Download or read book CINDERELLAS OF THE FLEET written by WILLIAM WASHBURN. NUTTING and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Cinderellas of the Fleet written by William Washburn Nutting and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Cinderellas of the Fleet written by William Washburn Nutting and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 46 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. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ...painter and make fast, then the gasoline hose next, and in 40 minutes our tanks would be full. Two boats fuelled astern as well, and I have seen six chasers at a time performing the operation. It sounds simple, but in a chop or heavy ground swell it took all the niceties of judgment and seamanship to get close enough to make fast and yet keep clear and escape being cracked like an egg against the steel sides of the rolling tanker. But the longest trip must terminate, and one morning we sighted the Island of San Miguel, Azores, and finally crept behind the seawall of old-world Ponta Delgada, and feasted on fresh picked luscious pineapples, we were quite willing to forget the past two weeks and continue the war. That night, the greasy, dirty American Pension rivalled Rector's in our eyes, and the Michelenses Club appeared as festive as any cabaret. We spent twelve days there, expediting repairs quite as usual, prowling around through the stinks of the town, seeking souvenirs, or roaming the walled-in fields that rose to the splendid rolling heights. Evenings found us at the club for cards and roulette, and always Anton, his sandwiches and his many merry bottles. And then the Flu descended to ravage poor bewildered Ponta Delgada. Thousands on the Island died, for among those ignorant islanders there were few who knew of sanitation and none had medicines. In a few days we found water scarce and fresh provisions impossible to obtain. So to sea we went, this time without our fuel and mother ships, accompanied only by one destroyer. We left in the midst of a howling northwester which grew worse within 24 hours. If the wind had not been astern our scanty fuel supply would never have lasted to Portugal. We battled for days--scattered apart into...
Download or read book The Cinderellas of the Fleet Classic Reprint written by William Washburn Nutting and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Cinderellas of the Fleet This Little Book does not pretend to be a history of anti-submarine warfare. Neither is it a scientific treatise on the instruments and methods used in this the newest phase of naval fighting. On the other hand, I am afraid there is all too little in it of the romantic personal element, in which a war fought largely by kid reservists in small boats is bound to be rich. It is the story of an idea and how it grew in the face of indifference and ridicule to a success as unexpected by the regular Navy as it was by the average layman. It is the story of the Submarine Chasers. Without wishing to underrate the part played in the war by the high-seas fleets of Great Britain and our own country, we may say that their part was largely a potential one. The actual work of strafing the U-boat, which was the big job of the war, was done by the scrubs - the destroyers, the yachts, the trawlers, the drifters, the motor craft, that Rudyard Kipling so aptly dubbed "The Fringes of the Fleet." When the war cloud burst over Europe the submarine was the big, new, practically untried instrument of naval warfare, to which the Germans, foiled in their attempt to terminate the conflict in a single, rapid thrust, looked to isolate England and to bring down the mighty British Fleet, bit by bit, to the level of their own. No weapon had yet been devised to counter it nor any successful method of fighting it evolved. Its success was appalling and to make matters worse, it seemed to evolve and multiply much more rapidly than the means and methods of combatting it. But gradually, out of the chaos and the experience dearly bought with countless lives and scores of ships, there was evolved a method of defense against the submarine and then a method of aggressive warfare, with specially designed boats and numerous and elaborate instruments for apprehending and destroying the tin shark. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Cinderellas of the Fleet written by William Washburn 1884-1924 Nutting and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-10 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Over There written by Byron Farwell and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2000 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the rise of the American military and the role it played in winning World War I, from the declaration of war in 1917 to the social changes that occurred on the home front.
Download or read book Splinter Fleet written by Theodore R Treadwell and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hastily built at the onset of World War II to stop German U-boats from taking their toll on Allied shipping, the 110-foot wooden subchasers were the smallest commissioned warships in the U.S. Navy, yet they saw as much action as ships ten times their size. In every theater of war these “expendable” workhorses of the fleet escorted countless convoys of slow-moving ships through submarine-infested waters, conducted endless mind-numbing antisubmarine patrols, and were used in hundreds of amphibious operations. Some subchasers worked as gunboats to search for and destroy enemy barges. Others rescued downed airmen and retrieved drowning soldiers under heavy enemy fire. During the German occupation of Norway, three American-built subchasers and their Norwegian crews came to be known as “The Shetlands Bus” for their clandestine work as ferries—the only link between Norway and the free world. This book, written by the commander of one of the subchasers, defines their place in naval history and gives readers a taste of life on board the wooden warships. Ringing with authenticity, it describes the cramped quarters and unforgiving seas as well as the tenacious courage and close bonds formed by the men as they sought out the enemy and confronted nature. Long overshadowed by the larger, faster warships and more glamorous PT boats of World War II, subchasers have been mostly forgotten. This work restores the plucky little ships to their hard-earned status as significant members of the fleet.
Download or read book The Listeners written by Roy R. Manstan and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An untold story of scientists and engineers who changed the course of World War I Roy R. Manstan's new book documents the rise of German submarines in World War I and the Allies' successful response of tracking them with innovative listening devices—precursors to modern sonar. The Listeners: U-boat Hunters During the Great War details the struggle to find a solution to the unanticipated efficiency of the German U-boat as an undersea predator. Success or failure was in the hands and minds of the scientists and naval personnel at the Naval Experimental Station in New London, Connecticut. Through the use of archival materials, personal papers, and memoirs The Listeners takes readers into the world of the civilian scientists and engineers and naval personnel who were directly involved with the development and use of submarine detection technology during the war.
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Download or read book The United States in World War I written by James T. Controvich and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2023-05-08 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the centennial of the First World War rapidly approaching, historian and bibliographer James T. Controvich offers in The United States in World War I: A Bibliographic Guide the most comprehensive, up-to-date reference bibliography yet published. Organized by subject, this bibliography includes the full range of sources: vintage publications of the time, books, pamphlets, periodical titles, theses, dissertations, and archival sources held by federal and state organizations, as well as those in public and private hands, including historical societies and museums. As Controvich’s bibliographic accounting makes clear, there were many facets of World War I that remain virtually unknown to this day. Throughout, Controvich’s bibliography tracks the primary sources that tell each of these stories—and many others besides—during this tense period in American history. Each entry lists the author, title, place of publication, publisher, date of publication, and page count as well as descriptive information concerning illustrations, plates, ports, maps, diagrams, and plans. The armed forces section carries additional information on rosters, awards, citations, and killed and wounded in action lists. The United States in World War I: A Bibliographic Guide is an ideal research tool for students and scholars of World War I and American history.
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Download or read book Naval History of World War I written by Paul G Halpern and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2012-04-15 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There have been a number of studies published on the activities of British and German navies during World War I, but little on naval action in other arenas. This book offers for the first time a balanced history of the naval war as a whole, viewed from the perspective of all participants in all major theaters. The author's earlier examination The Naval War in the Mediterranean, 1914-1918, centered on submarine activities and allied efforts to counteract this new menace. With this welcome sequel he again takes the reader beyond those World War I operations staged on the North Sea. Halpern's clear and authoritative voice lends a cohesiveness to this encompassing view of the Italians and Austrians in the Adriatic; the Russians, Germans, and Turks in the Baltic and Black Seas; and French and British in the Mediterranean. Important riverine engagements--notably on the Danube--also are included, along with major colonial campaigns such as Mesopotamia and the Dardanelles. The role of neutral sea powers, such as the Swedes in the Baltic and the Dutch in the East Indies, is examined from the perspective of how their neutrality affected naval activity. Also discussed is the part played by the U.S. Navy and the often overlooked, but far from negligible, role of the Japanese navy. The latter is viewed in the context of the opening months of the war and in the Mediterranean during the height of the submarine crisis of 1917.
