Download or read book Ships of Oak Guns of Iron written by Ronald Utt and published by Regnery Publishing. This book was released on 2012-12-04 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the naval history of the War of 1812 and the birth of the United States Navy, when a small American force stunningly defeated the powerful British Navy in a series of battles.
Download or read book Ships of Oak Guns of Iron written by Ronald Utt and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-03 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The War of 1812 is typically noted for a handful of events: the burning of the White House, the rise of the Star Spangled Banner, and the battle of New Orleans. But in fact the greatest consequence of that distant conflict was the birth of the U.S. Navy. During the War of 1812, America’s tiny fleet took on the mightiest naval power on earth, besting the British in a string of victories that stunned both nations. In his new book, Ships of Oak and Guns of Iron: The War of 1812 and the Birth of the American Navy, author Dr. Ronald Utt not only sheds new light on the naval battles of the War of 1812 and how they gave birth to our nation’s great navy, but tells the story of the War of 1812 through the portraits of famous American war heroes. From the cunning Stephen Decatur to the fierce David Porter, Ships of Oak and Guns of Iron relates how thousands of American men and boys gave better than they got against the British Navy. The great age of fighting sail is as rich in heroic drama as any epoch. Dr. Utt’s Ships of Oak and Guns of Iron retrieves the American chapter of that epoch from unjustified obscurity, and offers readers an intriguing chronicle of the War of 1812 as well as a unique perspective on the birth of the U.S. Navy.
Download or read book Old Ironsides written by David Fitz-Enz and published by Taylor Trade Publications. This book was released on 2009-01-15 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the oldest warship afloat in the world, the venerable frigate USS Constitution, the cornerstone of the nascent American navy created by act of Congress in 1794. Colonel David Fitz-Enz re-creates the world of sail, when seven knots an hour was considered blinding speed for a warship. In Old Ironsides, Fitz-Enz tells the story of the ship, from its construction to the ongoing restoration efforts that keep it active today.
Download or read book Our Iron clad Ships written by Sir Edward James Reed and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 1812 written by George C. Daughan and published by Basic Books (AZ). This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of how America's war fleet, only twenty ships strong, was able to defeat the world's greatest imperial power through a combination of nautical deftness and sheer bravado to win the War of 1812.
Download or read book Annual Report of the Secretary of the Navy written by United States. Navy Department and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Annual Reports of the Navy Department for the Fiscal Year written by United States. Navy Department and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Six Frigates The Epic History of the Founding of the U S Navy written by Ian W. Toll and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2008-02-26 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the decision to build six heavy frigates through the cliffhanger campaign against Tripoli to the war that shook the world in 1812, Toll tells the grand tale of the founding of the U.S. Navy.
Download or read book Give Me a Fast Ship written by Tim McGrath and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON AWARD FOR NAVAL LITERATURE • “A meticulous, adrenaline-filled account of the earliest days of the Continental Navy.”—New York Times bestselling author Laurence Bergreen America in 1775 was on the verge of revolution—or, more likely, disastrous defeat. After the bloodshed at Lexington and Concord, England’s King George sent hundreds of ships westward to bottle up American harbors and prey on American shipping. Colonists had no force to defend their coastline and waterways until John Adams of Massachusetts proposed a bold solution: The Continental Congress should raise a navy. The idea was mad. The Royal Navy was the mightiest floating arsenal in history, with a seemingly endless supply of vessels. More than a hundred of these were massive “ships of the line,” bristling with up to a hundred high-powered cannon that could level a city. The British were confident that His Majesty’s warships would quickly bring the rebellious colonials to their knees. They were wrong. Beginning with five converted merchantmen, America’s sailors became formidable warriors, matching their wits, skills, and courage against the best of the British fleet. Victories off American shores gave the patriots hope—victories led by captains such as John Barry, the fiery Irish-born giant; fearless Nicholas Biddle, who stared down an armed mutineer; and James Nicholson, the underachiever who finally redeemed himself with an inspiring display of coolness and bravery. Meanwhile, along the British coastline, daring raids by handsome, cocksure John Paul Jones and the “Dunkirk Pirate,” Gustavus Conyngham—who was captured and sentenced to hang but tunneled under his cell and escaped to fight again—sent fear throughout England. The adventures of these men and others on both sides of the struggle rival anything from Horatio Hornblower or Lucky Jack Aubrey. In the end, these rebel sailors, from the quarterdeck to the forecastle, contributed greatly to American independence. Meticulously researched and masterfully told, Give Me a Fast Ship is a rousing, epic tale of war on the high seas—and the definitive history of the American Navy during the Revolutionary War.
Download or read book Our Iron Clad Ships written by E.J. Reed and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-05-12 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1869.
Download or read book The Fouling and Corrosion of Iron Ships Their Causes and Means of Prevention with the Mode of Application to the Existing Iron Clads written by Charles Frederick T. Young and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 edition. Excerpt: ... APPENDIX The following pages contain some articles on the prevention of fouling and corrosion in iron ships, which question the ' Standard' took up in a scientific and thorough manner; an abridgment of a paper at the British Association; the report of the result of the Portsmouth trials of sixteen months' duration; the remarks of one of the engineering papers on the principle of Mr. Daft's invention; a paper read by Mr. S. J. Mackie at the Society of Arts, the latest results of Fouling, and the progress of Improved Construction. OUR NATIONAL DEFENCES. CORROSION OF IRON SHIPS. (From the Standard, August 10th, 1866.) " In the conduct of every portion alike of our military and naval departments, during the past few years at least, there would appear to have prevailed either a very culpable negligence and want of foresight, or a gross ignorance of what science had discovered or had indicated. Not only have huge plated ships been built upon unproven principles, and on models against the experiences of all the nations who have been engaged in modern warfare, but although such ships are four times as costly per gun carried as our ancient boasted hearts of oak, no properly considered effort has been made to preserve them from that natural corrosion and decay which is the inevitable fate of all iron ships. What the amount of that corrosion has been, so far as the navy is concerned, we have no published means of knowing, although it is well understood to be a very serious item, and one which would astonish the British public if some patriotic member of the House of Commons would move for and get the absolute returns laid before Parliament. Merchant shipowners do not like to tell the cost at which they maintain their vessels; the late Government...
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