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Submarine torpedo tactics : an American history / Edward Monroe Jones and Shawn S. Roderick.

By: Monroe-Jones, Edward [author.].
Contributor(s): Roderick, Shawn S, 1976- [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]Copyright date: �2015Description: 1 online resource (231 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781476617589 (e-book).Subject(s): Torpedoes -- United States -- History | Submarines (Ships) -- United States -- History | Submarine warfare -- United States -- History | Fire control (Naval gunnery) -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 359.9/34 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
"The torpedo is born -- First World War fire control techniques -- Between the wars -- An analysis of the fire control problem -- The Second World War -- The Era of the GUPPY -- From Tang to Nautilus -- A most unusual torpedo -- Skipjack, the convergence of Nautilus and Albacore -- The Sturgeon-class submarine -- The Los Angeles class submarine -- The ballistic missile submarine -- The Seawolf and Virginia submarines -- The future of American submarines -- Appendix A: A glossary of submarine fire control terminology -- Appendix B: An evolution of submarine torpedo fire control equipment."
Summary: "The reader travels through World War II and the Cold War as submarines and torpedoes enter the nuclear age. Filled with diagrams and illustrations the narration carries the reader into the attack center as "battle stations torpedo!" resounds through a submarine's compartments"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The torpedo is born -- First World War fire control techniques -- Between the wars -- An analysis of the fire control problem -- The Second World War -- The Era of the GUPPY -- From Tang to Nautilus -- A most unusual torpedo -- Skipjack, the convergence of Nautilus and Albacore -- The Sturgeon-class submarine -- The Los Angeles class submarine -- The ballistic missile submarine -- The Seawolf and Virginia submarines -- The future of American submarines -- Appendix A: A glossary of submarine fire control terminology -- Appendix B: An evolution of submarine torpedo fire control equipment."

"The reader travels through World War II and the Cold War as submarines and torpedoes enter the nuclear age. Filled with diagrams and illustrations the narration carries the reader into the attack center as "battle stations torpedo!" resounds through a submarine's compartments"-- Provided by publisher.

Description based on print version record.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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