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2) Submarines
Author
Pub. Date
[1977]
Physical Description
143 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
6) Submarines
Author
Pub. Date
1982.
Physical Description
192 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Description
xxi, 534 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
A nonfiction collection includes stories featuring mighty submarines and their crews, from the tough subs that harassed the Japanese Navy during World War II to the cat-and-mouse games played by U.S. and Soviet subs during the Cold War.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Description
224 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In 1776, American Patriots attempted to destroy the British flagship Eagle using a man-operated semi-submersible, the Turtle, in New York harbor. The attack failed, but the idea stuck. Almost 90 years later, the CSS Hunley successfully attacked the Federal sloop USS Housatonic by ramming into it with a 59-kilogram (130-pound) spar torpedo. The Housatonic became the first ship in naval history to be sunk by a submarine, and so submarine warfare was...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Description
384 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Submarines offers a highly illustrated guide to all the main classes of submarines to be used in naval warfare from the beginning of World War I to the present day. As you will learn throughout the book, the emergence of the submarine in 1914 as a major strategic weapon was swift and unexpected. On September 5th, 1914 a British Light cruiser, HMS Pathfinder, was sunk by a German submarine U-21, becoming the first victim of a free-fired torpedo. The...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Description
xi, 303 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the spirit of Bill Bryson and Ian Frazier comes this fascinating examination of our past, present, and future beneath the waves. In an age of unprecedented exploration and innovation, our oceans remain largely unknown, and endlessly fascinating: full of mystery, danger, beauty, and inspiration. Bill Streever--a longtime deep-sea diver himself--has masterfully woven together the science and history of Earth's last remaining frontier: the sea. In...
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