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Ship killer : a history of the American torpedo / Thomas Wildenberg and Norman Polmar

Type de contenu
  • Texte
Type de médiation
  • sans médiation
Type de support
  • Volume
Titre(s)
  • Ship killer : a history of the American torpedo / Thomas Wildenberg and Norman Polmar
Auteur(s)
Autre(s) auteur(s)
Publication
  • Annapolis (Md.) : Naval Institute press
Date de copyright
  • C 2010
Description matérielle
  • 1 vol. (XVI-268 p.) : ill. ; 29 cm
ISBN
  • 978-1-59114-688-9
  • 1-59114-688-7
EAN
  • 9781591146889 rel.
Titre de dos
  • [Ship killers.]
Classification décimale Dewey
  • 359.825 17
Note sur les bibliographies et les index
  • Bibliogr. p. [243]-249. Notes bibliogr. Index
Note sur le contenu
  • The first torpedoes : Bushnell, Fulton, and the Civil War (1775-1865) False starts : the first self-propelled torpedo (1869-1890) The torpedo perfected : Bliss-Leavitt torpedoes (1890-1913) Submarines : the ultimate torpedo boat (1900-1918) Battleships made vulnerable : torpedo boats and destroyers (1893-1919) Between the wars (1919-1941) Attack from the air : aerial torpedoes (1917-1945) They were expendable : PT boats at war (1941-1945) Torpedoes that didn't work : submarine failures (1941-1943) Out ranged : the Long Lance vs. the Mark 15 (1942-1945) Victory assured : torpedoes that did work (1943-1945) Smart torpedoes : the Fido and Cutie (1941-1945) Cold War torpedoes : submarines (1946-1991) Cold War torpedoes : surface ships and aircraft (1946-2010) The ultimate torpedo : the Mark 48 (1972-present) An effective weapon : the ship killers Appendix A: Torpedo fire control Appendix B: U.S. Navy experimental torpedoes Appendix C: U.S. Navy torpedoes Appendix D: Maintenance problems causing erratic runs
Résumé ou extrait
  • "In this book, Thomas Wildenberg and Norman Polmar provide a definitive work on the development and use of the torpedo by the U.S. Navy. Their book begins with an overview of the early undersea weapons developed by Bushnell and Fulton, the spar torpedo of the Civil War and attempts to imitate the Whitehead torpedo, and then focuses on American torpedo development for use from submarines, surface warships and small combatants, and aircraft." (éd.)
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