USS Jefferson
Author | : Mark Wayne McGinnis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2021-05-11 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781737247500 |
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Author | : Mark Wayne McGinnis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2021-05-11 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781737247500 |
Author | : Thomas Jefferson (Attack transport : APA-30) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 46 |
Release | : 1946* |
Genre | : Ship presses |
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Author | : James C. Goodall |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2023-11-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 147285649X |
A highly illustrated history of the US Navy's nuclear submarine program, from the postwar years to the 2020 Columbia-class SSBNs. James C. Goodall covers the origins, design and development of the US Navy's fleet of nuclear-powered submarines. This program was developed under the command of Hiram G. Rickover, the “Father of the Nuclear Navy” who oversaw the commissioning of the very first nuclear-powered attack submarine, the USS Nautilus (SSN 571) in 1952. This was a truly revolutionary design. Until the advent of nuclear power, the world's submarine fleets traveled on the surface at night to charge their batteries, and only dove below the surface when enemy ships or planes were spotted. With the development of the USS Nautilus, the US Navy now had the ability to stay submerged for not just hours or days, but to hide out of harm's way for weeks or months at a time This highly illustrated book covers all of the 220+ submarine hulls built and delivered to the US Navy from the USS Nautilus through to the Navy's newest class of submarine, the Columbia class SSBNs. The story of the Nuclear Navy from its origins up to the present day is told through more than 1,300 images from official and archive sources, as well as the author's own personal collection, some of which have never been published before.
Author | : Brian Kilmeade |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2017-10-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0143131834 |
The mass market edition of the New York Times Bestseller. This is the little-known story of how a newly independent nation was challenged by four Muslim powers and what happened when America's third president decided to stand up to intimidation. When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America was deeply in debt and needed its economy to grow quickly, but its merchant ships were under attack. Pirates from North Africa routinely captured American sailors and held them as slaves, demanding ransom and tribute far beyond what the new country could afford. Jefferson found it impossible to negotiate with the leaders of the Barbary states, who believed their religion justified the plunder and enslavement of non-Muslims. These rogue states would show no mercy, so President Jefferson decided to move beyond diplomacy. He sent the U.S. Navy's new warships and a detachment of Marines to blockade Tripoli--launching the Barbary Wars and beginning America's journey toward future superpower status. As they did in George Washington's Secret Six, Kilmeade and Yaeger have transformed a nearly forgotten slice of history into a dramatic story that will keep you turning the pages to find out what happens next. Among the many suspenseful episodes: · Lieutenant Andrew Sterett's ferocious cannon battle on the high seas against the treacherous pirate ship Tripoli. · Lieutenant Stephen Decatur's daring night raid of an enemy harbor, with the aim of destroying an American ship that had fallen into the pirates' hands. · General William Eaton's 500-mile march from Egypt to the port of Derne, where the Marines launched a surprise attack and an American flag was raised in victory on foreign soil for the first time.
Author | : Thomas Jefferson (Ship : APA-30) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 31 |
Release | : 1945 |
Genre | : Shellbacks |
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Author | : Colonel Rodger Woltjer, Retired |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 2019-09-02 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0359893503 |
Biography of the author's father's service in the 32nd Infantry Division prior to, during World War II and afterwards. Contents: Winds of War (Civilian Military Training Camp; National Guard Enlistment; Prelude to War; Mobilization; Camp Beauregard; War Training; Camp Livingston); Call to War (Movement; New Guinea; The Papuan Campaign; Amphibious Training Instructor; Victory at Hand; Return to the 126th Infantry; Occupation of Japan; Homeward Bound); Post-World War II (Reserve Assignments; Back to the Army Guard; Retirement); Epilogue; Appendix: Awards and Photos. 126 photos, illustrations, maps, documents. A Merriam Press Military Biography.
Author | : Thomas Jefferson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1813 |
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Discusses the naval battle of the HMS Enterprise and the USS Boxer. No heart is more rejoiced than mine at these mortifications of English pride. Docketed.
Author | : Seth Cropsey |
Publisher | : Encounter Books |
Total Pages | : 247 |
Release | : 2017-08-29 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 159403916X |
The challenges to American security in the Western Pacific, the seas that surround Europe, and the Persian Gulf are growing. At the same time, U.S. military commanders seek more naval forces to protect America's interest in the safe transit of American goods, deterrence in a proliferating world, and the defense of our key allies. At the same time U.S. defense budgets are shrinking. American seapower has not been as small as it is today since before World War I. Unless reversed, U.S. seapower will continue its decline into the indefinite future as politicians ignore the widening gulf between the cost of modernizing and expanding American seapower, and the resources devoted to this most strategic arm of the nation's defense. Seablindness explains the dilemma. It looks at the consequences of neglect including the effect of increased deployments on families, global scenarios set in the immediate future, the views of America's most knowledgeable military officers, the anxious reactions of U.S. allies, and hard facts to show how a lack of political will is dismantling the nation's global reach and with it, our position as the world's great power.