HEAVY WEATHER GUIDE: PART I-HURRICANES AND PART II-TYPHOONS by Edwin T. And William J. Kotsch Harding - 1965-01-01

United States Naval Institute. Used - Good. Good condition.

United States Naval Institute. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1965. First Edition. Softcover. Black stiff wrappers surround a clean tight copy authored by 2 USN captains. Shows light shelf and edge wear only. .

Annapolis, MD: United States Naval Institute. Near Fine. 1968. 2nd Printing. Flexible vinyl. B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book with a flexible vinyl cover. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front inside cover of the book. "Sailors have always respected the power of the ocean—especially in heavy seas. Although Navy ships are made to withstand a certain degree of bad weather, they are not indestructible. Weather-related incidents have caused massive destruction and loss of life all throughout recorded history. The Navy’s experience with weather-related incidents is as old as the service itself. Probably the first ship lost to weather was Continental sloop Saratoga off the Bahamas with all her crew on 18 March 1781. Although most associate bad weather with open seas, it can strike anywhere. From 1810–1813, the Navy lost three gunboats in the Chesapeake Bay and a schooner in Lake Ontario. Once… Read More