U.S. Cruisers: An Illustrated Design History, Friedman Norman

Автор: Friedman Norman
Название: U.S. Cruisers: An Illustrated Design History
ISBN: 168247626X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781682476260
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: Like other books in Norman Friedman`s design-history series, this one pays attention to all designs, even those that never left the drawing board. Friedman, a recognised authority on US warships, uncovers the reasoning behind the many radical changes in US cruiser design, which culminated in the series of Aegis missile ships.

Автор: Friedman Norman
Название: U.S. Submarines Since 1945, Revised Edition: An Illustrated Design History
ISBN: 1591145996 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781591145998
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: In the tradition of his acclaimed warship design histories, Norman Friedman describes the forces�technical, political, and operational�that shaped a vital element of U.S. sea power. For example, he examines the evolution in missions, such as forward-based antisubmarine warfare and strategic deterrence, that transformed the submarine from its former subsidiary role to the center of national power. U.S. Submarines Since 1945 is also the story of a technological revolution: first the emergence of fast diesel-electric craft, then the shock of nuclear power, followed by the appearance of submarine-launched ballistic missiles. Nowhere else can a reader find so complete or sophisticated an account of the development of the U.S. submarine force, including not only the hulls, but also the weapons and sensors they carry. The book details what submarines were ordered, what weapons and propulsion systems they had, how they performed, and what sonars and combat systems were developed.

This illustrated design history contains more than 100 photographs and more than 100 line drawings, including specially commissioned artwork from technical illustrator James L. Christley. These exclusive illustrations, along with the incisive text, capture the excitement of a revolutionary period in submarine development. Enthusiasts and professionals alike will welcome the abundance of information offered.

In this revised edition, Norman Friedman explores what has happened since the Cold War, which means both new classes and new technology (some of it applied to existing submarines). New material includes weapons and sensors as they have developed since 1995. This new technology is explained in the context of very different post-Cold-War priorities. In addition, Friedman includes new information that has become available on submarines described in the earlier edition.

Автор: Stille Mark
Название: US Heavy Cruisers 1943–75
ISBN: 178200632X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781782006329
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Описание: Versatile warships, the heavy cruisers of the Baltimore class, and their successors in the Oregon City and Des Moines classes, commonly acted as carrier escorts throughout World War II, but also performed bombardment duties in support of amphibious landings. This is a guide to the US` heavy cruiser classes.

Автор: Stille Mark
Название: US Navy Cold War Guided Missile Cruisers
ISBN: 1472835263 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472835260
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This title explores the history of the US Navy's guided missile cruisers, its most powerful surface ships during the Cold War, which were tasked with protecting carrier groups, acting as flagships, and engaging in surface actions from Vietnam to the Persian Gulf.

Faced with an increasingly formidable antiship cruise missile threat from the Soviet Union in the early days of the Cold War, and with the recent memory of the kamikaze threat from World War II, the USN. placed a great priority on developing air defense cruise missiles and getting them to sea to protect the fleet. The first of these missiles were sizable, necessitating large ships to carry them and their sensors, which resulted in the conversion of a mix of heavy and light cruisers. These ships, tasked with protecting carrier groups and acting as flagships, entered service from 1955 and served until 1980.

The cruisers served in the front lines of the Cold War and many saw combat service, engaging in surface actions from Vietnam to the Persian Gulf. Complementing the conventionally-powered missile cruisers was a much smaller number of expensive nuclear-powered cruisers, including the Long Beach, the USN's largest-ever missile cruiser. Until replaced by the Ticonderoga and Burke classes of Aegis ships, the USN's 38 missile cruisers were the most capable and important surface combatants in the fleet and served all over the globe during the Cold War. Using specially commissioned artwork and meticulous research, this illustrated title explores the story of these cruisers in unparalleled detail, revealing the history behind their development and employment.

Автор: Waters, Conrad
Название: British town class cruisers
ISBN: 1526718855 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781526718853
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Цена: 68370.00 T
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Описание: Entering service between 1937 and 1939, the ten British Town` class cruisers were the most modern vessels of their type in the Royal Navy when the Second World War began.

Автор: Friedman Norman
Название: U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History
ISBN: 1682477584 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781682477588
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Цена: 96560.00 T
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Описание: One the most comprehensive references available on the development of US battleships, starting in 1886, with Maine and Texas, continuing to South Carolina, the US Navy`s first dreadnought, through to the Montana-class of World War II, Friedman analyses the design and performance histories of this popular type.

Автор: Lardas Mark
Название: Russian Battleships and Cruisers of the Russo-Japanese War
ISBN: 1472835085 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472835086
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Описание: This title tells the fascinating story of the development and deployment of the mighty Russian fleets, the pride of the Tsar, which went to war against the Japanese and met with all-encompassing destruction.

Автор: Ireland Wgg Jwmv2 Bernard
Название: The World Encyclopedia of Cruisers: An Illustrated History from the American Civil War to the Last Conventional Ships of the Royal Navy, Spanning a Pe
ISBN: 0754835227 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780754835226
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Описание: A comprehensive country-by-country visual directory of more than 260 of the most significant examples. From the Alabama of the American Civil War to the Royal Navy`s Tigers, the author traces cruiser development from ships with muzzle-loading, broadside armament, through casemates and turrets to the age of guided missiles.

Автор: Lardas Mark
Название: German Heavy Cruisers Vs Royal Navy Heavy Cruisers: 1939-42
ISBN: 1472843096 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472843098
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Описание: The opposing heavy cruisers of the German Kriegsmarine and the Royal Navy engaged in a global game of cat and mouse during the opening years of World War II. This was a period in which the heavy cruiser still reigned supreme in open waters, with the opposing sides reluctant to risk their battleships, and aircraft yet to dominate the seas. These swift vessels fought each other in the South Atlantic, North Atlantic, the frigid waters of the Denmark Strait and the Arctic approaches to Russia, capturing the public imagination in the process.

This fascinating and beautifully illustrated book examines the design, development and technical performance of these opposing warships, and explores the clashes between them at the Battle of the River Plate in December 1939, the Christmas Day Battle 1940 and the Battle of the Denmark Strait in May 1941. The ships examined include the Deutschland-class Panzerschiffe and Admiral Hipper-class cruisers, and the Royal Navy County- and York-class heavy cruisers.

Автор: Konstam Angus
Название: Big Guns in the Atlantic: Germany`s Battleships and Cruisers Raid the Convoys, 1939-41
ISBN: 147284596X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472845962
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Описание: At the outbreak of World War II the German Kriegsmarine still had a relatively small U-boat arm. To reach Britain's convoy routes in the North Atlantic, these boats had to pass around the top of the British Isles - a long and dangerous voyage to their "hunting grounds". Germany's larger surface warships were much better suited to this kind of long-range operation.

So, during late 1939 the armoured cruiser Deutschland, and later the battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were used as commerce raiders, to strike at Allied convoys in the North Atlantic. These sorties met with mixed results, but for Germany's naval high command they showed that this kind of operation had potential. Then, the fall of France, Denmark and Norway in early 1940 dramatically altered the strategic situation.

The Atlantic was now far easier to reach, and to escape from. During 1940, further moderately successful sorties were made by the cruisers Admiral Scheer and Admiral Hipper. By the end of the year, with British mercantile losses mounting to surface raiders and U-Boats, plans were developed for a much larger raid, first using both cruisers, and then the two battlecruisers.

The climax of this was Operation Berlin, the Kriegsmarine's largest and most wide-ranging North Atlantic sortie so far. Scharnhorst and Gneisenau remained at sea for two months, destroying 22 Allied merchant ships, and severely disrupting Britain's lifeline convoys. So, when the operation ended, the German commander, Admiral Lutjens was ordered to repeat his success - this time with the brand new battleship Bismarck.

The rest, as they say, is history. These earlier Atlantic raids demonstrated that German surface ships could be highly effective commerce raiders. For those willing to see though, they also demonstrated just how risky this strategy could be.

Covering a fascinating and detailed analysis of the Kriegsmarine's Atlantic raids between 1939 and 1941, this book will appeal to readers interested in World War II and in particular in Germany's naval operations.

Автор: Stille, Mark
Название: Imperial Japanese Navy Heavy Cruisers 1941–45
ISBN: 1849081484 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781849081481
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Описание: A Love Story. Dr. David Reynolds, a young American vascular surgeon, receives an invitation to practice surgery in Saudi Arabia in the late 1970s. His only hesitation is his Jewish background, even though he changed his name and stopped practicing Judaism 22 years ago. When he travels there and meets Jamila, the vibrant nurse who will be part of his surgical team, his reservations vanish. She is a Saudi princess and her father is powerful in the Kingdom, but she and David fall deeply in love. David converts to Islam to marry Jamila. After their marriage, when Davids true background is revealed, Jamilas father feels profoundly

Автор: Verde Tom
Название: Sailing Boats, Cruisers, and Rowers: Classic and Unique Boats of New England
ISBN: 1493043528 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781493043521
Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Описание: Each boat has a story to tell and this book features over three dozen profiles of classic/unique boats, drawn from articles written for the Westerly Sun newspaper during the summers of 2014 and 2015. Explore not only the histories of the individual vessels, but of their classes and designers, as well as their relationships to the environs in which they sailed, raced, cruised and, in some case, still operate as working vessels. These stories include the fabled history of the cat boat; the first fiberglass sailing yacht; a NY ferry boat repurposed as a houseboat; the oldest working fishing boat in Stonington, CT; racing rivalries in the Sound; the French love affair with American boat designs; and the Jazz Age era of luxury yachting, among others.