U.S. Navy Minecraft
U.S. Navy Minecraft

Author: Ken W. Sayers

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2023-02-08

Total Pages: 500

ISBN-13: 1476647542

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In modern naval warfare, offensive and defensive mine operations and the ships that perform them often take a back seat to the more glamorous carrier strike groups, strategic deterrence patrols and anti-submarine operations. Despite their relatively small size and numbers, minecraft have enormous strategic and tactical value. With more than 200 photos, this book details the histories and specifications of more than 2,200 vessels that have served as minelayers and minesweepers, from World War I to today. Rare examples include the U.S. Navy's only purpose-built mine-laying submarine, and the remarkable 36-foot "mini minesweeper."

History of United States Naval Operations in World War II
History of United States Naval Operations in World War II

Author: Samuel Eliot Morison

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2002-02

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 9780252070662

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Volume 15: Supplement and General Index, chronicles the postwar operations of the U.S. Navy in the Pacific: the surrender of outlying Japanese garrisons, the occupation of Japan, minesweeping approaches to Japanese ports, and Operation Magic Carpet for the return of armed forces to the United States. This volume features a descriptive list of all named ships of the U.S. Navy during World War II, all types of landing, beaching, and other "lettered" craft, and types of aircraft used by the navy during the war. It also includes a list of errata and a general index to volumes 1-14.