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The ship that held up Wall Street : the Ronson ship wreck / by Riess, Warren, Smith, Sheli O.

Table of Contents: “…A ship in Manhattan -- Atlantic and Manhattan history -- February, major excavation operations -- Preservation for the future -- A close look at the ship -- Identifying the ship -- Princess Carolina -- Development of 175 Water Street, Manhattan -- Postscript -- Notes -- Glossary of ship and archaeology terms used.…”
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Sea power and American interests in the western Pacific by Gompert, David C.

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Small ships in theater security cooperation

“…United States Military policy.…”
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From hot war to cold the U.S. Navy and national security affairs, 1945-1955 / by Barlow, Jeffrey G., 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Wartime organizational changes in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations -- Initial challenges : postwar and demobilization planning -- The Navy and unification -- The National Security Act achieved -- Preparing for a new enemy -- War ends in the Pacific -- Troubles emerge in postwar China, 1945-1946 -- Assessing and responding to the Soviet naval threat -- Adjusting to the National Military Establishment -- Living in "interesting times" -- Slugging it out on Capitol Hill -- Events in the western Pacific -- Troubles on the Korean Peninsula -- Deciding to fight -- Defending NATO Europe : planning during the initial stages -- The Eisenhower national security structure -- Rethinking national strategy -- Coping with the new look -- A crisis abroad and a CNO's departure.…”
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Naval issues background and operations / by O'Rourke, Ronald

Subjects: “…United States. Navy Operational readiness.…”
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China's naval modernization background, implications and issues /

Table of Contents: “…Peter Dutton, Associate Professor, U.S. Naval War College -- A Chinese anti-ship ballistic missile : implications for the USN / Paul S. …”
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To train the fleet for war : the U.S. Navy fleet problems / by Nofi, Albert A.

Subjects: “…United States. Navy History 20th century.…”
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Misadventures of a Civil War submarine iron, guns, and pearls / by Delgado, James P.

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Militarism in a global age naval ambitions in Germany and the United States before World War I / by Bönker, Dirk

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Bluejackets in the blubber room a biography of the William Badger, 1828-1865 / by Kurtz, Peter, 1958-

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Three knots to nowhere : a Cold War submariner on the undersea frontline / by Dubay, Ted E.

Table of Contents: “…Battle stations -- Troubled times -- Odyssey -- Admiral Rickover's nuclear power school -- Submarine school; The final preparation -- Reporting to the USS Henry clay -- Inside the Henry Clay -- The forbidden zone : the engineering spaces -- Test depth -- Transit to Hawaii -- The eve of my first patrol -- Getting underway -- Christmas on patrol -- Dolphins and patrol pins -- R&R in Hawaii -- The escape tower -- Change of command; The good, the bad and the ugly -- Surprise package from the Blue Crew -- Typhoon -- Farewell to the Henry Clay -- Flight back to Hawaii -- Ford Island -- The circle begins.…”
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Innovation and empire in Turkey Sultan Selim III and the modernisation of the Ottoman Navy / by Zorlu, Tuncay

“…Turkey History Selim III, 1789-1807.…”
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The Marines of Montford Point America's first Black Marines / by McLaurin, Melton Alonza

Table of Contents: “…Home towns -- Joining up -- Getting there -- Training at Montford Point -- Resisting segregation in the civilian world -- Fighting segregation in the Corps -- Combat and service: World War II -- Combat and service: Korea and Vietnam -- Legacy -- Epilogue: interviewee biographies.…”
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Boats of the world : from the Stone Age to Medieval times / by McGrail, Sean

Table of Contents: “…THE AMERICAS -- II.I The earliest settlement -- 11.2 Later settlements -- II.3 European settlements in the -- fifteenth-eighteenth centuries -- II.4 Water transport -- II.5 America's earliest water transport -- 12. …”
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