U.S. Navy
Subtitle: a complete history
By: M. Hill Goodspeed
Contributors: Naval Historical Foundation
Publisher: Naval Historical Foundation; Hugh Lauter Levin Associates; Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; [Westport, Conn.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 728
Subjects: United States. -- Navy -- History; United States. -- Navy -- History -- Chronology
Other titles: United States Navy :
Notes: Includes index
Table of contents: title: 1775-1815: A new nation sets sail; title: 1816-1860: Distant stations; title: 1861-1865: A Navy divided; title: 1866-1899: Retrenchment and rebirth; title: 1900-1918: A Navy for a new century; title: 1919-1938: The treaty Navy; title: 1939-1945: The two ocean war; title: 1946-1963: Hot to cold; title: 1964-1980: The longest war; title: 1981-2003: Sea power resurgent