On the eve of World War II, the Squalus, America's newest submarine, plunged to the bottom of the North Atlantic. Miraculously, thirty-three crew members still survived. While their loved ones waited in unbearable tension on shore, ...
Published when Theodore Roosevelt was only twenty-three years old, The Naval War of 1812 was immediately hailed as a literary and scholarly triumph, and it is still considered the definitive book on the subject. It caused considerable...
All Hands Down: The True Story of the...
Kenneth SewellSewell, a submarine veteran, and Preisler, a writer of techno-thrillers, add little new evidence in their version of the story; their new data is unfailingly familiar and they never succeed in making a persuasive case for the conspira...
Indianapolis: The True Story of the W...
Lynn VincentNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "GRIPPING…THIS YARN HAS IT ALL." —USA TODAY• "A WONDERFUL BOOK." —Christian Science Monitor• "ENTHRALLING." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) • "A MUST-READ...
Carrier: A Guided Tour of an Aircraft...
Tom ClancyThey are floating cities with crews of thousands. They are the linchpins of any military strategy, for they provide what has become the key to every battle fought since World War I: air superiority. The mere presence of a U.S. naval ...
Republican Roman Warships 509-27 BC
Raffaele D'AmatoThe birth of the mighty Roman Navy was anchored in the Romans' extraordinary ability to absorb and perfect the technology of other states and empires. Indeed, during the clash of the great Mediterranean powers in the Punic Wars of the...
Lords of the Sea: The Epic Story of t...
J. R. HaleNoted archaeologist John R. Hale presents a stirring history of the world's first dominant navy and the towering empire it built.
British Destroyers 1939 45: Pre-War C...
Angus KonstamThe Royal Navy entered World War II with a large but eclectic fleet of destroyers. Some of these were veterans of World War I, fit only for escort duties. Most though, had been built during the inter-war period, and were regarded as b...
From the Mediterranean to the Black Sea, from the Balkans to Mesopotamia, gunboats played an influential part in the story of World War I. This detailed technical guide to the gunboats of all the major navies of the war means that, fo...
Austro-Hungarian Cruisers and Destroy...
Ryan K. NoppenAt the outbreak of World War I Austria-Hungary had four modern light cruisers and twenty modern destroyers at their disposal, constructed in the early 20th century to defend their growing overseas interests. It was these fast light ve...
The Death of the USS Thresher: The St...
Norman PolmarA must-read for submarine buffs! On the morning of April 10, 1963, the world's most advanced submarine was on a test dive off the New England coast when she sent a message to a support ship a thousand feet above her on the surface: ex...
Red November: Inside the Secret U.S.-...
W. Craig ReedFew know how close the world has come to annihilation better than the warriors who served America during the Cold War. Now, in this riveting new history, W. Craig Reed provides an eye-opening, pulse-pounding account of the underwater ...
The Naval War of 1812: A Complete His...
Theodore RooseveltAlthough only 23 years old at the time of publication, Theodore Roosevelt made his mark as a military scholar with this detailed analysis of naval combat between the United States and Great Britain from 1812–15. Engagingly written a...
Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story o...
Sherry SontagOriginally published in 1998 and a best seller in its hardcover and paperback publications, Blind Man's Bulffis a dramatic, and riveting history. Over the course of five years, investigative reporters Sherry Sontag and Chris Drew inte...
The Golden Thirteen: Recollections of...
Paul StillwellThis book profiles the courageous and groundbreaking Golden Thirteen---the U.S. Navy's first African American officers on active duty---who recall in their own words how each maintained his dignity, pride, and humor in the face of pre...
Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story of a...
Robert DruryHalsey's Typhoon is the story of World War II's most unexpected disaster at sea. In the final days of 1944, Admiral William "Bull" Halsey is the Pacific theater's most popular and colorful naval hero. After a string of victo...
Brotherhood of Heroes: The Marines at...
Bill SloanA Band of Brothers for the Pacific, this is the gut-wrenching but ultimately triumphant story of the Marines' most ferocious-yet largely forgotten-battle of World War II.Between September 15 and October 15, 1944, the First Marine Divi...
Submarine: A Guided Tour Inside a Nuc...
Tom ClancyThe best-selling novelist exposes the inner workings of the nuclear submarine, the core of America's nuclear arsenal, using previously unrevealed diagrams and photographs along with formerly top-secret information, in an updated editi...
Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malt...
Roger CrowleySet during the height of the Ottoman Empire and with Christendom weakened and vulnerable, this is the story of the fifty-year battle for domination of the Mediterranean, centered around the titanic battles of Rhodes, Malta, and Lepant...
The Gun Club: U.S.S. Duncan at Cape E...
Robert FowlerThe U.S. Navy’s first planned battle of WWII is told through the extraordinary, little-known story of USS DUNCAN, the first Allied warship to penetrate a Japanese battle-line. From their first encounter with their celebrated captain...
Lords of the Sea: The Epic Story of t...
John R. HaleA rousing history of the world's first dominant navy and the towering empire it built The Athenian Navy was one of the finest fighting forces in the history of the world. It engineered a civilization, empowered the world's first demo...
Soviet Cold War Guided Missile Cruise...
Edward HampshireHeavily armed and formidable, guided missile cruisers formed the core of the Soviet Navy during the Cold War. From the last class of conventional Sverdlov-class cruisers through to increasingly complex and formidable missile cruisers,...
Soviet Cruise Missile Submarines of t...
Edward HampshireThe Soviet Union's cruise missile submarines, from the modified Whiskey to the Oscar II classes, were among the most formidable vessels of the Cold War. They were initially designed to carry land attack nuclear-tipped cruise missiles ...
Poseidon Oceanic Multipurpose System:...
Hugh HarkinsPoseidon Oceanic Multipurpose System - Russia’s Nuclear Strike Undersea DroneThe purpose of this volume is to provide a short overview of the Poseidon Oceanic Multipurpose System, which remains, in 2019, shrouded in the highest leve...
The Extraordinary Story Of The U.S. Coast GuardSince its inception more than 200 years ago, the United States Coast Guard has rescued over 1.1 million people. Yet, despite having more than fifty thousand active and reserve members, mo...
Tin Cans and Greyhounds: The Destroye...
Clint Johnson"Mr. Johnson has ... produced a technical history of destroyers as all-around naval weapons. Anyone interested in these ships will value his efforts." --TheWall Street Journal A "well-written" and "enjoyabl...
In the early 20th century Britain's largest colonies established their own small naval presence, and their ships fought alongside the Royal Navy during World War I. These fleets were expanded slightly during the inter-war years, and i...
Us Flush-Deck Destroyers 1916-45: Cal...
Mark LardasFour pipes and flush decks--these ships were a distinctively American destroyer design. Devised immediately prior to and during the United States' involvement in World War I they dominated the US Navy's destroyer forces all the way th...
Fighting Sail - Fleet Actions 1775-18...
Ryan MillerIn the years between 1776 and 1815, grand square-rigged sailing ships dominated warfare on the high seas. Fighting Sail is a tabletop wargame of fleet battles in this age of canvas, cannon, and timbers. Players take on the roles of fl...
German Commerce Raiders 1914-18
Ryan NoppenThis is the story of Germany's commerce raiders of World War I, the surface ships that were supposed to starve the British Isles of the vast cargoes of vital resources being shipped from the furthest reaches of the Empire. To that end...