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The Submariner's Dictionary Or Submariner's Compendium of Terms & Tar's Handbook of Naval Verbiage and Retired Guy's Re-familiarization Manual
| Author | : Ron Martini |
| Publisher | : Ron Martini |
| Total Pages | : 206 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 1932606149 |
Submariners are a tight knit group of men bound together by training and experience, and with a language all their own. That language is perhaps a little vulgar, but never intentionally demeaning, and a little irreverent but still worldly. This work is an attempt to preserve and explain some of these curious guys who so proudly wear a shiny metal pin that looks like a strange pair of fish on their left breast. This process of accumulating this new language begins in Boot Camp, and is added to with every change of duty station the sailor undergoes. It is heard aboard the boats and, unknowingly, by family members who can't understand terms like head, deck, and overhead, and who think SOS is a distress signal.
Athenia Torpedoed
| Author | : Francis M Carroll |
| Publisher | : Naval Institute Press |
| Total Pages | : 258 |
| Release | : 2012-10-15 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1612511554 |
Just hours after World War II was declared, Germany struck its first blow, firing without warning on the passenger liner Athenia. The British ship was loaded with Americans, Canadians, and Europeans attempting to cross the Atlantic before the outbreak of war. As the ship sank, 1,306 were rescued but 112 people were lost, including thirty Americans. This account of the disaster, based on new research, tells a dramatic story of tragedy and triumph, as historian Francis Carroll chronicles the survivors' experiences and explains how the incident shaped policy in the U.S., UK, and Canada. For Britain, it was seen as a violation of international law and convoys were sent to protect shipping. In Canada, Athenia's sinking rallied support to go to war. In the United States, it exposed Germany as a serious threat and changed public opinion enough to allow the country to sell munitions and supplies to Britain and France.
Lost at Sea
| Author | : Michael Goss |
| Publisher | : Prometheus Books |
| Total Pages | : 367 |
| Release | : 2010-01-28 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1615924663 |
A mother pleads with her son not to sail on a certain steamer because she has dreamt - three times in a row - that the vessel will never reach its destination. Modern-day observers watch in awe as a ghost ship - blazing from bow to stern - dutifully reenacts a two-hundred-year-old tragedy that the observers'' fathers and grandfathers also watched reenacted with the same sense of awe. A crewman walks past a solitary figure seated in the ship''s restaurant only to turn a moment later and find the restaurant empty. A red glow appears in the darkness ahead of a modern warship, and the faint outline of an old galleon, her sails in tatters, is seen approaching against the wind - only to vanish a moment later before the startled eyes of observers. Such strange events have been seen for centuries and continue to be reported even today by witnesses who are, for the most part, sober and responsible human beings. In Lost at Sea folklore specialist Michael Goss and George Behe, an expert on maritime disasters, explore what lies behind these amazing narratives and enduring legends.
A Measureless Peril
| Author | : Richard Snow |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 370 |
| Release | : 2011-05-10 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1416591117 |
In "A Measureless Peril, " the historian Richard Snow captures all the drama of the merciless contest between the quickly built U.S. warships and the ever-more cunning and lethal U-boats that controlled the sea lanes of the Atlantic during WWII.
Hot Straight and Normal
| Author | : Ron Martini |
| Publisher | : iUniverse |
| Total Pages | : 402 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0595208258 |
Hot Straight and Normal is a submarine bibliography with over 6000 references to books, videos, articles and Internet sources. It is designed to assist reseachers, historians, students, teachers, collectors and others with an interest in submarines, their history, construction and use in wars worldwide. It's unique format of listing the books by title, will assists the researcher and casual reader alike in finding or searching for familiar words and subjects. Fiction book titles are also included. Each listing contains title, author, date published, publisher, page count, ISBN number and other informative descriptions if known. This is the only submarine bibliography currently in publication. The article index includes all articles in all issues of Naval Submarine League’s Submarine Review and Naval Institute’s Naval Proceedings magazine. There are Web sites and other Internet sources listed and even information on obtaining more information through the Freedom of Information Act. Also included is how to find materials inside government archives. Collected and edited by a former U.S. submariner and member of U.S. Submarine Veterans Inc.
War at Sea
| Author | : Nathan Miller |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 614 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0195110382 |
From the sinking of the British passenger liner Athenia on September 3, 1939, by a German U-boat (against orders) to the Japanese surrender on board the Missouri on September 2, 1945, War at Sea covers every major naveal battle of World War II. "A first-rate work and the best history of its kind yet written".--Vice Admiral William P. Mack, U.S.N. (Ret.). 30 photos.
Translations from the German
| Author | : Richard Mönnig |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 540 |
| Release | : 1968 |
| Genre | : English literature |
| ISBN | : |
Human Smoke
| Author | : Nicholson Baker |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 579 |
| Release | : 2009-03-03 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1416572465 |
A study of the decades leading up to World War II profiles the world leaders, politicians, business people, and others whose personal politics and ideologies provided an inevitable barrier to the peace process and whose actions led to the outbreak of war.
