This is the first volume in a new series on U.S. Navy warships featuring a complete compilation of data on American naval ships from the American Revolution and the Quasi-War with France through U.S. actions against the Barbary coast, the War of 1812, and the Mexican War. In a convenient tabular format, important details are […]
The second in a five-volume series on U.S. warships, this valuable reference lists the ships of the U.S. Navy and Confederate Navy during the Civil War the years immediately following – a significant period in the evolution of warships, the use of steam propulsion, and the development of ordnance. Civil War Navies provides a wealth […]
The New Navy 1883-1922, the third volume of the definitive U.S. Navy Warship Series, chronicles the mighty vessels that marked the arrival of the modern day Navy. This period of unprecedented technological growth and national expansion saw radical innovations in naval warfare with the first appearance of the submarine, destroyer, and aircraft carrier. These drastic […]
The Navy of World War II, 1922-1946 comprehensively covers the vessels that defined this momentous 24-year period in U.S. naval history. Beginning with the lean, pared-down navy created by the treaty at the Washington Naval Conference, and ending with the massive, awe-inspiring fleets that led the Allies to victory in the Second World War, the […]
The Navy of the Nuclear Age, 1947-2007, the fifth volume in the monumental U.S. Navy Warship series, presents an all-inclusive compendium of the ships that served in the U.S. Navy from the Cold War up through the present day. Featuring radical new developments in warships such as nuclear-powered submarines and carriers equipped with ballistic missiles, […]
Sustained by the Zionist dream and spurred by the threat and later the unrelenting actuality of Nazi annihilation, 125,000 Jewish men, women and children made the perilous journey by sea to Palestine during the period 1938-1948 despite the many obstacles placed in their way. Paul Silverstone’s work highlights the many ships that brought the refugees […]
An illustrated book with 189 photographs covers the activities of the U.S. Navy following World War II. The pictures were specially selected to show the varied new construction and combat and peacetime actions of the period. Order Book from Amazon
This is a most comprehensive handbook on the United States naval forces in World War II. It is not a history – although naturally, it contains much of interest to the historian. It is rather a complete and detailed survey of all the major ships and most support vessels of both the US Navy and […]
This book provides basic information about the ships which served in the US Navy during and before World War I, including the Spanish-American War. 1883 is an appropriate starting place as this was the year that funds were first appropriated for construction of modern naval vessels after a long period of decline following the Civil […]
This book provides much fascinating information on the principal surface warships since the middle of the 19th century and in doing so charts a most exciting period in naval history. Nearly 500 classes are covered – over 1,000 vessels from 20 countries. Each class and individual ship has an entry and over 600 photographs complement […]
Despite the large number of books published on the American Civil War, this was the first single-volume reference to list and describe all of the ships that participated in the war. With this book a well-known warship expert with years of experience collecting hard-to-find data offers a convenient, one-stop source of information for Civil War […]