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Ready to Answer All Bells
A Blueprint for Successful Naval Engineering
By David D. Bruhn

The first American book on shipboard engineering in nearly twenty years, this useful reference offers a guiding philosophy to new, experienced, and prospective engineers. Focusing on the art of the engineer rather than the doctrine and regulations that govern the technical side of the billet, it helps them be more effective at their jobs. Assuming that readers already possess basic ...

Available Formats: Hardcover
Going Back
A Navy Airman in the Pacific War
By Charles J. Furey

Like millions of other young Americans in the 1930s, Charles Furey grew up surrounded by the images and memories of World War I, not knowing that he was part of a generation bred for another war. Pearl Harbor changed all that. In 1942 he enlisted in the Navy and, during the next three years, fought in a war that transformed ...

Available Formats: Hardcover
Marine Navigation
Piloting and Celestial and Electronic Navigation, 4th Edition
Edited by CDR Richard R. Hobbs, USNR (Ret.)
Available Formats: Hardcover
Clashes
Air Combat over North Vietnam, 1965-1972
By Marshall L. Michel III
This classic work—part of the Marine Corps reading list—makes full use of declassified U.S. documents to offer the first comprehensive study of fighter combat over North Vietnam. Marshall Michel's balanced, exhaustive coverage describes and analyzes both Air Force and Navy engagements with North Vietnamese MiGs but also includes discussions of the SAM threat and U.S. countermeasures, laser-guided bombs, and U.S ...
Available Formats: Softcover
A Most Fortunate Ship
A Narrative History of Old Ironsides, Revised Edition
By Tyrone G. Martin
Called a definitive account when first published in 1980 and the winner of several book awards, this revised and expanded edition is available now for the first time in paperback. Tyrone G. Martin, the author, was captain of the USS Constitution during the nation's bicentennial celebrations. After decades of research and study, Martin was able to confirm that the innovative ...
Available Formats: Softcover