American naval history in 50 ships : unsung vessels from the colonial era to the Cold War / James M. Caiella ; foreword by Admiral James Stavridis.
| Author/creator | Caiella, James M. author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2025] |
| Description | x, 317 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | American naval history in fifty ships |
| Physical medium | illustrations. |
| Contents | Section I-Age of Sail -- Forgotten Saras -- First of the Line: Saratoga [1780] -- The Cock Crowed: Saratoga [1814] -- The Sad Frigate: Confederacy [1776] -- "Le cheval de course Yankee" (The Yankee Racehorse): Constellation [1797] -- "Commerce Raider Par Excellence": Essex [1799] -- Two Navies, Three Names: Wasp [1807] -- "A Perfect Slug": Oneida [1809] -- Pioneer of Westward Expansion: Shark [1821] -- Star- -- Crossed: Somers [1842] -- Sloop of Mercy: Jamestown [1844] -- A Horse Designed by Committee: Supply [1846] -- Section II-Steam and Civil War -- Five Lives in Blue and Gray: Harriet Lane [1857] -- A Very Short Life: Adirondack [1862] -- Gunboat for Sale: Rattler [1862] -- "Hard- -- Luck Ironclad": Neuse [1862] -- "Germ Idea" of the Battlecruiser: Wampanoag [1863] -- "Entirely Unnecessary": Casco [1864] -- White Elephant: Dunderberg [1865] -- Technological Dead- -- End: Alarm [1873] -- More than Nine Lives: Bear [1874] -- Prelude: Lightning [1876] -- Section III-Age of Steel -- Explosion of "Soft Power": Maine [1888] -- Heroism in Port: Bennington [1888] -- So That Others May Survive: San Marcos [1889] -- The Brick Battleship: "Illinois" [1893] -- The Segue Ship: Iowa [1896] -- "How Perfectly Foolish...": Brooklyn [1898] -- Last of the Line: Wyoming [1898] -- The Little Tug That Did: Hudson [1898] -- Presidential Intervention: Plunger [1903] -- : Manhattan's Battleship: Recruit [1917] -- Section IV-World War II -- Unknown Heroine: Buchanan [1918] -- The Red American Cruiser: Murmansk [1945] -- "Well, there was no hope ...": Erie [1934] -- Littlest Hero: Hoga [1940] -- Fact vs. Fiction: King Haakon VII [1941] -- Undeserved Reputation: Porter [1942] -- Another Very Short Life: St. Lo [1944] -- One of the Very Few: LT-5 [1944] -- The Other Capture: Eastwind [1944] -- "Unwanted": Prinz Eugen [1945] -- Section V-Cold War -- The Right Call: United States [1949] -- First in Defense: Forrestal [1954] -- The Smallest Boat: X-1 [1955] -- "Work That We Were Supposed to Do": CG 36500 [1946] -- "Ultimately, Alone": Pueblo [1944] -- Family Namesake: Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. [1945] -- Gone, But Not Forgotten: Iwo Jima [1960] -- "Greatest Humanitarian Mission": Kirk [1971] |
| Abstract | "The course of American naval history has not been set only by the relatively few famous ships whose stories have been told and retold. This volume spotlights 50 less recognized vessels, each significant in its own way, from the Continental Navy to the first supercarriers-while touching on many others with which their stories are interwoven. Attention is given not only to the design and conceptual changes the vessels embodied, but also the crews whose toil and heroism gave them life and sometimes notoriety. One captain tried to sell his warship in the midst of the Civil War. Each ship is detailed chronologically in chapters that often dispel timeworn misconceptions. Some were trailblazers; others were misdirected in their inspiration, design, or execution-indeed two could not float and one was dampened only by rain. Yet each helped shape America's seafaring history"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| LCCN | 2025026994 |
| ISBN | 9781476697482 |
| ISBN | 1476697485 |
| ISBN | ebook |
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