviews John Arthur Roberts Naval Inst Pr, 1982 The first of the "Anatomy of the Ship" series This was the first book in the 36 books of the Anatomy of the ship series, published by Conway Maritime Press and the Naval Institute Press. Each book depicts an historical vessel. The Hood was the pride of the Royal Navy, and like the Titanic, unsinkable. Until it was sunk by the by the Bismarck and the Prinz Eugen. Why, because the deck armour was too thin. Anyway, this book was a revolution ...             Ghost of the Java Coast: (Saga of the U.S.S. Houston1 review W. G. Winslow, W. Winslon Laura Bks, 1974 Excellent memories of a fine ladys' final days. This is a very telling story of a fine ship and a magnificent crew. Mr. Winslow gives a very personal account of his tour on the USS Houston, the events leading up to his posting and the battles that led to her ultimate demise. His honest gut feelings toward his shipmates and superiors give a very accurate account of what the officers and men of the Asiatic Fleet went through during the early ...             Hood and Bismarck1 review David Mearns, Rob White Channel 4 Books, 2002 An Epic Battle, An Epic Search On May 24, 1941, HMS Prince of Wales and the battlecruiser HMS Hood, pride of the British navy, intercepted the German battleship Bismarck and her escort in the Denmark Strait near Greenland. In just a few moments, Hood was blown up by shell fire from the Bismarck and the Prince of Wales was heavily damaged. Despite the wrenching loss of its flagship, the Royal Navy maintained its dogged pursuit ...             British Battlecruisers 1914- 1918 (New Vanguard)4 reviews Lawrence Burr Osprey Publishing, 2006 A Cut Above the Rest in New Vanguard Naval aficionado Lawrence Burr has done something fairly unusual in an Osprey New Vanguard volume - he has introduced an original thesis and used the slim 48-page format to defend it, as well as to describe the actual subject in some detail. There is nothing stale or rehashed in this volume, but rather, a fresh look at a well-known story. Burr begins by stating that the standard view of British ...             The Last Battle Station: The Story of the Uss Houston1 review Duane Schultz St Martins Pr, 1985 The Last Battle Station A true historical rendition of one of the first sea battles of World War II. Of the few survivors, one is now a 97-yr-old Vice Admiral, one of only 12 WWII naval officers remaining. The story of the fate of the USS Houston couldn't be better told.             All Brave Sailors: The Sinking of the Anglo-Saxon, August 21, 19406 reviews J. Revell Carr Simon & Schuster, 2004 Author does justice to this remarkable story The remarkable tale of those lucky few that survived the sinking of the English merchant ship, the Anglo Saxon by a German raider is a compelling story. But author J. Revell Carr does not leave it at that. He also tells the story of the German raider who sunk it, most especially it's notorious captain. In relating the extraordinary life and character of Hellmuth von Ruckteschell, Carr has not ...             Battleship: The Loss of the Prince of Wales and the Repulse4 reviews Martin and Mahoney, Patrick Middlebrook Scribner, 1979 INTERSERVICE RIVALRY ROOT CAUSE OF DISASTER On December 10, 1941, the British battleships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse were sunk off the coast of Malaya by Japanese torpedo aircraft. This was the first time in history that a modern, well-armed dreadnought had been sunk on the high seas by aircraft alone. The destruction of these two battleships with such apparent ease seemed to justify the pre-war prophecies of aviation advocates ...             Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of Her Survivors40 reviews James Hornfischer Random House Audio, 2006 Interested in naval warfare? If you like books on ww2 or simply a novel that will keep you up all night.Read Ship of ghost's and The last stand of the tin can sailor's.I am a voracious reader especially of military book's and James d.Hornfischer I wish would write a novel every month I would buy it!Seriously I cannot recommend this author more highly!             Hitler's Secret Pirate Fleet: The Deadliest Ships of World War II9 reviews Praeger Trade, 2001 Ships that were never glorious - but always very effective. They were nine ordinary freighters armed with torpedo tubes, 5.9in guns and anti-aircraft guns - all of which were concealed from view. With the ability to change their own ship's profile and, therefore, their own apparent identity, these nine were Germany's secret commerce raiders of the high seas during WW2. They were pirates in the true and historic sense of the word and were even more ...             Sweet Pea at War: A History of USS Portland (CA-33)9 reviews William Thomas, Jr. Generous University Press of Kentucky, 2003 So Sweet to own a book about Sweet Pea, USS Portland My grandfather TK Erickson served as a five inch gun "talker" on the USS Portland in world war two. He died in New Mexico about 15 years ago, and I've missed hearing his stories. In remembrance of him, I built a working radio controlled model of the USS Portland, but was never able to find any books about the ship. When I ran across this book, I immediately had to purchase it. The book is a ...             British Battleships of World War One2 reviews Robert A. Burt Naval Inst Pr, 1986 The definitive study... Burt gives us a thumbnail sketch of each capital ship the Royal Navy produced and operated in the first world war. As a bonus, there are great line drawings, photos, and modification histories. Recommended without reserve.             Battleships and Battle Cruisers, 1905-1970: Historical Development of the Capital Ship4 reviews Siegfried Breyer Doubleday & Company, 1973 Excellent single volume compendium Breyer manages to provide the reader with a work packed with all sorts of technical and historical goodies. Loaded with tables, schematics, and other data, this single volume encyclopedia gives the reader with a wide body of data to draw from. Armor, guns, machinery, modifications, line drawings, this has it all. The book is in need of an update, but still extremely useful for the warship ...             American Cruisers of World War II: A Pictorial Encyclopedia3 reviews Steve Ewing Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, 1984 An excellent summary of US WW2 Cruisers! If you find it somewhere, grab it! This is a great book. It covers 74 US Cruisers that saw action in WW2, that earned at least one battle star. It covers Heavy Cruisers, Light Cruisers, and the Alaska-class Battlecruisers. It also briefly covers the Princeton-class Light Carriers that were built on Cleveland-class cruiser hulls. The book covers the ship by class, with a short ...             Battleships: Axis and Neutral Battleships in World War II5 reviews William H., Jr. Garzke, Robert O., Jr. Dulin US Naval Institute Press, 1985 Extremely valuable The G&D books cover a lot of territory. Each section begins with a short design history followed by an overview of the design, broken down into categories (armament, protection, propulsion plant, etc). When it comes to understanding a ship's armor scheme, there's no substitute for seeing a series of drawings; stats-in-a-vacuum like those in a Conway's are less than useless, and a token cross ...             With the battle cruisers4 reviews Filson Young Cassell, 1921 A harrowing rendition of the battle of Coronel With The Battle Cruisers is an eyewitness account by Filson Young of what it was like to live inside the Grand Fleet of the British navy during the early months of the First World War. Vivid descriptions, a harrowing rendition of the battle of Coronel, depictions of the terrible losses of life at sea, and a great deal more fill the pages of this remarkable and unforgettable autobiographical ...             Battlecruiser Invincible: The History of the First Battlecruiser, 1909-16 (Warship Design Histories)2 reviews V. E. Tarrant Naval Inst Pr, 1987 Excellent Overview of the Career of the First Battlecruiser Excellent History of the first ship of the battlecruiser type. These accounts tend to be colored by the popular dismisal of the battlecruiser as a flawed concept. This account gives insite into the other issues surrounding the implementation and the failure of the concept, rather than just dismissing the ship out of hand. Recommended             Sunk by the Bismarck : The Life & Death of the Battleship HMS Hood1 review Edwin Palmer Hoyt Stein and Day Publishers, 1981 A PAGE TURNING TRIBUTE TO A PROUD TRADITION THAT ENDED AN ERA IN A NUTSHELL: THE LIFE - TIME - MISSIONS & MEN OF THE H.M.S. HOOD This reads like a sort of requiem for a legendary ship, its men and the swan song for the era of invincibility that they represented. The ship lived, like the story about it for 199 pages out of the first 200, before it was struck by trouble. The trouble, so to speak was but a nano-second in the life of the ship, but it ...             In the Shadow of the Battleship: Considering the Cruisers of World War II3 reviews Richard Worth Nimble Books LLC, 2008 Short but sweet This is a short book written by an obviously knowledgeable author. It is well written and informative. It is not intended to be comprehensive or a modeler's guide but rather to help explain some aspects of cruiser design which often cause confusion or misconception. This subject is fascinating in my opinion and worthy of a full study but until such comes along this book is a good start. The ...              search for books 1905-1970, american, anglo-saxon, battlecruiser, battlecruisers, battleship, battleships, bismarck, capital, considering, cruiser, cruisers, deadliest, development, encyclopedia, historical, histories, history, illustrated, invincible, legendary, pictorial, portland, sailors, sinking, station, survivors, technical, vanguard, warship books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen health & personal care: Eternity By Calvin Klein For Men. Eau De Toilette Spray 3.4 Ounces we recommend Interested in naval warfare? leave a comment home  impressum - about us