U.S. Navy Auxiliary Vessels
A History and Directory from World War I to Today
Seiten
2019
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7256-4 (ISBN)
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7256-4 (ISBN)
Provides the rosters, histories, specifications and illustrations of 130 different auxiliary ship types used throughout US history: the little-known ones, the latest expeditionary fast transports and future towing, salvage and rescue ships.
For more than a century, the U.S. Navy’s battleships, cruisers, destroyers, submarines and amphibious warfare vessels have depended on a small group of specialized auxiliary ships to provide fuel, food, ammunition, parts and other material support and services. Without these workhorse vessels, the U.S. Fleet could not have won in World War II and it could not today deploy and remain on station in the Mediterranean, Arabian Gulf, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean.
This book provides the rosters, histories, specifications and illustrations of 130 different auxiliary ship types used throughout U.S. history: the little-known ones, the latest expeditionary fast transports and future towing, salvage and rescue ships.
For more than a century, the U.S. Navy’s battleships, cruisers, destroyers, submarines and amphibious warfare vessels have depended on a small group of specialized auxiliary ships to provide fuel, food, ammunition, parts and other material support and services. Without these workhorse vessels, the U.S. Fleet could not have won in World War II and it could not today deploy and remain on station in the Mediterranean, Arabian Gulf, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean.
This book provides the rosters, histories, specifications and illustrations of 130 different auxiliary ship types used throughout U.S. history: the little-known ones, the latest expeditionary fast transports and future towing, salvage and rescue ships.
Ken W. Sayers is a former naval officer who served on board a Pacific Fleet destroyer escort and in the Pentagon on the staff of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs). An IBM veteran, he lives in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments deletevi
Preface
Glossary
Introduction
1 • Combat Logistics and Fleet Support Ships
2 • Support Ships
3 • Directory of U.S. Navy Auxiliary Ships
Bibliography
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 03.04.2019 |
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Zusatzinfo | 190 photos |
Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
Gewicht | 653 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4766-7256-3 / 1476672563 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-7256-4 / 9781476672564 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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