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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
PT boats PT boats Michael Green,Michael Green Describes the history, design, weapons, and tactics of the torpedo-carrying PT-boats, used chiefly during World War II. OL15030900W
The Black Coast The Black Coast Basil Heatter An account of the patrol-torpedo (P-T) boats and the decisive role they played in World War II. OL20542109W
Torpedo boat Torpedo boat Duncan Harding A novel based on fact - an amazing story of daring and endurance. The slaughter of World War I was over, more deadly war was beginning. In 1919 four British sailors were given orders to enter Petrogr… OL20940458W
Deadly craft; fireships to PT boats Deadly craft; fireships to PT boats Edwin Palmer Hoyt A history of small warships from ancient Egyptian ramming boats and Greek fireships to modern PT boats, including many accounts of their use in specific battles. OL448475W
Engineer in gray Engineer in gray James H. Tomb "James Hamilton Tomb devoted almost 12 years of his life to wartime naval service. A steam engineer by profession and a torpedo expert by circumstance, Tomb was in the forefront of naval weapons tech… OL5723124W