Wooden Boats and Iron Men
Title | Wooden Boats and Iron Men PDF eBook |
Author | Trygvie Jensen |
Publisher | Trygvie Jensen |
Total Pages | 454 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Door County (Wis.) |
ISBN | 0976478277 |
Wooden Boats, Iron Men
Title | Wooden Boats, Iron Men PDF eBook |
Author | Randi Svensen |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 177 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Boatbuilding |
ISBN | 9781920831110 |
For wooden boat lovers, the name is synonymous with boats designed with an unerring eye for beautiful and balanced lines, and performance to match. It brings back memories of idyllic holidays afloat in rented motor cruisers; the race-winning Halvorsen brothers, their superb racing yachts, Peer Gynt, Anitra V and Freya; and the Halvorsen-built Gretel; and the boats of World War II - fast 38s, 62s and Fairmiles, and the motor cruiser that sank the Japanese mini submarine in Sydney Harbour.
Iron Men, Wooden Boats
Title | Iron Men, Wooden Boats PDF eBook |
Author | Howard F. West |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 487 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Torpedo-boats |
ISBN | 9780788425370 |
Naval combat narrative is the heart of this book: Guadalcanal, New Guinea, Bougainville, the Mediterranean sea, the English Channel, the Philippines - historic operations in which the PT boats would win fame, glory, and a place in history. Encyclopedic in scope, this is the definitive work on the history of PT boats. W2537HB - $35.50
IRON MEN IN WOODEN BOATS
Title | IRON MEN IN WOODEN BOATS PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 9788412575293 |
Wooden Ships and Iron Men
Title | Wooden Ships and Iron Men PDF eBook |
Author | David D. Bruhn |
Publisher | Heritage Books |
Total Pages | 418 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Minesweepers |
ISBN | 0788443259 |
From 1953-1994, sixty-five U.S. Navy ocean minesweepers (MSOs) swept mines; searched the seafloor for downed aircraft, sunken ships, and lost munitions; "showed the flag" throughout the world, even sailing up the Congo and Mekong Rivers, calling at dozens
Splinter Fleet
Title | Splinter Fleet PDF eBook |
Author | Theodore R Treadwell |
Publisher | Naval Institute Press |
Total Pages | 308 |
Release | 2013-11-12 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1612513646 |
Hastily built at the onset of World War II to stop German U-boats from taking their toll on Allied shipping, the 110-foot wooden subchasers were the smallest commissioned warships in the U.S. Navy, yet they saw as much action as ships ten times their size. In every theater of war these “expendable” workhorses of the fleet escorted countless convoys of slow-moving ships through submarine-infested waters, conducted endless mind-numbing antisubmarine patrols, and were used in hundreds of amphibious operations. Some subchasers worked as gunboats to search for and destroy enemy barges. Others rescued downed airmen and retrieved drowning soldiers under heavy enemy fire. During the German occupation of Norway, three American-built subchasers and their Norwegian crews came to be known as “The Shetlands Bus” for their clandestine work as ferries—the only link between Norway and the free world. This book, written by the commander of one of the subchasers, defines their place in naval history and gives readers a taste of life on board the wooden warships. Ringing with authenticity, it describes the cramped quarters and unforgiving seas as well as the tenacious courage and close bonds formed by the men as they sought out the enemy and confronted nature. Long overshadowed by the larger, faster warships and more glamorous PT boats of World War II, subchasers have been mostly forgotten. This work restores the plucky little ships to their hard-earned status as significant members of the fleet.
The Dory Book
Title | The Dory Book PDF eBook |
Author | John Gardner |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | 286 |
Release | 2022-06-15 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 1493068326 |
The dory has seen duty as a fishing boat, lumberman's batteau, lifeboat, recreational rowing boat, and racing sailboat. The most comprehensive book about dories ever published, this is at once a history of the dory, a practical handbook on dory building, and a compendium of 23 dory designs with full construction details. The author, a longtime contributor to National Fisherman, and the illustrator, Sam Manning, are perhaps the foremost experts on the subject. A steady stream of letters and photographs to the late John Gardner from successful dory builders worldwide has been testimony to the widespread popularity and influence of this book.