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SUMNER-GEARING-CLASS DESTROYERS

SUMNER-GEARING-CLASS DESTROYERS

by Robert F. Sumrall

In this handsomely illustrated work, the well-known ship expert Robert Sumrall traces the origins of the U.S. Navy's Sumner-Gearing-class...

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THE BATTLE OF TASSAFARONGA

THE BATTLE OF TASSAFARONGA

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The Battle of Tassafaronga, November 30, 1942, was the fifth and last major night surface action fought off Savo Island during World War II’s...

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THE BATTLESHIP BISMARCK

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The Bismarck is probably the most famous warship of WWII. The German battleship, 45,000 tons, was completed in early 1941 and went on to sink the...

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THE BATTLESHIP BUILDERS

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The launch in 1906 of HMS Dreadnought, the world’s first all-big-gun battleship, rendered all existing battle fleets obsolete while at the same...

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THE END OF GLORY

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There have been many fine books, movies, and television shows about the legendary HMS Hood. No work has ever offered the level of indepth research...

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THE GERMAN FLEET AT WAR, 1939-1945

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The German Fleet at War relates the little-known history of the Kriegsmarine's surface fleet with a focus on the sixty-nine surface naval battles...

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THE LITTORIO CLASS

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For its final battleship design Italy ignored all treaty restrictions on tonnage, and produced one of Europe's largest and most powerful capital...

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THE NAVAL INSTITUTE GUIDE TO COMBAT FLEETS OF THE WORLD, 16th Edition

by Eric Wertheim

New Publication Date is now scheduled for August 15, 2013 Called “the nation’s premier naval reference book,” Combat Fleets of the...

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TIN CAN MAN

TIN CAN MAN

by E.J. Jernigan

"A unique, bottom-up look at what our fathers did."—Tom Clancy E.J. Jernigan's memoir offers readers a fascinating glimpse of...

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TO CROWN THE WAVES

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The only comparative analysis available of the great navies of World War I, this work studies the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, the German...

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UNCOMMON WARRIORS

by Ken W. Sayers

Beyond the usual carriers, submarines, cruisers, and destroyers, the U.S. Navy has deployed over the years a vast flotilla of vessels to serve in...

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WARSHIP 2013

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The 35th volume in this series maintains the impressive standards of scholarship and research from the field of warship history established by the...

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WARSHIPS AFTER WASHINGTON

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The Washington Treaty of 1922, a watershed event designed to head off a potentially dangerous arms race between the major naval powers, agreed to...

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BATTLECRUISER HMS HOOD

BATTLECRUISER HMS HOOD

by Bruce Taylor

Illustrations by Thomas Schmid Foreword by Vice Admiral Sir Louis le Bailly Through the twilight years of the British Empire the battlecruiser...

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BIG GUN MONITORS

BIG GUN MONITORS

by Ian Buxton

Little more than huge gun mountings fitted on simple, self-propelled rafts, the Royal Navy's big gun monitors were designed and built rapidly...

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