Yearly Archives: 2005
Book Review: Naval Shiphandler’s Guide
Naval Shiphandler’s Guide is indispensable on the bridge, and in the classroom.
Review – Dangerous Waters: Modern Piracy and Terror on the High Seas
Pirates often find their prey to be easy pickings These stories about Pirates are Fact, not Fiction <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Dangerous Waters Modern Piracy and Terror on the High Seas John S. Burnett Dutton <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />New York, New York Reviewed By Captain E.H. [...]
From Naval Forces: All-Electric Propulsion – Does it make sense?
All-Electric Propulsion is a promising technology for both naval and commercial marine applications, writes Edward Lundquist.
Picture this: The Army’s Fleet – A review of Sail Army by Stephen Harding
Picture this: The Army’s Fleet <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Sail Army A Pictorial Guide to Current <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” /><?xml:namespace prefix = u1 />U.S. Army Watercraft By Stephen Harding Pictorial Histories Publishing Company Missoula, Montana Reviewed by Edward Lundquist On a cold day in 1776, General [...]
USNS Observation Island monitors ballistic missile operations
Naval ship was instrumental in developing Polaris, Poseidon missiles
Review – Combat Fleets of the World
Detailed Data for world’s warships <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 2005-2006 Their Ships, Aircraft and Systems By Eric Wertheim The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World” is an authoritative and thorough compendium about warships, aircraft and auxiliaries that [...]
Review – Speck on the Sea
Set sail on an epic voyage into the world of epic voyages A Speck on the Sea Epic Voyages of the Most Improbable Vessels By William H. Longyard Reviewed by Edward Lundquist <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Most mariners can appreciate a good ending to a bad voyage. Many of us have [...]
From Naval Forces – Modular combatant transitions from concept to reality
The United States Navy’s transformational Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) has transitioned from concept to reality as construction has commenced construction for the first “Flight 0” hull.
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Review: The Last Shot – The Incredible Journey of the CSS Shenandoah and the True Conclusion of the American Civil War
Lynn Schooler’s book “The Last Shot – The Incredible Journey of the CSS Shenandoah and the True Conclusion of the American Civil War,” (Harper Collins, $25.95 U.S.) about the last Confederate Navy ship to conduct operations is a scholarly historical account and a riveting sea story. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> The [...]
