Search Results: Titles starting with U from Naval Marine Archive

Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, 1987, first ed. Illus. b/w, 280 p. includes ship name index. A comprehensive coverage of vessels used by the Corps of Engineers, the Army Air Forces, the Coast Artillery Corps and the Signals Corps. Provides a full picture of the immense numbers of the army's vessels between 1941 and 1945. good - corner bumped and slight warp of front board and a good plus dust jacket in mylar. The book is heavy may require extra postage.

McFarland &Co, Jefferson, NC 2019, vii, 353 p. , ill.b/w photographs and tables. includes index. Fine trade paperback.For a century, the U.S. Navy's fleet of large ships, submarines and amphibious vessels have relied on a small group of specialized auxiliary ships to provide fuel, food, ammunition, parts and other material support and services.Here is the rosters, histories, specifications and illustrations of 130 different auxiliary ship types used throughout U.S. naval history

Naval Institute Press, 1987, Norman Friedman, 529 p. ill. b/w 29 cm. photos, plans, lines of the ships. Good+,first ed., owners signature on end papers, small bump to boards/ good dust jacket. The standard reference work on US Navy small attack vessels from WW1 on-wards, with a critic of the design features. Heavy will require extra postage.

Time-Life Books, 1979. 1st. fine.

McFarland & Co., Jefferson, 2019, xi, 222 p; ill. b/w photos., includes index. Trade paperback fine. Among the more than 260 American submarines that patrolled the Pacific during World War II, the USS Swordfish in 1941 was the first to sink a Japanese armed merchant ship, marking the beginning of the sub's colorful history.

Volume 1 and Volume 2. These two volumes cover the career histories of all of the U-boats that were commissioned in World War II. The histories of home 1, 200 vessels are covered. Each entry gives locations and dates of units which with the boat served, her commanders, the number of patrols undertaken, ships sunk along with names of vessels and location, incidents of note, refueling by U-tankers and supply ships, attacks on shipping, survivors picked up, and finally, the ultimate fate.Volume 1: Career Histories, U1-U510. Naval Institute Press; Annapolis, Md.; 1st US edition; vi, 362 p.; Includes bibliographical references and indexes. This volume remains in an excellent condition with slight creasing to the top of the spine, a price sticker on the back flap of the dust jacket, and some pencil notes of interest on the front page. Heavy extra postage at cost. Heavy requires more postage.Volume 2: Career Histories, U511-UIT25. Naval Institute Press; Annapolis, Md.; 1st US edition; vi, 312 p.; Includes… Read More

Time-Life Books. 1st.

Peter Davies Ltd., London, 1935, xii, 376 p. ; 28 cm ill. b/w., ports, diags., includes index. Good plus, wear on the spine and corners, previous owners name, In this volume some of the best designers of fast racers and best cruisers have provided plans - Herreshoff, Reimers, Stephens, Mylne, Burgess, Gruber, and Roue. there is more is the power craft section. Heavy will require extra postage.

Vanwell Publishing Limited, St. Catherines, ON 2003, first edition, xiv, 180 p. ill. b/w plans and photographs, includes index. The book profiles the Japanese Type A standard ship, with fleet owners' Lists, comparisons with the Allied standard ship designs and a brief history of the 140 ships built.

Patrick Stephens, Northamptonshire, 1987 1st ed. 256 p. ill. b/w photos, plans, includes index. Very good plus/very good plus. A presentation of many the ultralight planes built between the wars with descriptions and specifications and their designers.

Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1931, 347 pgs., 1st ed. of this rare book, in very good library rebind, good with some spotting on pages, illustrated with maps, plates, drawings of the submarine, and facsimile copies of pages from an 1648 book. One of the few books written about an expedition before it took place. Different authors wrote sections of the book including: Vilhjalmur Stefansson about the background history, Simon Lake about the development of the under ice submarine and Wilkins about the plans. The book is about the attempt to travel to the pole under the ice using a modified US sub.

Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., New York, 1814, translated from the German by F.E. Bunnett. 313 pages ; 19 cm, good green cloth with top edge, spine and boards gilt, minor wear on coners and spine cracked. Gifted to former owner Contains tales of Undine, The two Captains, Aslauga's Knight and Sintram and his comapnions. Rare edition.

Annapolis, MD, U.S.A.,  Naval Institute Press, 1986. xviii, 581 p. includes index, well illustrated by Fred Freeman, map on endpapers, ninth printing of 1953 ed. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Jacket. Covers the Atlantic and Pacific theatre and the actions of the navy in destroyers.

Museum Restoration Series reprint of 1779 book originally published by J. Millan,Whitehall. this 1969 edition limited series to 700, this copy is a salesman sample. xvii, 329 pages, fifteen of foldout plates. Very good brown leatherette with gold and red on spine, slight wear on dj in mylar. Heavy require more postage.

Vanwell Publishing Limited, 1995. 1st. fine. tpb. During World War II, Canada operated the world's fourth largest Merchant Navy. This book endeavors to throw light on the Merchant Navy's important contribution to the Allied cause. 272 pages

Glenaden Press, Vineland, ON 2007, 186 p. ill. b/w, col. 28 cm. very good. on cover The Ships of Upper Lakes Shipping. Commemorating 75 years of shipping on the Lakes. The company starting in the depression and then by 1952 began to build their own ships.