Title: A short history of the United States navy,
Authors: Clark, George R. 1857-1945; Krafft, Herman F. 1872-; Alden, Carroll Storrs, 1876-; Stevens, William Oliver, 1878-1955,; Stevens, William Oliver, 1878-1955,; Alden, Carroll Storrs, 1876-; Krafft, Herman F. 1872-
Publisher: J. B. Lippincott company
Year: 1927
Subjects: United States. History.
Contents: The Navy in the Revolution -- The Revolution (Continued): The Cruises of John Paul Jones -- The Beginnings of a New Navy and the War With France -- The War With Tripoli -- The War With Tripoli (Continued) -- The War of 1812: Causes and Early Events -- The Captures of the Guerrière and the Macedonian -- A Victory and a Defeat -- The Sloop Actions of the War -- The Battle of Lake Erie -- The Cruise of the Essex -- The Battle of Lake Champlain and the Conclusion of the War -- Minor Operations -- The Mexican War: Perry's Expedition to Japan -- The Civil War: The First Year -- The Battle of Hampton Crossroads: The Destruction of the Cumberland and the Congress -- The Battle of Hampton Roads (Continued): The Monitor and the Merrimac -- Operations on the Western Rivers -- Operations on the Lower Mississippi -- The Battle of Mobile Bay -- The War on Albemarle Sound -- Actions in Foreign Waters -- The Blockade and the End of the War -- The Navy in the Years of Peace -- War With Spain: The Battle of Manila Bay -- The West Indian Campaign -- Emergence of the United States as a World Power -- The World War -- The World War (Continued) -- The Navy and American Foreign Policy -- Authorities -- Index.