National Geographic, 1999. 1st. fine/fine. col bw. Fifty-six years after the Battle of Midway, underwater explorer Robert Ballard embarked on a search for the lost ships that had sunk in that historic fight. American and Japanese veterans accompanied him on his high-tech search. On May 19, 1998 he located the remains of the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown. 191 pages
Burdette & Company, Inc, 1963. 1963. good.
Yankeee, 1963. 1972 reprint. good. The story of the USS Constitution (Old Ironsides), its career, and its restoration. Foreword by President John F. Kennedy
Schocken Books, 1985. 1st. fair/very good. Aboard a 19th century American naval ship, a young officer and two semen are hanged on suspicion of plotting a mutiny. It’s peacetime, and the event is highly irregular and possibly criminal. The story of the Somers affair, and the prominent Americans involved.
