USS West Virginia (BB-48)
Author | : Robert J. Martin |
Publisher | : Turner Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 110 |
Release | : 1998-06 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | : 1563113414 |
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Author | : Robert J. Martin |
Publisher | : Turner Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 110 |
Release | : 1998-06 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | : 1563113414 |
Author | : Corey Retter |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 98 |
Release | : 2017-01-31 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781365683763 |
USS West Virginia BB-48 sunk at Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, raised, May 17, 1942, rebuilt and modernized 1943 to 1944, entered the war against Japan in the final year of World War II, and entered Tokyo Bay for the Japanese surrender, September 2, 1945.
Author | : Myron J. Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 205 |
Release | : 2009-08-01 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | : 9780615357218 |
The most thorough and informative history of the USS West Virginia available in one volume. Myron Smith has not only compiled a history of the USS West Virginia (BB-48), but he also includes an overview of other ships named USS West Virginia. This book doesn't just inform the reader about the ship herself, but goes into great detail about what life aboard a battleship was like from the 1920's through World War II. Direct, personal accounts of life on the Wee Vee give the reader a real sense of navy life and the ups and downs of wartime service. Originally published in hardcover in 1981, this 2009 edition contains the great original text in paperback. Illustrated, 205 pages.
Author | : Myron J. Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 1982-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780933126169 |
Author | : Homer N. Wallin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2001-09 |
Genre | : Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 |
ISBN | : 9780898755657 |
Pearl Harbor will long stand out in mens minds as an example of the results of basic unpreparedness of a peace loving nation, of highly efficient treacherous surprise attack and of the resulting unification of America into a single tidal wave of purpose to victory. Therefore, all will be interested in this unique narrative by Admiral Wallin. The Navy has long needed a succinct account of the salvage operations at Pearl Harbor that miraculously resurrected what appeared to be a forever shattered fleet. Admiral Wallin agreed to undertake the job. He was exactly the right man for it _ in talent, in perception, and in experience. He had served intimately with Admiral Nimitz and with Admiral Halsey in the South Pacific, has commanded three different Navy Yards, and was a highly successful Chief of the Bureau of Ships. On 7 December 1941 the then Captain Wallin was serving at Pearl Harbor. He witnessed the events of that shattering and unifying "Day of Infamy." His mind began to race at high speeds at once on the problems and means of getting the broken fleet back into service for its giant task. Unless the United States regained control of the sea, even greater disaster loomed. Without victory at sea, tyranny soon would surely rule all Asia and Europe. In a matter of time it would surely rule the Americas. Captain Wallin salvaged most of the broken Pearl Harbor fleet that went on to figure prominently in the United States Navys victory. So the account he masterfully tells covers what he masterfully accomplished. The United States owes him an unpayable debt for this high service among many others in his long career.
Author | : David Doyle |
Publisher | : Schiffer + ORM |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2019-05-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1507301774 |
History of the design, development, and deployment of USS Tennessee, survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack Chronicles the construction, launch, commissioning, and combat history of the Tennessee's 40+ year history Profusely illustrated with scarce archival photographs from diverse collections, including previously unpublished images
Author | : Source Wikipedia |
Publisher | : University-Press.org |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 2013-09 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781230521466 |
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 22. Chapters: Colorado class battleship, USS Colorado (BB-45), USS Maryland (BB-46), USS Washington (BB-47), USS West Virginia (BB-48). Excerpt: USS West Virginia (BB-48), a Colorado-class battleship, was the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 35th state. Her keel was laid down on 12 April 1920 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Newport News, Virginia. She was launched on 17 November 1921 sponsored by Miss Alice Wright Mann, daughter of Isaac T. Mann, a prominent West Virginian; and commissioned on 1 December 1923, Captain Thomas J. Senn in command. As the most recent of the "super-dreadnoughts," West Virginia embodied the latest knowledge of naval architecture; the watertight compartmentation of her hull, and the scale of her armor protection, marked an advance over the design of battleships built, or on the drawing boards before the Battle of Jutland. In the months that followed, West Virginia ran her trials and shakedown and underwent post-commissioning alterations. After a brief period of work at the New York Navy Yard, the ship made the passage to Hampton Roads, although experiencing trouble with her steering gear while en route. Overhauling the troublesome gear thoroughly while in Hampton Roads, West Virginia put to sea on the morning of 16 June 1924. At 1010, while the battleship was steaming in the center of Lynnhaven Channel, the quartermaster at the wheel reported that the rudder indicator would not answer. The ringing of the emergency bell to the steering motor room produced no response; Captain Senn quickly ordered all engines stopped, but the engine room telegraph would not answer. It transpired that there was no power to the engine room telegraph or the steering telegraph. The captain then resorted to sending orders down to main control via the voice tube from the...
Author | : Charles Lyon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 31 |
Release | : 19?? |
Genre | : |
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Author | : Jeffrey J. Gudmens |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 174 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Japan |
ISBN | : 142891644X |
Author | : Jim Downing |
Publisher | : NavPress |
Total Pages | : 185 |
Release | : 2016-11-03 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1631466283 |
War is uncomfortable for Christians, and worldwide war is unfamiliar for today’s generations. Jim Downing reflects on his illustrious military career, including his experience during the bombing of Pearl Harbor, to show how we can be people of faith during troubled times. The natural human impulse is to run from attack. Jim Downing—along with countless other soldiers and sailors at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941—ran toward it, fighting to rescue his fellow navy men, to protect loved ones and civilians on the island, and to find the redemptive path forward from a devastating war. We are protected from war these days, but there was a time when war was very present in our lives, and in The Other Side of Infamy we learn from a veteran of Pearl Harbor and World War II what it means to follow Jesus into and through every danger, toil, and snare.