Vietnam: Naval and Riverine Weapons
Publisher: Lulu.Com
Published: 28 Bebruary 2010
Place of publication: Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 603
ISBN-13: 9780557177431
Description: This book is a comprehensive catalog of the naval and riverine weapons and weapon systems used by all sides in the Vietnam War. An excellent selection of over 200 photographs complements the technical descriptions of the weapons capabilities and illustrates salient points of most of them. Additionally the book includes tables indicating exactly when most major ships and weapons systems, from machine guns to nuclear weapons were present in the combat theater.
Table of contents: title: Table of Contents; title: Glossary; title: Table of Ship Types; title: Preface; title: Chapter 1	Command and Communications Ships; title: Command Ships; title: Communications Ships; title: Chapter 2	Aircraft Carriers; title: Escort Carriers; title: Light Attack Carriers; title: Anti-Submarine Carriers; title: Attack Carriers; title: Chapter 3	Surface Combatants; title: Guided Missile Cruisers; title: Guided Missile Frigates; title: Guided Missile Destroyers; title: Gun Destroyers; title: Chapter 4	Escort Ships; title: Destroyer Escorts; title: Frigates; title: Radar Picket Ships; title: Chapter 5	Fire Support Ships; title: Battleship; title: Cruisers; title: Rocket Ships; title: Chapter 6	Submarines; title: Diesel Powered Submarines; title: Nuclear Powered Submarines; title: Chapter 7	Amphibious Warfare Ships; title: Amphibious Force Flagships; title: Tank Landing Ships; title: Medium Landing Ships; title: Infantry Landing Ships; title: Landing Support Ships; title: Amphibious Assault Ships; title: Amphibious Transport, Dock; title: Dock Landing Ships; title: Troop Transports; title: Chapter 8	U. S. Coast Guard Vessels; title: Cutters; title: Patrol Boats; title: Chapter 9	Patrol Craft; title: Patrol Boats; title: North Vietnamese; title: Allied; title: Seaplane Tenders; title: Hydrofoils; title: North Vietnamese; title: Allied; title: Chapter 10	Mine Warfare Ships; title: Mine Countermeasures Support Ships; title: Minesweepers; title: Chapter 11	Riverine Craft; title: Patrol Boats; title: Monitors; title: Command Boats; title: Strike Assault Boats; title: Riverine Transports; title: SEAL Support Craft; title: Chapter 12	Guns; title: Heavy Guns; title: Medium Guns; title: Light Guns; title: Automatic Guns; title: Anti-aircraft Guns; title: Heavy Machineguns; title: Medium Machineguns; title: Mortars; title: Grenade Launchers; title: Miscellaneous Weapons; title: Chapter 13	Surface-to-Surface Missiles; title: North Vietnamese; title: Allied; title: Chapter 14	Anti-aircraft Missiles; title: Chapter 15	Mines; title: North Vietnamese/Viet Cong; title: Allied; title: Chapter 16	Torpedoes; title: North Vietnamese; title: Allied; title: Bibliography; title: Picture Credits