World War Two. The battle for the Pacific rages. The most destructive subs in the U.S. Navy are dispatched to Bungo Suido in the Yellow Sea to harass and destroy enemy troop ships--a near-suicide mission in the very heart of Japan's home waters.
A veteran of 12 war patrols between 1942 and 1945, Beach experienced the elation and terror of combat first-hand. Here are the valiant exploits of the crews of such legendary subs as the USS Wahoo, Seawolf, Harder and more as they fought to sweep Japanese shipping from the Pacific.
This is a vivid, minute-by-minute account of one of the worst shipwrecks in recent naval history. Edward Beach's father commanded the Memphis, one of the largest battle cruisers built by the U.S. Navy up to that time -- bigger and faster than a battleship. The Memphis (originally Tennessee) was demolished by monstrous tsunami waves in Santo ...
The author of "Run Silent, Run Deep" and "Around the World Submerged" relates the highlights of his career as a submariner, beginning in World War II with the Battle of Midway and culminating with his role as a consultant on the nuclear power program. 13 photos.
Beneath the Arctic ice, the submarine U.S.S. Cushing lies trapped and incommunicado. The crew's only hope for survival rests with an untested device on a sister ship. The men must face the challenges of the ruthless ocean and an approaching enemy--in a seemingly hopeless struggle to the death!
The twentieth-century classic that inspired a generation of nautical novels. Delilah is an old four-piper destroyer whose regular beat is one of the world's most exotic - and dangerous - bodies of water: the Sulu Sea. Set at the beginning of the American century just before the Great War, this novel tells the story of how the ship and her crew ...
Since 1942 officials have condemned Adm. Husband E. Kimmel and Lt. Gen. Walter C. Short as inadequately alert, and therefore responsible for the catastrophe. With this book the highly respected naval officer and historian Capt. Edward L. Beach puts his own reputation on the line by challenging readers to overturn that judgment and right a wrong ...
This unprecedented volume documents every aspect of life in today's navy. Its 218 full-color photographs and insightful text provide a spectacular view of the navy's air, surface, and submarine forces, as well as seagoing logistics, training, and the projection of sea power to land.
Beginning with the pre-Revolutionary era, Beach charts the evolution of this colorful and often stormy branch of the services, bringing both its heroes and villains fully to life. Well-researched, exciting and eminently readable. Black-and-white photographs.
Beginning with the pre-revolutionary era, Beach charts the development of the colorful and often stormy branch of the services, bringing both its heroes and its villains fully to life. 41 illustrations.
The first historian to be granted to full access to Electric Boat's vaulted archives in nearly 100 years, Jeffrey L. Rodengen has produced yet another intriguing work for naval historians and landlubbers alike. This is the story of a company that persevered to help win two world wars and sustain America's efforts to win the ongoing global battle ...
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13:9780030139161ISBN:0030139163
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. 348 p. Audience: General/trade; General/trade. A good exlibrary copy. Stated first edition, 1978 Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Hardcover with a very good mylar covered dust jacket, spine is marked, barcode on front, not price clipped, flaps taped to cover. Cover in good condition with minor edgewear and darkening to the edges. Pageblock edges have library stamp blacked out, card pocket and usual markings. Pages are very clean, no creases or writing noted, ... read more
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Commander Edward L. Beach U.S.N.; Douglas Southall Freeman; Douglass M. Allen Jr; Adele Astaire Douglass; Nancy Hale; John C....
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Edition: FIRST Collected Thus Edition.
Binding: Leatherette Over Boards.
Publisher: HEARST Magazines / TIME Inc.
Date Published: 1951
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