Author : Joe A. Mobley
Publisher :
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 36,86 MB
Release : 1984
Category : History
ISBN :
Describes the construction and launching of the USS North Carolina and discusses the battleship's participation in major campaigns in the Pacific theater during World War II. Carefully selected photographs illustrate the text, bringing to life the vessel's dramatic history.
Author : Cindy Horrell Ramsey
Publisher : John F Blair Pub
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 29,56 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780895873392
Ramsey tells the story of the battleship through the eyes of the men who served her in WW II.
Author : Jim Bunch
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 39,46 MB
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 1467137677
From January to July 1942, more than seventy-five ships sank to North Carolina's "Graveyard of the Atlantic" off the coast of the Outer Banks. German U-boats sank ships in some of the most harrowing sea fighting close to America's shore. Germany's Operation Drumbeat, led by Admiral Karl Donitz, brought fear to the local communities. A Standard oil tanker sank just sixty miles from Cape Hatteras. The U-85 was the first U-boat sunk by American surface forces, and local divers later discovered a rare Enigma machine aboard. Author Jim Bunch traces the destructive history of world war on the shores of the Outer Banks.
Author : Ben W. Blee
Publisher : Uss North Carolina
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 20,12 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Battleships
ISBN : 9780960853809
Author : John D. Broadwater
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 35,54 MB
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 1603444734
Lavish illustrations (photographs, site drawings, and artifact sketches) complement this informative and highly readable account. Naval warfare buffs, amateurs and professionals involved in maritime archaeology, and Civil War aficionados will be intrigued and informed by USS Monitor A Historic Ship Completes Its Final Voyage.
Author : Kala Ambrose
Publisher : Clerisy Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 46,23 MB
Release : 2011-09-13
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1578604559
Journey with author Kala Ambrose as she explores the most terrifying paranormal spots in the state of North Carolina. She begins in the coastal wetlands of East Carolina where she explores haunted lighthouses, battleships, forts, and the shipwrecked beaches where Blackbeard and his pirates still roam. She tours the Piedmont area of NC and visits the most actively haunted capitol in the US and interacts with the ghost of a former NC State Governor. Her journey continues west into the Blue Ridge Mountains where the ghost known as the pink lady and her friends await your presence at the historic Grove Park Inn, where many presidents, celebrities and ghosts have stayed over the decades. Travel information is provided to each haunted location for those brave enough to make the journey in person and for paranormal researchers who are interested in exploring haunted North Carolina. Join Kala Ambrose as your guide to Ghosthunting North Carolina as she takes you behind the scenes with detailed information about each destination.
Author : Witold Koszela
Publisher :
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 47,6 MB
Release : 2022-03-31
Category :
ISBN : 9788366673830
The French battleship "Jean Bart" together with the twin "Richelieu" was among the largest and most modern ships of this class that served in the Marine Nationale. Their construction was based on the experience gained during the construction of Dunkerque battleships, smaller and less armed units, but quite modern for their times. A characteristic feature of the aforementioned ships, including the "Jean Bart", was the unusual layout of the main artillery concentrated in two four-barrel turrets located in the fore part, while medium caliber artillery was located in the stern part. This, in combination with the massive body of the command tower and the chimney "hidden" in the rest of the superstructures, created an amazingly presented silhouette of a beautiful and very dangerous ship. "Jean Bart" was built at the Ateliers et Chantiers de Saint-Nazarie (Penhoët) shipyard in Saint-Nazarie. The keel was laid on December 12, 1936. The ship was launched on March 6, 1940.
Author : Lawrence Burr
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 37,23 MB
Release : 2011-12-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1780962711
This volume details the design, construction, and operation of the first six of the ten US fast battleships, two of the North Carolina class and four of the South Dakota class. These six battleships were all authorized in 1936 and were the first vessels built in the US since 1923. Consequently, these ships benefitted from enormous technological leaps, with improvements in ship design, power, armor, armament and the single most important improvement the use of radar guided fire control helping to change the course of the war in the Pacific. Packed with first-hand accounts, battle reports, and specially created artwork this book tells the story of these war-winning vessels.
Author : Ben W. Blee
Publisher : Uss North Carolina
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 24,95 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944
ISBN : 9780960853816
Author : Ian Sturton
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,70 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9781591141327
"Fully updated with an extended introduction by Ian Sturton and an outstanding selection of images, Conway's Battleships is a comprehensive study of the world's capital ships from the emergence of HMS Dreadnought in 1906. In their day, these mighty ships represented a country's military pride. They served with distinction in two World Wars and threatened and impressed in equal measure. Superseded by the aircraft carrier and finally rendered obsolete in the missile age, a few of these ships, nevertheless, continued in service to the end of the twentieth century, with two of the US Iowa class present at the Gulf War in 1990-91." "Organized by nation, type and class, each entry describes the sister-ships of the class in detail, with specification tables, diagrams of ships in profile and career histories. A wealth of visual information can be gained from browsing through the many photographs and artworks, showing hull and deck details, ships in port, underway and in action. Fully international in its scope and extensive in its coverage, this is an essential addition to the library of any naval historian or warship enthusiast."--BOOK JACKET.
