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Summary: In 1900, the US Navy took its first submarine, the Holland VI, into service. With a single torpedo tube, it had a crew of six, weighed eighty-two tons, and traveled submerged at 6.2mph at a depth of up to seventy-five feet. Contrast this to the 18 Ohio Class nuclear-powered submarines that entered service in 1981. Weighing 21,000 tons with a crew of 155, its underwater speed is estimated at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pen & Sword Maritime 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 359.9383 GRESummary: The submarine, first introduced to America's fleet in 1900, is today a 300-foot-long, 30-foot-wide vessel filled with some of the world's most sophisticated technology and courageous, skilled, all-volunteer personnel. In each submarine, over 100 crew members work together for months at a time to protect U.S. interests around the world. Written by an outstanding team, United States Submarines...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barnes & Noble Books 2004
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 359.93 UNIKaufman, Steve.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomasson-Grant 1989
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 359.3257 KaufmSpilsbury, Richard
Summary: "The enigmatic depths of Earths oceans have long eluded humanity, but as our technology increases, so does our ability to explore these mysterious waters. This information-rich book introduces readers to the brilliant engineering behind submarines, the anatomy of these incredible machines, and their amazing uses. From salvage missions to underwater tourism, readers will be transfixed by the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 623.825 SPIMarciniak, Kristin.
Summary: From vehicles and weapons to robots and service animals, the tools of the US military are truly amazing. Ready for Military Action takes you on the front lines with some of the most fascinating technology, gear, vehicles, and animals being used by the US armed forces. Learn more about the history behind these tools and technologies and how the US military uses them today to get its job done.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2015
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 623.82 MARLance, Rachel
Summary: "A story about a woman scientist's journey to discover a submarine"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Wake Island: A handful of U.S. Marines holdout against an overwhelming Japanese air, land and sea assault.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios 2011
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2002
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 973.757 HICBond, Larry.
Summary: Former naval pilot and submarine captain Jerry Mitchell embarks on a reconnaissance mission deep in the Barents Sea and struggles to outmaneuver a surprise submarine attack that damages both vessels and strands them on the bottom of the ocean.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Bond, Larry.
Summary: Former Naval pilot Jerry Mitchell's new career as a nuclear engineer has been riddled with difficulty. His first mission, aboard the USS Memphis, put him in the crosshairs of a volatile international dispute, but his heroic actions earned him an instant promotion. Now a navigator on the USS Seawolf, one of the U.S. Navy's most capable nuclear attack submarines, Mitchell will find his skills...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BONRodengen, Jeffrey L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Write Stuff Enterprises, Inc. 2005
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 359.93 RODWalker, Sally M.
Summary: For more than 100 years, the H. L. Hunley submarine lay buried beneath the ocean floor near Charleston, South Carolina. It made history in 1864 as the first submarine ever to sink an enemy ship, but something went wrong during that mission and the submarine never returned to port. How the submarine came to be on the ocean floor, how she came to leave it, and what happened next make up one of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Books 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.757 WALJerome, Kate Boehm.
Summary: Recounts events surrounding the mysterious sinking of the Confederate submarine, the H.L. Hunley, and its recent recovery from deep in the waters off the coast of South Carolina.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2002
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 973.7 JERHamilton, John
Summary: An introduction to submarines, covering their history, construction, propulsion, crew, and different types.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Pub. Co. 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: During the Cold War, the CIA secretly raised a sunken Soviet nuclear submarine from the depths of the Pacific Ocean. The six-year operation included an intricate cover story by billionaire Howard Hughes. Drawing on declassified documents and never-before-seen interviews, NEITHER CONFIRM NOR DENY tells one of the highest-stakes, yet least-known stories of the Cold War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOC NEISharp, David H.
Summary: Recounts Project AZORIAN, the clandestine Cold War efforts of the CIA, under the guise of an undersea mining operation, to recover the sunken Soviet ballistic-missile submarine K-129 from the depths of the Pacific Ocean.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Kansas 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.9164 SHAHarding, Stephen
Summary: "On December 7, 1941, even as Japanese carrier-launched aircraft flew toward Pearl Harbor, a small American cargo ship chartered by the Army reported that it was under attack from a submarine halfway between Seattle and Honolulu. After that one cryptic message, the humble lumber carrier Cynthia Olson and her crew vanished without a trace, sparking one of the most enduring nautical mysteries of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 HARReed, W. Craig.
Summary: "The world came close to annihilation during the Cold War--a sobering fact known to few besides the warriors engaged in the forty-six-year conflict. In this riveting new history, former U.S. Navy diver and fast-attack submariner W. Craig Reed provides a thrilling narrative of the tense underwater dramas and covert espionage operations that brought the United States and the former U.S.S.R. to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 359.93 REEOffley, Edward.
Summary: "On June 15, 1942, as thousands of vacationers lounged in the sun at Virginia Beach, two massive fireballs erupted just offshore from a convoy of oil tankers steaming into Chesapeake Bay. While men, women, and children gaped from the shore, two damaged oil tankers fell out of line and began to sink. Then a small escort warship blew apart in a violent explosion. Navy warships and aircraft...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Books Group 2014