Download or read book The American Steel Navy written by John Doughty Alden and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1972 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Steel Navy written by William R. Dameron and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-05-20 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the end of the Civil War, America stopped spending money on her navy. By 1881, when the US Navy kept only 26 operational ships, America was beginning to realize how backward their navy had become. At sea, America was at best a third class power. Chile had a larger and more modern navy, although their ships were built under contract in England. American political leaders began to take action, and began to build steel-hulled, modern warships during the 1880's and 1890's. By 1898, America's navy was becoming one of the world's best in quality, if not in quantity. The United States Naval Academy had been maintained at a high level through the entire period. In the war with Spain, the world learned that America was much more formidable at sea than most Europeans believed. Her ships were modern, her officers skilled and daring, and her ordinary seamen were highly trained. This is a novel about the development of the warships of the steel navy and the officers who manned them.
Download or read book Manila and Santiago written by Jim Leeke and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2013-07-10 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Navy's first two-ocean war was the Spanish-American War of 1898. A war that was global in scope, with the decisive naval battles of war at Manila Bay and Santiago de Cuba separated by two months and over ten thousand miles. During these battles in this quick, modern war, America s New Steel Navy came of age. While the American commanders sailed to war with a technologically advanced fleet, it was the lessons they had learned from Adm. David Farragut in the Civil War that prepared them for victory over the Spaniards. This history of the U.S. Navy s operations in the war provides some memorable portraits of the colorful officers who decided the outcome of these battles: Shang Dewey in the Philippines and Fighting Bob Evans off southern Cuba; Jack Philip conning the Texas and Constructor Hobson scuttling the Merrimac; Clark of the Oregon pushing his battleship around South America; and Adm. William Sampson and Commodore Scott Schley ending their careers in controversy. These officers sailed into battle with a navy of middle-aged lieutenants and overworked bluejackets, along with green naval militiamen. They were accompanied by numerous onboard correspondents, who documented the war.In addition to descriptions of the men who fought or witnessed the pivotal battles on the American side, the book offers sympathetic portraits of several Spanish officers, the Dons for whom American sailors held little personal enmity. Admirals Patricio Montojo and Pasqual Cervera, doomed to sacrifice their forces for the pride of a dying empire, receive particular attention. The first study of the Spanish-American War to be published in many years, this book takes a journalistic approach to the subject, making the conflict and the people involved relevant to today s readers. This work details a war in which victory was determined as much by leadership as by the technology of the American Steel Navy.
Download or read book The American Steel Navy written by John D. Alden and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book US Cruisers 1883 1904 written by Lawrence Burr and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-12-20 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the end of the Civil War the US Navy was the most advanced in the world, but in subsequent years America's naval might dwindled. However, in the 1880s a 'New Navy' was born and at the forefront of its fleet were the mighty cruisers. Naval historian Lawrence Burr details how these cruisers allowed America to rebuild their navy, exploring the design and development of these ships. Placing these advances in context, through vivid accounts of how US cruisers performed in the Spanish-American War of 1898, notably at Manila Bay and Santiago, he investigates the emergence of the US Navy as a major power. Illustrated with early photographs and full-colour artwork, this is a concise history of the birth and development of a modern navy that was the precursor to the development of modern steel fleets around the world.
Download or read book Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships written by United States. Naval History Division and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book US Cruisers 1883 1904 written by Lawrence Burr and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-12-20 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the end of the Civil War the US Navy was the most advanced in the world, but in subsequent years America's naval might dwindled. However, in the 1880s a 'New Navy' was born and at the forefront of its fleet were the mighty cruisers. Naval historian Lawrence Burr details how these cruisers allowed America to rebuild their navy, exploring the design and development of these ships. Placing these advances in context, through vivid accounts of how US cruisers performed in the Spanish-American War of 1898, notably at Manila Bay and Santiago, he investigates the emergence of the US Navy as a major power. Illustrated with early photographs and full-colour artwork, this is a concise history of the birth and development of a modern navy that was the precursor to the development of modern steel fleets around the world.
Download or read book The Steel Navy written by James Dolby and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Steel Navy written by James Dolby and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Steel Navy written by James Dolby and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A concise and comprehensive reference to the names and salient particulars of all the principal vessels built for the fleets of the British Commonwealth since the construction of the first ironclad. There are more than two hundred silhouettes illustrating the development of each warship type, class by class ... A brief historical survey begins each section, describing, in non-technical terms the origin and function of each type of warship and the main factors which have influenced its development ..."--Publisher description
Download or read book Admirals of the New Steel Navy written by James C Bradford and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of interpretive, biographical essays on the admirals of the new steel navy continues the story of the development of the American naval begun so successfully in Command Under Sail and Captains of the Old Steam Navy. During the period of 1880 to 1930, the U.S. Navy underwent a significant transformation as it adapted to new technologies and grew to meet the responsibilities thrust upon it by America’s new role as a world power. This book offers readers an entertaining yet informative history that allows amateur and professionals alike to better appreciate the U.S. Navy’s dramatic period of development and adjustment.
Download or read book The Steel Navy 1860 1963 written by James Dolby and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Elements and Practice of Naval Architecture written by David Steel and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The American Steel Navy written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The American Steel Navy written by John Doughty Alden and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Steel Navy Revised Edition With Plates written by James DOLBY and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Steel Boats Iron Men written by Mike H. Rindskopf and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 1994 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
