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The Rescue Of The Gale Runner - Death, Heroism, And The U.S. Coast Guard

de Dennis L. Noble

~~26,49€~~ 21,19€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 <div>This on-the-spot narrative of the February 1997 loss of 
three U.S. Coast Guardsmen from the Quillayute River Station during a 
maritime rescue is both a commemoration and a report of the failure of 
the Coast Guard's senior leadership to appreciate and support the work 
of enlisted men and women at often remote and dangerous small-boat 
stations.The first in-depth look at a small-boat maritime rescue 
by the U.S. Coast Guard, this book is also the first to describe the 
role of those at small-boat rescue stations and of the policy setters at
 Coast Guard headquarters in Washington, D.C. Its author was in the 
right place at the right time on a night when everything went wrong. 
From the first alarm to the dramatic helicopter rescue of the crew of a 
foundering sailboat, from the onshore rescue of the sole survivor of the
 first dispatched Coast Guard crew to the tragic losses, this 
man-against-the-sea tale is told largely in the words of the 
participants and others who were with author Dennis Noble at the station
 near La Push, Washington, on the night the tragedy unfolded.Noble
 also provides an analysis of the state of the Coast Guard, how its 
current problems have developed, and what effect they have on the 
service's operations. As the story unfolds, the views of senior enlisted
 personnel at the station paint a picture of an overworked small-boat 
rescue force and their feelings toward what they perceive as a distant, 
and in many cases unaware, officer corps. Noble contrasts these 
perspectives with those voiced by the investigating commissioned 
officers and higher-ups at Coast Guard headquarters.Illustrated 
with 29 photos and maps, Noble's contribution to the annals of maritime 
history is a riveting account of extraordinary heroism in the face of 
regrettable human tragedy. </div>
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A Civil War Gunboat In Pacific Waters - Life On Board Uss Saginaw

de Hans Konrad Van Tilburg

~~37,10€~~ 29,68€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 <div>"An epic shipwreck tale. Sacrifice and heroism are recounted in a comprehensive study of a ship that embodied America's role in the nineteenth-century Pacific as Yankee enterprise helped open Asia to trade. Well-researched, well-written, this book also takes readers for the first time intoSaginaw's long-lost grave beneath the sea."--James P. Delgado, president, The Institute of Nautical Archaeology "An impressive study of a naval vessel from construction to destruction."--William Still Jr., author of Crisis at Sea The USS Saginaw was a Civil War gunboat that served in Pacific and Asian waters between 1860 and 1870. During this decade, the crew witnessed the trade disruptions of the Opium Wars, the Taiping Rebellion, the transportation of Confederate sailors to Central America, the French intervention in Mexico, and the growing presence of American naval forces in Hawaii. In 1870, the ship sank at one of the world's most remote coral reefs; her crew was rescued sixty-eight days later after a dramatic open-boat voyage. More than 130 years later, Hans Van Tilburg led the team that discovered and recorded the Saginaw's remains near the Kure Atoll reef. Van Tilburg's narrative provides fresh insights and a vivid retelling of a classic naval shipwreck. He provides a fascinating perspective on the watershed events in history that reshaped the Pacific during these years. And the tale of archaeological search and discovery reveals that adventure is still to be found on the high seas.</div>
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Borderland Smuggling - Patriots, Loyalists, And Illicit Trade In The Northeast, 1783-1820

de Joshua M. Smith

~~29,08€~~ 23,26€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 Examines the reasons for smuggling in this area and how three conflicts in early republic history-the 1809 Flour War, the War of 1812, and the 1820 Plaster War-reveal smuggling's relationship to crime, borderlands, and the transition from mercantilism to capitalism.
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The Sea Their Graves - An Archaeology Of Death And Remembrance In Maritime Culture

de David J. Stewart

~~33,06€~~ 26,45€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 Based on a study of gravestones and monuments in North America and the UK erected between the 17th and 20th centuries, David Stewart expands the use of nautical archaeology into terrestrial environments. He focuses on those who make their living at sea to examine their folkloric traditions, beliefs, and customs regarding death and remembrance.
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Attack Transport - Uss Charles Carroll In World War Ii

de Kenneth H. Goldman

~~9,92€~~ 7,94€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 Kenneth Goldman''s father, Lt. Robert W. Goldman, USNR, was aboard ship for five of her six battle operations. As a junior officer (he eventually became the ship''s navigator), he held a high security clearance and saved a large portion of the documents to which he was privy. These invasion maps, photographs, ship''s plans of the day, convoy position orders, enemy force assessments, and more form the backbone of Attack Transport.Yet Goldman graciously keeps his father out of center stage in telling the "life" of a ship that participated in almost all of the major U.S. amphibious assaults in the European Theater. Using weathered diaries and letters from other crew members, along with their memories of service, he captures the humor, boredom, combat fears, and capers on liberty that give this view from the lower deck a charm that operational histories do not have.
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Voyages, The Age Of Engines - Documents In American Maritime History, Volume Ii, 1865-Present

de Joshua M. Smith

~~46,31€~~ 37,05€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 Intended as a text for college and advanced high school students, Voyages covers the entirety of the American maritime experience, from the discovery of the continent to the present. Published in cooperation with the National Maritime Historical Society, the selections chosen for this anthology of primary texts and images place equal emphasis on the ages of sail and steam, on the Atlantic and Pacific, on the Gulf Coasts and the Great Lakes, and on the high seas and inland rivers.The texts have been chosen to provide students with interesting, usable, and historically significant documents that will prompt class discussion and critical thinking. In each case, the material is linked to the larger context of American history, including issues of gender, race, power, labor, and the environment.
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Voyages, The Age Of Sail - Documents In American Maritime History, Volume I, 1492-1865

de Joshua M. Smith

~~46,36€~~ 37,09€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 Intended as a text for college and advanced high school students, Voyages covers the entirety of the American maritime experience, from the discovery of the continent to the present. Published in cooperation with the National Maritime Historical Society, the selections chosen for this anthology of primary texts and images place equal emphasis on the ages of sail and steam, on the Atlantic and Pacific, on the Gulf Coasts and the Great Lakes, and on the high seas and inland rivers.The texts have been chosen to provide students with interesting, usable, and historically significant documents that will prompt class discussion and critical thinking. In each case, the material is linked to the larger context of American history, including issues of gender, race, power, labor, and the environment.
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American Amphibious Warfare - The Roots Of Tradition To 1865

de Gary J. Ohls

~~55,58€~~ 44,46€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 Describes and analyses early landing operations (from the Revolution to the Civil War) of American history, showing how they contributed to its rich amphibious tradition. This study does not attempt to describe every amphibious operation in early America, but focuses on seven major battles or campaigns providing a strong appreciation for the roots of American amphibious traditions.
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Rough Waters - Sovereignty And The American Merchant Flag

de Rodney P Carlisle

~~44,98€~~ 35,98€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 Traces the evolution of the role of the US merchant ship flag, and the US merchant fleet itself. Rodney Carlisle looks at conduct and commerce at sea from the earliest days of the country, when battles at sea were fought over honour and the flag, to the current American-owned merchant fleet sailing under flags of convenience via foreign registries.
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Life And Death On The Greenland Patrol, 1942

de Thaddeus D. Novak

~~19,86€~~ 15,89€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 One of the untold stories of World War II is the guarding of Greenland and its coastal waters, where the first U.S. capture of an enemy ship took place. For six months in 1942 and against standing orders of the time, Thaddeus Nowakowski (now Novak) kept a personal diary of his service on patrol in the North Atlantic. Supplemented by photos from his last surviving shipmates, Novak’s diary fills a void in the story of American sailors at war in the North Atlantic. It is the only known diary of an enlisted Coast Guard sailor to emerge from WWII.
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Lucky 73 - Uss Pampanito'S Unlikely Rescue Of Allied Pows In Wwii

de Aldona Sendzikas

~~19,07€~~ 15,26€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 USS Pampanito is a tourist destination. During WW-II the submarine earned six battle stars, sank six Japanese ships, damaged four others, and rescued seventy-three British and Australian POWs from the South China Sea. This title chronicles this rescue story of the Pacific War.
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Merchant Mariners At War - An Oral History Of World War Ii

de Christine M Billy e George J Billy

~~19,86€~~ 15,89€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 Offers accounts of the wartime experiences of veterans who graduated from the US Merchant Marine Academy - the largest supplier of ships' officers in WWII. This book covers such subjects as Liberty ships, U-Boats, the Battle of the Atlantic, D-Day, the Philippines, the vast Pacific, and the Murmansk Run.
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A Civil War Gunboat In Pacific Waters - Life On Board Uss Saginaw

de Hans Konrad Van Tilburg

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 The USS Saginaw was a Civil War gunboat that served in Pacific and Asian waters between 1860 and 1870. In 1870, the ship sank at one of the worldâ€™s most remote coral reefs. This narrative provides fresh insights and a vivid retelling of a classic naval shipwreck.
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Sovereignty At Sea

de Rodney Carlisle

60,57€

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 While numerous studies have examined Woodrow Wilson's policy of neutrality prior to US entry into World War I, none has focused on the actual merchant ship losses that created the final casus belli. This work focuses on what the president knew and when he knew it concerning the loss of ten ships between February 3 and April 4, 1917.
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Home Squadron - The U.S. Navy On The North Atlantic Station

de James C, Usn (Ret.) Rentfrow

45,42€

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Crisis In The Mediterranean - Naval Competition And Great Power Politics, 1904-1914

de Jon K Hendrickson

~~75,46€~~ 60,37€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 <DIV>Prior to July 1914, the extensive British grip on the Mediterranean Sea was beginning to weaken, leading to a wide-open competition between Austria-Hungary, Italy, France and Great Britain. This change, Jon Hendrickson contends, was driven by three largely understudied events: the weakening of the British Mediterranean Fleet to provide more ships for the North Sea, Austria-Hungary''s decision to build a navy capable of operating in the Mediterranean, and Italy''s decision to seek naval security in the Triple Alliance after the Italo-Turkish War. These three factors radically altered the Mediterranean balance of power, forcing Britain and France to come to a mutual accommodation and accelerate ship construction to defend their respective interests in the region. However, the July Crisis and the ensuing World War obscured these events, leading later historians to ignore these events.</DIV>
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Home Squadron - The U.S. Navy On The North Atlantic Station

de James C Rentfrow

~~75,46€~~ 60,37€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 <DIV>This study examines the transformation of the United States Navy as a fighting organization that took place on the North Atlantic Station between 1874 and 1897. At the beginning of this period, the warships assigned to this station were collectively administered by a rear-admiral, but were operationally deployed as individual units, each of whose actions were directed by their captains. By 1897 the North Atlantic, or "Home" Squadron as it was known, was a group of warships constituting a protean battle fleet - that is, an organized body moving and fighting in close-order, which meant that the actions of the captains were directed by a commanding admiral. The process of the development of an American battle fleet resulted in the construction of a new organizational identity for the North Atlantic Squadron. This process was as critical as the eventual outcome. It was not linear, but one in which progress in critical areas was modulated by conflicting demands that caused distraction. From 1874-1888, exercises in fleet tactics under steam were carried out sporadically utilizing existing wooden cruising vessels. From 1889-1894, the last wooden cruisers were decommissioned and the Squadron consisted entirely of new steel warships. Ad-hoc concentrations of vessels for purposes besides exercise and training retarded the continued development of doctrine and tactics necessary for a multi-ship fighting capability during this time. However, much work was done to develop a concept of multi-ship operations. From 1895-1897, the identity of the North Atlantic Squadron as a combat unit solidified. Tactical exercises were held that had specific offensive and defensive wartime applications. These exercises were necessary to develop a combat capability. The results of this study demonstrate that the United States government had an interest in developing an offensive naval combat capability as early as the 1870’s. Based on the record of the North Atlantic Squadron, it is argued that imperial aspirations, in the sense of possessing a capability to restrict the actions of other great powers in the Caribbean region, existed prior to the War of 1898. However, the process of change often resulted in the appearance of capability without the rigorous exercise necessary to possess it. </DIV>
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Whips To Walls - Naval Discipline From Flogging To Progressive Era Reform At Portsmouth Prison

de Rodney Watterson

~~48,96€~~ 39,17€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 <DIV>The abolishment of flogging in 1850 started the U.S. Navy on a quest for a prison system that culminated with the opening of Portsmouth Naval Prison in 1908. During World War I, that prison became the center of the Navy’s attempt to reform what many considered outdated means of punishment. Driven by Progressive Era ideals and led by Thomas Mott Osborne, cell doors remained opened, inmates governed themselves, and thousands of rehabilitated prisoners were returned to the fleet. Championed by Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin Roosevelt, Osborne’s reforms proceeded positively until Vice Adm. William. Sims and others became convinced that too many troublemakers were being returned to the fleet. In response, FDR led an on-site investigation of conditions at Portsmouth prison, which included charges of gross mismanagement and rampant homosexual activity. Although exonerated, Osborne resigned and initiatives were quickly reversed as the Navy returned to a harsher system.</DIV>
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The U. S. Coast Guard'S War On Human Smuggling

de Dennis L. Noble

25,94€

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Lucky 73 - Uss Pampanito'S Unlikely Rescue Of Allied Pows In Wwii

21,62€

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 USS Pampanito is a tourist destination. During WW-II the submarine earned six battle stars, sank six Japanese ships, damaged four others, and rescued seventy-three British and Australian POWs from the South China Sea. This title chronicles this rescue story of the Pacific War.

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