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  A History of Ships Named Enterprise
Caught with planes refueling and rearming on their decks, the Japanese carriers were set afire, and their offensive power was destroyed.
HMS Repulse was sunk 10 December 1941 by Japanese torpedo bombers near Singapore.
Planes from the USS Enterprise, the USS Essex (CV-9), the USS Intrepid (CV-11), USS Cabot (CVL-28), and USS Franklin (CV-13) sink the battleship Musashi.
starchive.cs.umanitoba.ca /?SNE   (6524 words)

  
 Maritime Heritage Network - Stories
We’ve selected a brief list of those stories, generously supplied by HistoryLink, the first and largest encyclopedia of community history created expressly for the Internet.
Japanese submarine sinks the SS Coast Trader on June 7, 1942
The Japanese submarine I-26 torpedoed the freighter 35 miles southwest of Cape Flattery near the Straits of Juan de Fuca.
www.maritimeheritage.net /stories/default.asp   (1178 words)

  
 WW II & Maritime Links - Warsailors.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Lists Norwegian ships that sailed in the year 1939 through WW II, organized alphabetically, with information on what happened to them.
This is for a WW I list of standard built ships, but of course, most of these builders were also in existence during the 2nd war.
Lists the naval units taking part, and also has a page on German coastal Defences in Norway in WW II.
www.warsailors.com /oddswar/oddlinks.html   (3848 words)

  
 Naval and Maritime Books
Middlebrook, Martin BATTLESHIP Scribners 1979 The sinking of the Prince of Wales and Repulse.
Tarrant, V. BATTLESHIP WARSPITE USNI 1990 The history of the British heavy armoured warship of the Queen Elizabeth class commissioned in 1915 and used in battle in both world wars.
Crabtree, R. THE LUXURY YACHT Drake 1974 The technical development of the luxury power-yacht from steam to diesel and a social history from the perspective of the owners and crews.
www.sonic.net /~books/navy.html   (8472 words)

  
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Based on official Japanese publications and unpublished documents, this book provides--for the first time--a complete history of these cruisers, including the 18 "heavy" and 25 "light" cruisers that saw combat, the two ships incorporated from the Chinese Navy, and others that either were never completed or never left the drawing board.
In April 1945 the fabled battleship Yamato was the centerpiece of a last desperate sortie by the Japanese Navy.
The author analyzes all aspects of battleship design, from the policy decisions behind their construction to details of fire control and gunnery, and evaluates their strengths and weaknesses compared with their foreign contemporaries.
www.floatingdrydock.com /books.html   (12840 words)

  
 Nautical History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
All FP 1983 1500s-1980s Traces the battleship's painful evolution from the multi-decked 'wooden walls' of the age of sail to the oil-fired super Dreadnoughts of the twentieth century.
PD FP 1994 Huge paperback (7x9 in., 450 pp) with listings for how to find absolutely everything nautical, from spars and rigging to charts and books.
Japanese warship design, Brit capital ships, Brit destroyers in WW2, USS Nevada, HMS Ark Royal, ships' armament.
www.bazillionbooks.com /nauticalhistory.html   (6588 words)

  
 Antique Tools: Toyss and Games
Detailed Plans for Making Battleships, Submarines, Toy Machine Guns, etc.
Each Project List Materials and Contains Clear Step-by-Step Instructions
Features Tips on Care and Cleaning, List of Makers, and More
www.mjdtools.com /books/toys_games.htm   (3978 words)

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