U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft
Subtitle: An Illustrated Design History
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: November 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 659
ISBN-13: 9781557502506
Description: As in earlier volumes in the series, this study sheds light on past decisions by presenting previously unpublished documents that illustrate not only what was actually built but also what was planned and never brought into service. For example, this book offers the first comprehensive and fully illustrated account of abortive attempts in the 1960s and beyond to build new fire support ships (LFSs). With nearly three hundred photographs and specially commissioned line drawings and extensive appendixes, this work conveniently brings together details of the ships and their service histories found elsewhere only in scattered official references.
Table of contents: title: List of Tables; title: Acknowledgements; title: List of Abbreviations; label: Part One.
title: Developing Amphibious Warfare; label: 1
title: Introduction; label: 2
title: Developing the Techniques; label: 3
title: Transports; label: 4
title: Landing Craft; label: 5
title: The British Connection; label: Part Two.
title: World War II Developments; label: 6
title: Attack Transports and Conversions; label: 7
title: Increasing Demand for Landing Craft; label: 8
title: Fire Support; label: 9
title: Command and Control; label: Part Three.
title: Postwar Developments; label: 10
title: Perfecting the Technique; label: 11
title: The Fast Submarine and the Fast Amphibious Force; label: 12
title: The Bomb and Vertical Envelopment; label: 13
title: New Landing Craft; label: Part Four.
title: The Sixties and Beyond; label: 14
title: Fire Support Revisited; label: 15
title: A New-Generation Amphibious Flagship; label: 16
title: Over the Horizon Assault; label: 17
title: Preparing for the Future; title: Appendices; label: A
title: Maritime Prepositioning and Sealift; label: B
title: Landing Craft/Ship Programs; label: C
title: Amphibious Ships; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index