Hidden warships : finding World War II's abandoned, sunk, and preserved warships /: finding World War II's abandoned, sunk, and preserved warships. (2015)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Hidden warships : finding World War II's abandoned, sunk, and preserved warships /: finding World War II's abandoned, sunk, and preserved warships. (2015)
- Main Title:
- Hidden warships : finding World War II's abandoned, sunk, and preserved warships
- Other Titles:
- World War II's abandoned, sunk, and preserved warships
- Further Information:
- Note: Nicholas A. Veronico.
- Authors:
- Veronico, Nick, 1961-
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART №1 THE OPENING SALVOES OF WAR; Accounting for Pearl Harbor's Japanese Midget Subs; Sneak Attack: The Destruction of USS Arizona; Caught in the Open: HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales; PART №2 HUNTING THE KILLERS; Salvage Work on the Admiral Graf Spee; U-550 550: Hunting the Sub Code-Named "Red George"; Hunting Trophies: U-Boats in Captivity Today; PART №3 SINKING THE BIG FLEETS; Sink Everything in Sight: Operation Hailstone; Bikini Atoll Battlefleet; PART №4 NO LONGER HIDDEN; USS Grunion (SS-216): Lost with All Hands I-400 Class: Japan's Panama Canal KillersPART №5 BACK FROM THE BRINK; Once-Discarded PT Boat Now Fully Restored; Hidden in the Nests; Epilogue: See a World War II Shipwreck for Yourself; Appendix I: US Navy Ship Force Levels, 1939-1945; Appendix II: Preserved World War II Ships; Bibliography and Suggested Reading; Index
- Publisher Details:
- Minneapolis, MN, USA : Zenith Press, an imprint of Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (256 pages), illustrations (some color), maps
- Subjects:
- 940.54/5
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations
Warships -- History -- 20th century
Shipwrecks -- History -- 20th century
Underwater archaeology
Warships -- Conservation and restoration
Warships -- Salvaging
HISTORY -- Military -- World War II
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- History
HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century
Military operations, Naval
Shipwrecks
Underwater archaeology
Warships
Warships -- Salvaging
Electronic books
History - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 1627886648
9781627886642 - Related ISBNs:
- 0760347565
9780760347560 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-251) and index.
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.586988
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