Modern Submarines

Author: John Parker
Publisher: Southwater
ISBN: 9781844766864
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Beginning with a detailed history, this book follows the development of the submarine from the Cold War onwards, with special topics including life aboard the Dreadnought, the ballistic boomers, the tragedy of the Kursk and deep sea survival teams.

Modern Submarine Warfare

Author: David Maxwell Owens Miller
Publisher: Salamander Books
ISBN: 9780861019465
Category : Submarine warfare
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description

Modern Warships & Submarines

Author: Daniel Gilpin
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 9781608701100
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Machines Close-Up reveals the intricate inner workings of the worlds most remarkable machines

Cold War Submarines

Author: Norman Polmar
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN: 159797319X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 649

Book Description
Submarines had a vital, if often unheralded, role in the superpower navies during the Cold War. Their crews carried out intelligence-collection operations, sought out and stood ready to destroy opposing submarines, and, from the early 1960s, threatened missile attacks on their adversary's homeland, providing in many respects the most survivable nuclear deterrent of the Cold War. For both East and West, the modern submarine originated in German U-boat designs obtained at the end of World War II. Although enjoying a similar technology base, by the 1990s the superpowers had created submarine fleets of radically different designs and capabilities. Written in collaboration with the former Soviet submarine design bureaus, Norman Polmar and K. J. Moore authoritatively demonstrate in this landmark study how differing submarine missions, antisubmarine priorities, levels of technical competence, and approaches to submarine design organizations and management caused the divergence.

The Submarine Book

Author: Chuck Lawliss
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781580800785
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212

Book Description
Here is a concise, readable, and fully-illustrated account of how the modern submarine fleets came to be, from the very first underwater vessel that crossed the Thames in 1620, to the ultra-computerized nuclear submarine that functions as the strategic linchpin for most of today's advanced navies. Including a detailed portrait of life aboard a modern submarine, this fascinating book will appeal to any readers of naval or military history, and especially to the legions of submarine enthusiasts. This new edition of The Submarine Book is updated with a new chapter that speaks to the post-Cold-War environment of the Russian navy and the tragic loss of the Russian submarine Kursk.

Submarines

Author: Rebecca Stefoff
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
ISBN: 9780761422297
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 138

Book Description
"An examination of the origin, history, development, and impact of the submarine and related underwater exploration and transport technology"--Provided by publisher.

The Illustrated World Guide to Submarines

Author: John Parker
Publisher: Southwater Publishing
ISBN: 9781780192130
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This fully illustrated book traces the history of underwater travel, from the earliest attempts to travel beneath the waves to the future possibility of unmanned craft permanently roaming the seas.

Inside Submarines

Author: Chris Oxlade
Publisher: Hungry Tomato ®
ISBN: 151247116X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35

Book Description
Believe it or not, submarines date back to the seventeenth century! Discover how they developed from early designs such as the one-person Turtle into streamlined, stealthy warships. Along the way, you'll look right inside a German U-boat, find out how a sub dives and surfaces, and see sonar systems and video periscopes at work. From torpedoes to nuclear reactors, learn how submarine technology and strategy have changed throughout military history, and experience life under the waves.

John P. Holland, 1841-1914

Author: Richard Knowles Morris
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9781570032363
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 221

Book Description
The standard biography of the man who pioneered the modern submarine.

U.S. Submarines Through 1945

Author: Norman Friedman
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408

Book Description
The period covered by this book was one of radical change for the U.S. Navy. When the modern navy first considered buying a submarine in 1887, it was a coast defense force confined to the Western Hemisphere. The United States became a world power just as its new submarines offered a way of defending its most distant possession, the Philippines, without tying down an expensive fleet. World War I found U.S. submarines in an unexpected role, countering German U-boats in British waters. Then the situation changed again with unexpected speed.