Research Catalog

Title

U.S. amphibious ships and craft : an illustrated design history / by Norman Friedman ; ship plans by A.D. Baker III and Norman Friedman.

Author

Friedman, Norman, 1946-

Publication

Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2002.

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Description

xx, 659 p. : ill.; 29 cm.

Alternative Title

• US amphibious ships and craft
• United States amphibious ships and craft

Subject

• Amphibious assault ships > United States > History
• Landing craft > United States > History
• Amphibious warfare > History > 20th century

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [645]-652) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

pt. 1. Developing Amphibious Warfare. 1. Introduction. 2. Developing the Techniques. 3. Transports. 4. Landing Craft. 5. The British Connection -- pt. 2. World War II Developments. 6. Attack Transports and Conversions. 7. Increasing Demand for Landing Craft. 8. Fire Support. 9. Command and Control -- pt. 3. Postwar Developments. 10. Perfecting the Technique. 11. The Fast Submarine and the Fast Amphibious Force. 12. The Bomb and Vertical Envelopment. 13. New Landing Craft -- pt. 4. The Sixties and Beyond. 14. Fire Support Revisited. 15. A New-Generation Amphibious Flagship. 16. Over the Horizon Assault. 17. Preparing for the Future -- App. A. Maritime Prepositioning and Sealift -- App. B. Landing Craft/Ship Programs -- App. C. Amphibious Ships.

ISBN

1557502501 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2001044914

OCLC

47971483

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library