World Submarines

World Submarines

Author: H. Sutton

Publisher:

Published: 2017-11-05

Total Pages: 94

ISBN-13: 9781541392304

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The essential guide to the world's submarines, this Covert Shores recognition guide has over 80 full color profiles profile drawings of the submarines in service with the world's navies. These include many submarines which are not widely known of, let alone covered in other books.* Original color illustrations* Silhouettes with Recognition notes* Specifications* History and descriptions* Large format, full colorThis book is ideal for serious submarine enthusiasts and casual readers alike. If you, or those around you, have served aboard submarines then World Submarines will prove an invaluable reference book.


Submarines of the World

Submarines of the World

Author: Robert Jackson

Publisher: Friedman/Fairfax Pub

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9781586632946

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Compact identification guide to over 280 of the most important and historically influential submarines.


The Illustrated Directory of Submarines of the World

The Illustrated Directory of Submarines of the World

Author: David Miller

Publisher: Zenith Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 9780760313459

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Describes more than 270 submarines, with information on such topics as their history, number of submarines built, when they were completed, their displacement, their deployment, propulsion, and weapons.


The Japanese Submarine Force and World War II

The Japanese Submarine Force and World War II

Author: Akihiko Yoshida

Publisher: Naval Institute Press

Published: 2013-01-15

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 1612512062

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When first published in 1995, this book was hailed as an absolutely indispensable contribution to the history of the Pacific War. Drawing heavily from Japanese sources and American wartime intercepts of secret Japanese radio messages, a noted American naval historian and a Japanese mariner painstakingly recorded and evaluated a diverse array of material about Japan's submarines in World War II. The study begins with the development of the first Japanese 103-ton Holland-type submergible craft in 1905 and continues through the 1945 surrender of the largest submarine in the world at the time, the 5300-ton I-400 class that carried three airplanes. Submarine weapons, equipment, personnel, and shore support systems are discussed first in the context of Japanese naval preparations for war and later during the war. Both successes and missed opportunities are analyzed in operations ranging from the California coast through the Pacific and Indian Oceans to the coast of German-occupied France. Appendixes include lists of Japanese submarine losses and the biographies of key Japanese submarine officers. Rare illustrations and specifically commissioned operational maps enhance the text.


U.S. Submarines Through 1945

U.S. Submarines Through 1945

Author: Norman Friedman

Publisher: US Naval Institute Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13:

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The period covered by this book was one of radical change for the U.S. Navy. When the modern navy first considered buying a submarine in 1887, it was a coast defense force confined to the Western Hemisphere. The United States became a world power just as its new submarines offered a way of defending its most distant possession, the Philippines, without tying down an expensive fleet. World War I found U.S. submarines in an unexpected role, countering German U-boats in British waters. Then the situation changed again with unexpected speed.


Anti-Submarine Warfare in World War I

Anti-Submarine Warfare in World War I

Author: John Abbatiello

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2006-05-02

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1135989540

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Investigating the employment of British aircraft against German submarines during the final years of the First World War, this new book places anti-submarine campaigns from the air in the wider history of the First World War. The Royal Naval Air Service invested heavily in aircraft of all types—aeroplanes, seaplanes, airships, and kite balloons—in order to counter the German U-boats. Under the Royal Air Force, the air campaign against U-boats continued uninterrupted. Aircraft bombed German U-boat bases in Flanders, conducted area and ‘hunting’ patrols around the coasts of Britain, and escorted merchant convoys to safety. Despite the fact that aircraft acting alone destroyed only one U-boat during the war, the overall contribution of naval aviation to foiling U-boat attacks was significant. Only five merchant vessels succumbed to submarine attack when convoyed by a combined air and surface escort during World War I. This book examines aircraft and weapons technology, aircrew training, and the aircraft production issues that shaped this campaign. Then, a close examination of anti-submarine operations—bombing, patrols, and escort—yields a significantly different judgment from existing interpretations of these operations. This study is the first to take an objective look at the writing and publication of the naval and air official histories as they told the story of naval aviation during the Great War. The author also examines the German view of aircraft effectiveness, through German actions, prisoner interrogations, official histories, and memoirs, to provide a comparative judgment. The conclusion closes with a brief narrative of post-war air anti-submarine developments and a summary of findings. Overall, the author concludes that despite the challenges of organization, training, and production the employment of aircraft against U-boats was largely successful during the Great War. This book will be of interest to historians of naval and air power history, as well as students of World War I and military history in general.


Modern Submarines

Modern Submarines

Author: John Parker

Publisher: Southwater

Published: 2009-06

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781844766864

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Beginning with a detailed history, this book follows the development of the submarine from the Cold War onwards, with special topics including life aboard the Dreadnought, the ballistic boomers, the tragedy of the Kursk and deep sea survival teams.


British Submarines of World War I

British Submarines of World War I

Author: Innes McCartney

Publisher: Osprey Publishing

Published: 2008-06-17

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781846033346

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As the major powers engaged in an arms race in the early years of the 20th century, the Admiralty was tasked with developing that deadly stalker of the high seas - the submarine. In 1905, briefed with creating a vessel that could be employed on an enemy's coastline, the Admiralty took several technological leaps forward to match Germany's own revolutionary vessels. Written by an influential expert in the field and covering all classes of submarine developed and deployed during the war, this book includes great technical detail, gripping operational accounts and is accompanied by artwork. With fascinating details of daring submarine raids in the Baltic and the Dardanelles, this book reveals the exceedingly dangerous world of early submarine warfare which claimed an extraordinary number of lives on both sides and paved the way for a new kind of naval warfare in the 20th century and beyond.


United States Submarines

United States Submarines

Author: David Randall Hinkle

Publisher: Universe Publishing(NY)

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780883631034

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Written by an outstanding team, this book contains essays on submarine history and today's submariners, focusing not only on the subs, torpedoes, and related technologies but especially on the people who make it all work. Includes full-color and vintage photos, portraits, recruiting posters, and historically inspired paintings.