Ship Shape, a Dazzle Camouflage Sourcebook
Ship Shape, a Dazzle Camouflage Sourcebook

Author: Roy R. Behrens

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 9780971324473

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This is an anthology of twenty-seven World War I-era essays, by various authors, on ship camouflage from that time period. It focuses primarily on American and British camouflage, and especially on "dazzle camouflage," a counter-intuitive method in which brightly colored abstract shapes were applied to the ship's surface. The purpose of such camouflage was not low visibility, but to make it difficult to aim a torpedo at a distant, moving ship from a submerged submarine (U-boat), while peering through a periscope. The book includes 275 drawings, diagrams and vintage photographs, and a 40-page camouflage bibiliography, the largest ever.

The Art and Archaeology of Venetian Ships and Boats
The Art and Archaeology of Venetian Ships and Boats

Author: Lillian Ray Martin

Publisher: Texas A&M University Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9781585440986

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Presents a brief history of Venetian art and then catalogues each known piece of Venetian art that depicts watercraft. Through detailed analysis of these images the author reveals important facts about the construction, rigging, and use of these watercraft.

Looking for a Ship
Looking for a Ship

Author: John McPhee

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published: 2011-04-01

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 1429958111

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This is an extraordinary tale of life on the high seas aboard one of the last American merchant ships, the S.S. Stella Lykes, on a forty-two-day journey from Charleston down the Pacific coast of South America. As the crew of the Stella Lykes makes their ocean voyage, they tell stories of other runs and other ships, tales of disaster, stupidity, greed, generosity, and courage.