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32 in'44: Building the Portsmouth Submarine Fleet in World War II
Rodney K. Watterson
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Description for 32 in'44: Building the Portsmouth Submarine Fleet in World War II
Hardcover. Established on 12 June 1800 during the administration of President John Adams, the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is the oldest continuously operating shipyard in the United States Navy. 32 in '44 analyses the factors behind the yard's record setting submarine production that made such a significant contribution to the winning of the war. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
Established on 12 June 1800 during the administration of President John Adams, the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is the oldest continuously operating shipyard in the United States Navy. It is situated on a cluster of conjoined islands called Seavey's Island in the Piscataqua River, whose swift tidal current prevents ice from blocking navigation to the Atlantic Ocean. After averaging the completion of less than two submarines a year in the 1930s, the Portsmouth Navy Yard completed an astonishing thirty-two submarines in 1944 including the simultaneous launching of three submarines. The yard built seventy-nine submarines between 1941 and 1945, a fleet ... Read more
Established on 12 June 1800 during the administration of President John Adams, the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is the oldest continuously operating shipyard in the United States Navy. It is situated on a cluster of conjoined islands called Seavey's Island in the Piscataqua River, whose swift tidal current prevents ice from blocking navigation to the Atlantic Ocean. After averaging the completion of less than two submarines a year in the 1930s, the Portsmouth Navy Yard completed an astonishing thirty-two submarines in 1944 including the simultaneous launching of three submarines. The yard built seventy-nine submarines between 1941 and 1945, a fleet ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Annopolis, United States
ISBN
9781591149538
SKU
V9781591149538
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Ref
99-3
About Rodney K. Watterson
Rodney Watterson is a graduate of the US Naval Academy (BS), MIT (MS Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering and a Naval Engineer), and the University of New Hampshire (PhD History). During his thirty-year naval career he was involved with shipyards and the design, construction, and maintenance of submarines. Following his naval career, he worked for Textron Automotive Company for ten ... Read more
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