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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
Royal Navy, Vol 5
A History From the Earliest Times to 1900
By William Laird Clowes

One hundred years after its first printing, Sir William Clowes's superb seven volume study still retains its position as the preeminent history of the Royal Navy.

Volume 5 covers the Napoleonic Wars.

Available Formats: Softcover
HM Submarines in Camera
An Illustrated History of British Submarines, 1901-1996
By J. J. Tall and Paul Kemp

A fascinating collection of photographs from the archives of the Royal Navy Submarine Museum, the Imperial War Museum, the Storico Navale in Venice, and private collections gives a graphic view of life in British submarines. The story follows the submarine's vital role over the past 100 years—submarines that range from the tiny Holland class, designed in Queen Victoria's reign, to ...

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 ...

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Marine Navigation
Piloting and Celestial and Electronic Navigation, 4th Edition
Edited by CDR Richard R. Hobbs, USNR (Ret.)
Available Formats: Hardcover
Wolf
U-boat Commanders in World War II
By Jordan Vause
Cultivated by the Allied press during the war and fostered by movies and novels ever since, the image of a U-boat skipper held by most Americans is the personification of evil: the wolf who stalks innocents. Quite the opposite image is shared by U-boat veterans and others sympathetic to their work: the knight who endures unrivaled danger and fights nobly ...
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