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U-boats offshore U-boats offshore Edwin Palmer Hoyt We very nealy lost WWII. Not at pearl Harbor nor in the land battles of Europe, but on our own doorstep. This is the story of what happened in the early days of the war when Nazi U-boats were sent ag… OL115850W
U.S. Submarines Since 1945 U.S. Submarines Since 1945 Norman Friedman In the tradition of his acclaimed warship design histories, Norman Friedman describes the forces--technical, political, and operational--that shaped a vital element of U.S. sea power. For example, he… OL15060529W
War beneath the waves War beneath the waves Don Keith In November 1943, a young officer named Charlie Rush drew duty on the USS Billfish, a submarine in the Pacific. While the Billfish was on war patrol in the Makassar Strait off Borneo, a Japanese task… OL17056638W
Shadow Divers Shadow Divers Robert Kurson Shadow Divers is a riveting true adventure in which two weekend scuba divers risk everything to solve a great historical mystery–and make history themselves. For John Chatterton and Richie Kohler,… OL1909529W
The burning shore The burning shore Edward Offley "On June 15, 1942, as thousands of vacationers lounged in the sun at Virginia Beach, two massive fireballs erupted just offshore from a convoy of oil tankers steaming into Chesapeake Bay. While men, … OL19979384W
Grey wolves Grey wolves Philip Kaplan "In the early years of the Second World War, the elite force of German submariners known as the Ubootwaffe came perilously close to perfecting the underwater battle tactics and successfully cutting B… OL19979396W
The Battle of the Atlantic The Battle of the Atlantic Jonathan Dimbleby Jonathan Dimbleby's The Battle of the Atlantic offers a detailed and immersive account of this campaign, placing it within the context of the war as a whole. Dimbleby delves into the politics on both… OL20023220W
The Mathews men The Mathews men William Geroux One of the last unheralded heroic stories of World War II: the U-boat assault off the American coast against the men of the U.S. Merchant Marine who were supplying the European war, and one community… OL20030160W
Kaiten Kaiten Michael Mair,Joy Waldron "In November 1944, the U.S. Navy fleet lay at anchor in Ulithi Harbor, deep in the Pacific Ocean, when the oiler USS Mississinewa erupted in a ball of flames. Japan's secret weapon, the Kaiten--a man… OL21090591W
Carrier Carrier Jean Hood A century of vivid eye-witness accounts by aircraft carrier crews and their embarked naval air squadrons taken from interviews, correspondence, archived memoirs, published autobiographies and officia… OL21579684W
Silent victory Silent victory Clay Blair With the content of an authoritative reference and the excitement of a thriller, this history of the U.S. submarine war is one of the most informative and entertaining books written on the Pacific ca… OL3234996W
Hirschfeld Hirschfeld Wolfgang Hirschfeld xvi, 255 p., [16] p. of plates : 20 cm OL3365650W
Battleground Atlantic Battleground Atlantic Richard N. Billings In June, 1944, U.S. Navy warplanes sank a Japanese submarine called the I-52 in the Atlantic, an event of enormous strategic importance. For the I-52 was to return to Japan with the lethal ingredient… OL5836385W
Find 'Em, Chase 'Em, Sink 'Em Find 'Em, Chase 'Em, Sink 'Em Mike Ostlund xviii, 524 pages : 23 cm OL8982781W