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Author:

Dunmore, Spencer, 1928-

Title:

Lost subs : from the Hunley to the Kursk, the greatest submarines ever lost - and found / by Spencer Dunmore ; introduction by Dr. Robert D. Ballard.

Publisher:

Da Capo,

Copyright Date:

2002

Description:

178 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 x 26 cm.

Subject:

Submarine disasters.
Submarine disasters--History.
Submarines (Ships)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 174) and index.

Contents:

The silent service -- August 12, 2000 : the final moments aboard the Russian Navy's nuclear submarine Kurst -- The birth of the submarine : A brief history of early subs, including the Turtle and the Nautilus -- The first underwater weapon of war : the American Confederate sub H.L. Hunley -- The submarine comes of age : the influence of John Holland on submarine design -- Battle under the sea : the submarine has now become a forbidable weapon, as Germany's U-boats prove during the First World War -- Lost in peace : two submarine tragedies, the US Navy's Squalus and the Royal Navy's Thetis, dominate peacetime headlines -- The U-boat war : Germany revolutionizes the way submarines are used in combat -- A casualty of the Cold War : a tiny piece of aluminum foil spells disaster for the US Navy's nuclear submarine Scorpion -- Disaster under the Barents Sea : the tragic story of the Kursk -- For those in peril.

ISBN:

9780306811401
0306811405

LCCN:

2003544686

Locations:

ACPD686 -- Carnegie-Evans Public Library (Albia)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

FJPC224 -- Elkader Public Library (Elkader)

IGIX641 -- Iowa Veterans Home Library (Marshalltown)

SZPC124 -- Kothe Memorial Library (Parkersburg)

BGPE251 -- Perry Public Library (Perry)

HIPC765 -- Pocahontas Public Library (Pocahontas)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)