Download or read book Captains of the Underwater War written by Edwyn Gray and published by Leo Cooper Books. This book was released on 2004-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Submarines had only one operational purpose, namely the destruction of enemy shipping. This book tells the story of 17 captains drawn from six nations in two world wars and describes 17 submarine action accounts.
Download or read book Captains Of War written by Edwyn Gray and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1988-06-27 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the story of captains of submarines and their experiences at war.
Download or read book Captains Of War written by Edwyn Gray and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1988-06-27 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the story of captains of submarines and their experiences at war.
Download or read book Three War Captain written by Capt.C. Kenneth Ruiz and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-08-12 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is intended to present a summary of my life in the navy where I fought at the tip of the sword in three wars and served on the sea, under the sea, over the sea and in the sea after Vincennes sinking. My service has given me experiences few people including naval officers have seen. There were always challenges but I never suffered boredom.
Download or read book The Fighting Captain written by Alan Burn and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2006-07-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting account of the World War II naval career of the man who did more to win the Battle of the Atlantic than any other officer at sea. Captain F. J. Walker, RN, dedicated his life to defeating the Germans—and Karl Dönitz, Führer der U-Boote, in particular—by containing the U-boats, wearing them down, and sending them back to their bunkers. He was a formidable figure and one of the greatest fighting captains in the Royal Navy, sinking twenty U-boats. For this he was awarded a CB and four DSOs. A month after D-Day, exhausted by his continuous actions at sea against the enemy and his successful exertions to keep the U-boats out of the English Channel to ensure the safe passage of the Allied landings at D-day, he went ashore in Liverpool after a patrol. His ships and the men he had trained and inspired were already back at sea when he died on the 9 July, 1944, aged 48. His ships went on to sink another nine U-boats, bringing his flotillas’ total up to twenty-nine, before the U-boat fleet finally surrendered. Fifteen of which were sunk by Walker’s own ship, HMS Starling.
Download or read book Submarine Captain and Command at Sea written by Herbert I. Mandel and published by . This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SUBMARINE CAPTAIN AND COMMAND AT SEA is the true story of a U.S. Navy Captain in WWII and post war service. It is much more than an autobiography of Naval and Military History. It is the story of how any young man can achieve his dream of being accepted into one of our Military Academies. It is a case history of how to grow upward in any major organization, military or civilian; and it is an introduction to the education and vocations of the Engineering fields. This book includes the names of the thirty-six hundred and seventeen officers and men who gave their lives for their country in the Submarine Service during World War II.
Download or read book The Sea Warriors written by Richard Woodman and published by Seaforth Publishing. This book was released on 2014-02-28 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sea Warriors is the true story of the great frigate captains of the Nelsonic Royal Navy who spent long and arduous years away from their homes fighting for king and country, to win and hold control of the seas. Richard Woodman skilfully dissects the events of the war years, focussing on the cruiser war, that war between opposing frigates which entailed the blockade of enemy ports, the interception of enemy trade and the protection of Britain's merchant ships. The whole magnificent sweep of this great struggle is set against its political background of the Napoleonic wars and the sea war with America. With this narrative come an extraordinary array of young, daring and hugely skilled frigate captains whose ability to grasp the chances offered by war made them household names in this savage age. Some, like Warren, Pellew, Cochrane and Collingwood, are still renowned; others are here rescued from under the shadow of Nelson as the author recounts their brave and brilliant exploits. rnAs well as the thrilling accounts of sea battles and single-ship actions, the author describes the darker side to life at sea the constant danger and harsh discipline, the wearying monotony of sea-keeping, the scourges of disease and the occasional outbreaks of mutiny. All this is brought together in a stirring narrative by one of the country's finest naval writers.
Download or read book Flagship Captain written by George P Sotos and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-19 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, Captain George Sotos became the first and only American military commander in history to set his facility at DEFCON 1 in readiness for nuclear war. And what a facility it was - a top secret command center, buried under a Hawaiian pineapple field. Breaking a nearly 60-year silence, Sotos recounts those agonizing days, along with his desperate plan to shelter as many civilians as possible from the nuclear-armed Soviet missiles that would obliterate human life on the island of Oahu. He tells, too, of the command center's inner workings, its pioneering use of computers for military command and control, and the key item on his resumé that tipped one of the U.S. Navy's most powerful admirals to hire him for the job: previous command of a Destroyer. Emerging from World War II as a combat-proven leader, Captain Sotos continues in Flagship Captain the story of his remarkable naval career, begun in the companion book, Living With the Torpedo - now used as a teaching text at the US Naval Academy. His lessons of leadership and ship-handling, in war and in peace, are as timeless as the sea.
Download or read book Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea written by Jules Verne and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book CAPTAIN SAM The Texas Convoy written by Captain Eugene Ray Martin and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2020-11-06 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain Sam is an experienced convoy commander and Captain of a Mahan Class destroyer. He is responsible for thousands of men in warships and the merchant ships of this convoy that must get to England for that country to survive. The Germans have proved the master of the Atlantic in this war. This battle of the Atlantic. German submarines have sunk thousands of ships. Those ships carried desperately needed things for England everything from food, medicines, and clothing. And naturally things
Download or read book The Sea Warriors written by Richard Woodman and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Captain Cousteau s Underwater Treasury written by Jacques Cousteau and published by London : H. Hamilton. This book was released on 1959 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Captain Hawklin and the Underwater Menace written by Charles Millhouse and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-09-24 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Europe 1934: Captain Steven Hawklin, known worldwide for his daring exploits, he is adored by many, revered by others and considered one of the greatest flying aces of the First World War. Along with his close friends Hardy Miller and Oscar "Oz" Lyman the three have traveled the world seeking adventure. When an old friend and mentor, Orman Wintergreen is murdered Steven travels to England to console Orman's widow, Desa. While there, he uncovers an insidious plot orchestrated by a vengeful sub-mariner, Victor Eichmann, a relic from the Great War who is unable to accept Germany's defeat. When the desperate scheme unfolds, Steven learns of a new untested explosive that, when used, will cause an undersea earthquake so massive it will bring about the destruction of Great Britain and throw the world into another war. While Steven sets out to find the German mastermind, Hardy is sent to intercept the new explosive and prevent it from arriving in the hands of Eichmann before he can put his plan in action. Steven and Hardy learn that Victor Eichmann has powerful associates whose objectives are to stop them at any cost. In a vain attempt Steven dives deep to the ocean floor in order to meet the underwater menace head-on, in hopes of preventing the earth shattering catastrophe and saving the world from the wrath of a German madman. Captain Hawklin and the Underwater Menace is a golden age adventure story, filled with Heroes and villains, swindlers and thieves. It's an adventure with hair raising cliffhangers that will keep you guessing till the very end. Inspired by the cliffhanger serials of the 1930's and 40's in the tradition of Buck Rogers and Commando Cody.
Download or read book Red Star Under the Baltic written by Viktor Korzh and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2005-01-19 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rare memoir of underwater warfare in the treacherous Baltic. Red Star Under The Baltic is the gripping memoir of a Soviet submariner during his years at sea in the Baltic during the Second World War. Not only is this a superb record of the appalling conditions endured on these basic craft, but a very human account detailing the comradeship and tensions among the crew as they operated in the most life-threatening conditions. Viktor Korzh vividly describes the many actions that he and his comrades were involved in. Many of these were successful, and Korzh witnessed numerous engagements and sinkings of German shipping. However, it was by no means a one-sided contest, and there were some horrifyingly close calls. The comparatively shallow waters of the Baltic were less than ideal for submarine warfare. Perhaps the most dangerous and dramatic moment came when his submarine became entangled in netting. After frantic efforts, they just managed to extricate themselves before being depth-charged. Another constant threat was of mechanical malfunction. It is extremely rare to have a totally authentic Russian account like this one, which has been superbly translated into English. It is a thrilling memoir, filled with nonstop action and underwater danger. Previously published as Reserve of Strength
Download or read book Crash Dive written by Larry Bond and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2011-03-29 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They are the ultimate unseen deterrent in modern warfare. Thousands of tons of steel, missiles, torpedoes, and men lurking silently hundreds of feet underwater, able to lie off any coastline and unleash a devastating hail of destruction with pinpoint accuracy. They are the true masters of the oceans, striking swift and unseen before slipping away, ready to do it all over again at a moment's notice. Submarines and their crews have long held a revered place in the military, with a special place of honor reserved for those men who willingly seal themselves in what could amount to a nuclear-powered coffin for months on end. Although the submarine is a relatively recent development in the field of warfare, many of the men who live and fight in these steel fish have already become legends. Edited by bestselling author Larry Bond,Crash Divecollects the best nonfiction writing about these near-silent killers of the deep and their crews. From the toughGatoclass boats that harassed the Japanese Navy during World War II to the cat-and-mouse games played by U.S. and Soviet submarines during the Cold War,Crash Divewill take you inside the deep and deadly world of the military submarine.
Download or read book The Submarine Pioneers written by Richard Compton-Hall and published by Periscope Publishing Ltd.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This witty and perceptive account of the early years of submarine development contains much new material and the lives of the forgotten pioneers of submarines. It includes many wonderful inventions and even more colourful inventors, but focuses primarily on John Philip Holland, the Irish-American genius who took submarine development out of the hands of lunatics and visionaries and turned it into a deadly weapon of war.
Download or read book I boat Captain written by Zenji Orita and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
