Civil War Navies 1855-1883 (U.S. Navy Warship)
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (638 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1557508941 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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naval ordnance for the relevant period, an explanation of data, and a list of abbreviations. These easy-to-use references will be valuable complements to the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships and popular items in all military collections. The chronological arrangement of the titles under review makes it easier for users to compare classes of ships from a particular time period, and the chart format and indexes facilitate use. Sailing has an appendix listing "Royal Navy Losses in North American Waters," and Civil War has an appendix that lists shipbuilders.There is only one comparable reference to these two volumes. A typical entry has a chart showing the name of the ship, builder, date laid down, date launched, and date commissioned. From Booklist Silverstone is a prolific author of sev
Entires on each ship list size and t. This is the second in a five-volume series by the author on US warships, listing the ships of the US Navy and the Confederate Navy during the war Civil War and the years immediately following the war, a significant period in the evolution of warships, the use of steam propulsion, and the development of ordnance
Paul Silverstone is an internationally recognized naval authority known for his many books and articles on warships. . He is author of US Warships of WWII and editor of the naval notes column of Warship International, the quarterly journal of the international Naval Research Organization
Gene Feierstein said Excellent supplementary book. This book is an ideal companion to other histories of the Civil War. Its title, however, is a bit misleading. It is a book about ships, not about navies. It gives the vital statistics and brief service records for all the Union and Confederate ships but contains little else. Its real value is that it "puts a face" to the ship names in most civil war histo. Grams said Civil War Navies. This is a great book. I am very interested in the Civil War and this book on the history of navies added to my collection of books nicely.. Definitive reference, the "Jane's" of Civil War ships Red Harvest As others have noted, Paul Silverstone's book is not a study of the U.S. and Confederate navies themselves, but rather of the many vessels that constituted the navies. Every known vessel is listed and organized by type and class. The format is both pictorial and tabular. The encyclopedic nature of the work makes it an excellent reference companion when st