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[Medal of Honor, announcement on awarding to seaman George Breeman of U.S.S. Kearsarge for heroism in fighting fire in gun turret].
[Washington?] : [publisher not identified], 1906Format: Government Document Book
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[Automatic shutters or doors in naval gun turrets, instructions for operation].
[Washington?] : [publisher not identified], 1907Format: Government Document Book
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Review of the Department of the Navy's investigation into the gun turret explosion aboard the U.S.S. "Iowa" : hearings before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, first session, November 16; December 11, 1989; May 25, 1990.
Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, U.S. G.P.O., 1990Format: Government Document Book
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A glimpse of hell : the explosion on the USS Iowa and its cover-up
New York : W.W. Norton, 1999
1st ed.Format: Book
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Encyclopedia of war machines : an historical survey of the world's great weapons
London : Octopus Books, 1977Table of Contents: “…The war kites -- Balloons for the military -- Ships of the air -- The invention of the aeroplane -- Air power becomes the crucial factor -- Adding strength and speed -- Fighters of the second world war -- The long range fighters -- The bomber offensive -- The atomic bomb -- Adapting the bomb -- Warning and guidance -- The helicopter -- Jet power -- Development of the missile -- The early seafarers -- The pentekonter & the ram -- The trireme rules the sea -- The formidable ship -- The dromon, a coastal runner -- Greek fire halts the Saracen -- The Viking longship -- The sturdy medieval cog -- Gunpowder, the great divide -- The galeass and the gun -- Artillery adapts to the sea -- The galleon, warship of an era -- The Dutch threat -- The rising French navy -- Ships-of-the-line -- The carronade 'smasher' -- The frigate, light & fast -- A new form of power -- Steam takes to sea -- High explosive shells -- Shells, guns and shrapnel -- The mighty ironclad -- The revolving gun turret --…”
Format: Book
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USS Monitor : a historic ship completes its final voyage
College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2012Table of Contents: “…Prologue: first encounter -- "The Monitor is no more" -- Following new orders -- Facing the Cape -- Both ironclads in trouble -- Distress aboard Monitor -- "The Monitor is no more" -- Discovery -- Early attempts to locate Monitor -- Discovery and positive identification of Monitor -- The formal announcement and follow-up plans -- The R/V Alcoa seaprobe mapping cruise, April 1974 -- Story of an ironclad -- The slow evolution of naval technology -- Arms versus armor -- American ironclads capture the world's attention -- The ultimate test: the battle of Hampton Roads -- A sanctuary for America -- Protecting Monitor -- Investigating Monitor -- NOAA/Harbor Branch Foundation submersible expeditions -- NOAA reassesses its management strategy -- Institutional and private research expeditions, 1974-1979 -- Private dive expeditions,1990-1997 -- Next steps -- Charting a new course for the Monitor -- Escalating management issues -- Reassessment of Monitor management strategy -- Congressional mandate for a Monitor preservation plan -- Development of the comprehensive, long-range plan -- Summary of the final comprehensive, long-range plan -- Final recommendations -- Initial planning and implementation -- Implementing the recovery plan -- Help from a new source -- Propeller recovery expedition, 1998 -- Data collection expedition, 1999 -- Engineering the recovery of Monitor's machinery -- Hull stabilization and deployment of engine recovery structure, 2000 -- Steam engine recovery, 2001 -- Monitor completes its final voyage -- Gun turret recovery, 2002 -- 2002 Monitor expedition -- In Monitor's turret -- Entering a tomb -- Monitor completes its final voyage -- The turret's final journey -- Back in the turret -- Revelations from the turret -- The sanctuary's future -- Epilogue: telling Monitor's story.…”
Format: Book
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WW II
New York : Grosset & Dunlap, 1975Table of Contents: “…. -- Attack on Iwo Jima. -- Battlewagon gun turret. -- Shrapnel wound. -- Mount Suribachi. -- Chow time. -- Standing guard. -- Invasion of Japan (map) -- Fire raids (Yokohama) -- Hiroshima, 1945. -- The signing. -- Insignia.…”
Format: Book
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The leper spy : the story of an unlikely hero of World War II
Chicago : Chicago Review Press, 2016Format: Book
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The Leper Spy : The Story of an Unlikely Hero of World War II
Chicago : Chicago Review Press, 2017Format: Book
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