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Wraith Squadron
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Aaron Allston
The Wraith Squadron is a bold creation: a unit of X-wing fighters made up of the dregs of other units, giving castoffs and rejects one last chance. But before the pilots can complete their training, the squadron's base is attacked. Wraith Squadron must rise to the challenge, or face instant death.
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The Yard: Building a Destroyer at the Bath Iron Works
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Michael S Sanders
This dramatic account of the building and launch of the destroyer U.S.S. "Donald Cook" at the century-old Bath Iron Works in Maine, one of the greatest shipyards in the United States, is also the chronicle of the end of an era. Photos.
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Delilah
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Marcus Goodrich
A best selling novel of the epic struggle of men aboard an aging U.S. destroyer policing the Philippines in the heyday of the American empire.
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War at Sea in the Ironclad Age
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Richard Hill
Naval warfare was transformed by the development of reliable steam engines and the technology to build ships of iron and steel. Ships no longer depended on the wind and could manoeuvre freely; cannon could fire explosive shells instead of cannon balls, and no sailing ship could stand against them. The 'ironclad' revolution continued throughout the ...
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Ships & Aircraft of the U. S. Fleet
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Norman Polmar
Packed with authoritative information, up-to-date photographs, line drawings, maps, and useful appendixes, this timely new guide describes the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard during an intensive period of transformation from the Cold War to what some call World War III. In the war against radical Muslim fundamentalists, the sea services ...
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Hitler's Secret Pirate Fleet: The Deadliest Ships of World War II
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James P Duffy
They were the deadliest ships of World War II - nine German commerce raiders disguised as peaceful cargo ships, flying the flags of neutral and allied nations. In reality, these heavily armed warships roamed the world's oceans at will, like twentieth-century pirates. They struck unsuspecting freighters and tankers out of the darkness of night or ...
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Guide to the Soviet Navy
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Norman Polmar
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Jane's Fighting Ships of World War II
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Francis E McCurtie, Jane's Information Group
Over 600 illustrations highlight this reference to the fighting strengths of WWII. Features full statistics and pertinent information for all countries, plus full descriptions for battleships, aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers and more.Over 1,000 b&w photos, line drawings and data tables. Orig. $80.00.
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Flush Decks and Four Pipes
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John D Alden
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The history of the American sailing Navy : the ships and their development
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Howard Irving Chapelle
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Dark Pacific: Pacific Threat
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David E Meadows
The second novel of an all-new Navy action series. As North Korea prepares for war, the man-made island fortress known as Sea Base will have to prove itself under fire--or perish under the depths of hostile waters. Original.
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Naval Shiphandling
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Russell Sydnor Crenshaw
The author presents the fundamentals of shiphandling required in today's complex operations and offers solutions for the problems normally encountered.
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Warship
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Anthony Preston (Editor)
Every maritime historian, naval buff, and serious modeler will find Warship a comprehensive source of information about warships, their weapons and their operations. Each volume contains essays and articles covering a wide range of subjects.
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Destroyer captain
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Roger Hill
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Dark Pacific: Final Fathom
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David E Meadows
In this final entry of the Navy action series, China is poised to invade the island of Taiwan. When an escort of American and British planes is ambushed by Chinese fighters, the man-made island fortress knows as Sea Base prepares for battle. Original.
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The Sailing Navy 1775-1854
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Paul H Silverstone
"The Sailing Navy, 1775-1854", the first volume in the definitive five-volume "U.S. Navy Warship" series, comprehensively details all aspects of the ships that sailed in the nascent stages of the U.S. Navy. From its beginnings as battlers of Barbary Coast pirates, to challenging the awesome might of the Royal Navy in the War of 1812, to the ...
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The ships and aircraft of the United States fleet
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James C. Fahey
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Typhoon, the Other Enemy: The Third Fleet and the Pacific Storm of December 1944
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C Raymond Calhoun
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Tudor Warships (1): Henry VIII's Navy
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Dr. Angus Konstam, Tony Bryan (Illustrator)
In this book, expert Angus Konstam explores the fledging Tudor Navy, tracing its history, from its origins as a merchant fleet under Henry VII through to its emergence as a powerful force under Henry VIII. Examining the operational use of Henry's Tudor warships the author analyzes the battle of the Solent in 1545, in which Henry's fleet took on a ...
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Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1922-1946
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Robert Gardner, Robert Gardiner
This series covers the entire history of warships and contains complete listings of the world's combat ships from the first ironclad to the powerful battleships of World War II to the changes in the world's navies as a result of the collapse of the Warsaw Pact. Organized by nation, type, and class, each warship is described in full, with basic ...
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Millions for Defense: The Subscription Warships of 1798
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Frederick C Leiner
The title of this book refers to the toast "millions for defense, not a cent for tribute" that became popular in America during the late 1790s as the country teetered towards open war with France. Incensed by demands for bribes from French diplomats and France's galling seizures of U.S. merchant ships, Americans were provoked to action, as this ...
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The Construction and Fitting of the English Man of War, 1650-1850
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Peter Goodwin
This study provides precise and detailed information on hull frame construction, hull planking, bulkheads, internal layout, machinery, beams, and knees of the man-of-war.
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Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1906-1921
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Robert Gardiner (Editor)
This series contains complete listings of the world's combat ships from the first ironclad to the powerful battleships of World War II to the changes in the world's navies as a result of the collapse of the world's Warsaw Pact.
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Illustrated Directory of Submarines
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David Miller
More than 250 submarines -- from the Civil War to the missile-launching, nuclear-powered vessels of today -- are described in detail and illustrated with contemporary and archival photography and drawings.
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The Battleship Yamato
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Janusz Skulski
With the greatest displacement, biggest guns and heaviest armour, "Yamato" and her sister "Musashi" were the ultimate battleships. Everything about them was gigantic - each main armament turret, for example, had a total revolving weight of over 2500 tones - and they proved formidable opponents to the US Pacific Fleet. The author has assembled a ...
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