Download or read book Battleship USS Alabama BB 60 written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 1993 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book USS Alabama Bb 60 written by David Doyle and published by Schiffer Military History. This book was released on 2021-08-28 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth and final battleship in the South Dakota class, the USS Alabama served in both the Atlantic and Pacific during World War II, participating in many of the most famous battles of the war. Armed with nine 16-inch guns, 20 5-inch guns, and a myriad of 40 mm and 20 mm weapons, Alabama was one of the most powerful warships afloat. This volume illustrates the modifications and improvements made to the ship during her service, and the battles fought by her men. The battleship today is a floating museum and veterans memorial moored in Mobile Bay in her namesake state of Alabama. Additional detailed photos capture the workings of this powerful, complex warship. Through carefully researched archival documents and photographs, the history of this iconic warship and the men who crewed it is presented in this profusely illustrated volume.
Download or read book USS Alabama written by Kent Whitaker and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-08-05 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Powerful: this single word aptly describes a naval vessel known as a battleship. The USS Alabama (BB-60) was the last of four South Dakota-class battleships built for World War II. She is well armored and designed to survive an attack while continuing to fight. Her main battery, known as "Big Guns," consisted of nine 16-inch guns; each could launch a projectile weighing as much as a small car that could hit a target 21 miles away. Her crew numbered 2,332 men, none of whom were lost to enemy fire, earning her the nickname "Lucky A." She served as more than just a battleship: she carried troops, supplies, and seaplanes and served in the Pacific and Atlantic; her doctors treated patients from other ships; she was the wartime home for a major-league ballplayer; the movie setting for Hollywood films; and she traveled home to the state of Alabama with the help of schoolchildren.
Download or read book USS Alabama BB 60 written by Robert F. Sumrall and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication covers the battleship's technical and operational history. The technical portion not only explores the exterior of the ship where the guns, radar, and other features are clearly visible but also goes deep within her hull to exam the magazines, machinery, and other equipment necessary to operate the ship and its armament.
Download or read book USS Alabama written by David Doyle and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book USS Tennessee BB 43 written by David Doyle and published by Schiffer + ORM. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of the design, development, and deployment of USS Tennessee, survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack Chronicles the construction, launch, commissioning, and combat history of the Tennessee's 40+ year history Profusely illustrated with scarce archival photographs from diverse collections, including previously unpublished images
Download or read book Dreadnought Battleships and Battle Cruisers written by William E. McMahon and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rosyth Dockyard and Naval Base Through Time written by Walter Burt and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2016-01-15 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of Rosyth Dockyard and Naval Base, showing how it has changed and developed over the last hundred years.
Download or read book United States Battleships written by Alan Frederick Pater and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Battleship USS Iowa written by Stefan Draminski and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-23 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USS Iowa (BB-61) was the lead ship in one of the most famous classes of battleships ever commissioned into the US Navy. Transferred to the Pacific Fleet in 1944, the Iowa first fired her guns in anger in the Marshall Islands campaign, and sunk her first enemy ship, the Katori. The Iowa went on to serve across a number of pivotal Pacific War campaigns, including at the battles of the Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf. The ship ended the war spending several months bombarding the Japanese Home Islands before the surrender in August 1945. After taking part in the Korea War, the Iowa was decommissioned in 1958, before being briefly reactivated in the 1980s as part of President Reagan's 600-Ship Navy Plan. After being decommissioned a second and final time in 1990, the Iowa is now a museum ship in Los Angeles. This new addition to the Anatomy of the Ship series is illustrated with contemporary photographs, scaled plans of the ship and hundreds of superb 3D illustrations which bring every detail of this historic battleship to life.
Download or read book USS Alabama BB60 written by Arnold S. Lott and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Battleship Alabama written by Daniel Rogers and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2022-04-15 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building upon the expertise of the authors and historians of the Naval Institute Press, the Naval History Special Editions are designed to offer studies of the key vessels, battles, and events of armed conflict. Using an image-heavy, magazine-style format, these Special Editions should appeal to scholars, enthusiasts, and general readers alike. USS Alabama (BB-60) is the fourth and final South Dakota-class battleship completed for the United States Navy. Entering service in 1942, she became one of ten new fast battleships the United States commissioned from 1941 to 1944. This volume narrates the story of Alabama's construction, design, functioning, deployments during World War II, crew experiences, commanding officers, and second life as a museum ship. During the war, her nine 16-inch/45 caliber main guns fired 1,252 rounds at enemy targets. Her secondary batteries, twenty 5-inch/38 caliber guns, were part of the most effective anti-aircraft screening actions of any navy during the war. They combined with Alabama's 40 mm and 20 mm cannons to down 22 Japanese warplanes in the central and western Pacific. Alabama earned nine battle stars for her participation in such battles as the Gilbert Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Philippine Sea, Leyte Gulf, and Okinawa. She finished the war by bombarding the Japanese Home Islands, deploying a contingent of Marines to Japan, and transporting home U.S. service members from the western Pacific. All the while, her crew adjusted to the varying demands of patrols through frigid seas above the Arctic Circle, amid the heat and humidity of equatorial latitudes, and during two deadly western Pacific typhoons. She returned to the United States to form part of the reserve fleet until the early 1960s, when "the Mighty A" was transferred to the state of Alabama to serve as the centerpiece of a memorial park on the shores of Mobile Bay.
Download or read book USS Alabama written by Karyn W. Tunks and published by Pelican Publishing Company. This book was released on 2023-10-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Home to thousands of US sailors, the USS Alabama fought bravely in World War II, but after she finished her service, the battleship was set to be scrapped. The people of Alabama decided they had to save the ship named for their proud state. No one was more determined than Alabama's schoolchildren. Author Karyn Tunks traces the story of the children's efforts in this informative and entertaining account. Tunks reveals a wealth of detail about life at sea before the ship was decommissioned and the many challenges Alabamians faced in securing the ship's permanent home. Artist Julie Dupré Buckner captures the feeling of the era in her detailed, vivid illustrations of the ship, those who called her home, and those who saved her for future generations. Complete with a glossary, illustrated ship's diagram, and timeline, USS Alabama: Hooray for the Mighty A! offers beginning readers a glimpse of the fascinating history of the battleship and how even the smallest of actions can produce incredible results.
Download or read book Yamato VS Iowa written by Paul Forest and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-03 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 4 November 1937 the super battleship Yamato was secretly laid down at Kure Naval Arsenal. Less than three years later, on 27 June 1940, invoking the "escalator clause", the Americans laid down the first unit of their greatest battleship class, USS Iowa at the New York Naval Yard. Lacking accurate intel, both navies were convinced that their newest battleship was second to none and thus capable of overwhelming any foe in a gunnery duel. In the possession of the actual technical characteristics of the two ships, relying on primary sources and empirical data, we now take on, once again, one of the most hotly debated questions among naval analysts and enthusiasts ever since: Who was right? - Highly technical, no-nonsense analysis based on primary sources. - Lavishly illustrated with line drawings including armour penetration curves, immunity graphs, armour diagrams, block diagrams of fire-control systems, and more. - Lists of tables, figures and pictures to ease navigation. - Imperial + metric units.
Download or read book HMAS Bataan 1952 written by Anthony Cooper and published by UNSW Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In June 1950 North Korea invaded South Korea and the Korean War began. During the three-year conflict, HMAS Bataan, a Royal Australian Navy Tribal-Class destroyer, was deployed on two tours of duty. This is the story of her second tour in 1952.
Download or read book Warships Associated with World War II in the Pacific written by Harry A. Butowsky and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Battleship USS Alabama written by Witold Koszela and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-19 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
