Submarine torpedo tactics : an American history /

"The reader travels through World War II and the Cold War as submarines and torpedoes enter the nuclear age. Filled with diagrams and illustrations the narration carries the reader into the attack center as "battle stations torpedo!" resounds through a submarine's compartments&qu...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Monroe-Jones, Edward (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Roderick, Shawn S., 1976-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
Sujets:
Torpedoes > United States > History.
Submarines (Ships) > United States > History.
Submarine warfare > United States > History.
Fire control (Naval gunnery) > History.
Torpilles (Explosifs militaires) > États-Unis > Histoire.
Sous-marins > États-Unis > Histoire.
Guerre sous-marine > États-Unis > Histoire.
Conduite de tir (Marine) > Histoire.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Marine & Naval.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Fire control (Naval gunnery)
Submarine warfare
Submarines (Ships)
Torpedoes
United States
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • "The torpedo is born
  • First World War fire control techniques
  • Between the wars
  • An analysis of the fire control problem
  • The Second World War
  • The Era of the GUPPY
  • From Tang to Nautilus
  • A most unusual torpedo
  • Skipjack, the convergence of Nautilus and Albacore
  • The Sturgeon-class submarine
  • The Los Angeles class submarine
  • The ballistic missile submarine
  • The Seawolf and Virginia submarines
  • The future of American submarines
  • Appendix A: A glossary of submarine fire control terminology
  • Appendix B: An evolution of submarine torpedo fire control equipment."

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