The Mosquito Fleet
Author | : Bern Keating |
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Release | : 2021 |
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Author | : Bern Keating |
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Release | : 2021 |
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Author | : BERN KEATING |
Publisher | : BEYOND BOOKS HUB |
Total Pages | : 143 |
Release | : 2021-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
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Immerse yourself in the thrilling maritime adventure of The Mosquito Fleet by Bern Keating. Journey alongside a ragtag fleet of small but courageous boats navigating treacherous waters, facing grand challenges, and overcoming immense obstacles. Join the Mosquito Fleet in their daring endeavors by securing a copy of The Mosquito Fleet by Bern Keating today.
Author | : Bern Keating |
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Total Pages | : 251 |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : Torpedo-boats |
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Author | : Lachlan Waterman |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2021 |
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ISBN | : 9781922594471 |
Author | : BERN KEATING. |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | : 9781839742453 |
Author | : Jean Cammon Findlay |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780738556079 |
Before the advent of roads in western Washington, steamboats of the Mosquito Fleet swarmed all over Puget Sound. Sidewheelers, stern-wheelers, and propeller-driven, they ranged from the tiny 40-foot Marie to the huge 282-foot Yosemite, and from the famous Flyer to the unknown Leota. Floating stores like the Vaughn and shrimpers like the Violet sailed the same waters as the elegant Great Lakes lady, the Chippewa, and the homely Willie. A few, like the Bob Irving and Blue Star, died spectacularly or, like Major Tompkins, shipwrecked after a short time, while others began new lives as tugboats or auto ferries; some even survive today as excursion boats like the Virginia V. From 1853 to modern car ferries in the 1920s, this volume chronicles the heyday of steamboating--a unique segment of maritime history--from modest launch to sleek liner.
Author | : Bern Keating |
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Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1963 |
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Author | : Richard V. Simpson |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 190 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780738505084 |
In 1877, the U.S. Navy purchased the fast steam yacht Stiletto from the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol, Rhode Island, for "automobile" torpedo experiments in Narragansett Bay. The submarine service was in its infancy, and interest in the self-propelled torpedo as an undersea weapon flourished. Herreshoff's fast, steam-powered boats were the first of the delivery platforms accepted by the U.S. Navy Department for experiments at the Newport Naval Torpedo Station and service during the Spanish-American War. Dating from the Civil War, the torpedo station on Goat Island in Newport Harbor was the first torpedo armory in the United States, specializing in research, development, and manufacture. Building the Mosquito Fleet: The U.S. Navy's First Torpedo Boats traces the important and often dramatic history of the involvement between the U.S. Navy and the Herreshoff brothers' marine yards over a period of more than thirty years. It is a story of enterprise, naval development, and marine manufacturing during a time of experimentation and evolution. Included are dramatic stories of the men who built and tested these dangerous new vessels. This fascinating volume preserves under one cover a concise history of the torpedo boats built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. It describes design and construction innovations introduced by the Herreshoffs and traces the events that led the major navies of the world to take notice of the Herreshoffs' work.
Author | : Bob Ferrell |
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Total Pages | : 63 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Torpedo-boats |
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Author | : Andrew Romine |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-11-05 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781940372846 |