Uncommon warriors : two centuries of the of the most unusual American naval vessels by Sayers, Ken W instant download

Uncommon warriors : two centuries of the of the most unusual American naval vessels by Sayers, Ken W instant download

p. cm, Includes bibliographical references and index, Two momentous days in the Pacific: Antares (AG 10) -- The leader of the \"ghost fleet\": Utah (AG 16) -- \"Chesapeake raider\": Wyoming (AG 17) -- Miscellaneous auxiliaries fit for a president--and a king: Sequoia (AG 23) and Potomac (AG 25) -- Three \"mysterious\" queen ships: Anacapa (AG 49), Big Horn (IX 207), and Irene Forsyte (IX 93) -- Terrier tester: Mississippi (AG 128) -- Cinema celebrity: Hewell (AG 145) -- Steaming demon: Richard E Kraus (AG 151) -- The checker of sins: Compass Island (AG 153) -- Three lives of a \"mariner\": Observation Island (AG 154) -- Satellite communicator: Kingsport (T-AG 164) -- The navy's secret snooper ships: Belmont (AG 167), Georgetown (AG 165), Jamestown (AG 166), Liberty (AG 168), Lt. James R. Robinson (T-AG 170), Oxford (AG 159), Pvt. Jose F. Valdez (T-AG 169), and Sgt. Joseph E. Muller (T-AG 171) -- Sub snatcher: Glomar Explorer (AG 193) -- Versatile specialist: Vanguard (T-AG 194) -- ABCDs to IX: Alton (IX 5) and Despatch (ix 2) -- One U.S. battleship sunk by another: Coast Battleship no. 4 (IX 6) -- Farragut's fighting flagship: Hartford (IX 13) -- Crane ship no. 1: Kearsarge (IX 16) -- The last of her kind: Constellation (IX 20) -- Old Ironsides: Constitution (IX 21) -- Naval academy \"brig\" from the Spanish Navy: Reina Mercedes (IX 25) -- A half century of national service: Wheeling (IX 28) -- The Navy's oldest steel-hulled warship afloat: Olympia (IX 40) -- International racing champion purchased for one dollar: America (ix 41) -- Sidewheel freshwater flattops: Wolverine (IX 64) and Sable (IX 81) -- \"CIC University\": Moosehead (IX 98) -- From yacht to pioneering warship and back again: Sea Cloud (IX 99) -- German cruiser meets the atomic bomb: Prinz Eugen (IX 300) -- The ship with the surreal silhouette: Atlanta (ix 304) -- Mother ship to deep divers: Elk River (IX 501) -- The Navy's smallest \"aircraft carrier\": Baylander (IX 514) -- And now for something…