U.S. naval weapons
Subtitle: every gun, missile, mine, and torpedo used by the U.S. Navy from 1883 to the present day
By: by Norman Friedman.
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Annapolis, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
Subjects: United States. Navy -- Weapons systems
Other titles: United States naval weapons.; US naval weapons.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 281-282.
Includes index.

CONTENTS:

Gun design and development 1883-1983 -- Fire control -- Gun mounts and turrets -- Torpedo defense -- Submarine guns and weapons for light craft -- Projectiles -- Heavy antiaircraft guns -- Medium antiaircraft guns -- Light antiaircraft guns -- Antiaircraft Fire control -- The VT fuze -- Fighters in fleet defense -- Fighter weapons -- Antisubmarine strategy and tactics -- Mines -- Torpedoes -- Antisubmarine projectiles -- Sonar systems -- Wartime and early postwar missile programs -- The ‘3-T’ program and its successors -- Point defense -- Surface-to-air missile launchers -- Shipboard guns -- Fighters in fleet air defense -- Air-to-air weapons -- Future air defense systems -- Bomb delivery -- Bombs -- Rockets -- Air-to-surface guided missiles -- Tactical standoff missiles -- Long-range Air-to-surface missiles -- Antiradar missiles -- Harpoon -- Pre-1945 projects -- Strategic missiles -- Tactical missiles -- Antiship missiles -- Bombardment rockets.