American Amphibious Gunboats in World War II - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook American Amphibious Gunboats in World War II write by Robin L. Rielly. This book was released on 2013-05-04. American Amphibious Gunboats in World War II available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. As the United States began its campaign against numerous Japanese-held islands in the Pacific, Japanese tactics required them to develop new weapons and strategies. One of the most crucial to the island assaults was a new group of amphibious gunboats that could deliver heavy fire close in to shore as American forces landed. These gunboats were also to prove important in the interdiction of inter-island barge traffic and, late in the war, the kamikaze threat. Several variations of these gunboats were developed, based on the troop carrying LCI(L). They included three conversions of the LCI(L), with various combinations of guns, rockets and mortars, and a fourth gunboat, the LCS(L), based on the same hull but designed as a weapons platform from the beginning. By the end of the war the amphibious gunboats had proven their worth.
The U.S. Navy's "Interim" LSM(R)s in World War II
The U.S. Navy's "Interim" LSM(R)s in World War II - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The U.S. Navy's "Interim" LSM(R)s in World War II write by Ron MacKay, Jr.. This book was released on 2016-05-03. The U.S. Navy's "Interim" LSM(R)s in World War II available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The "Interim" LSM(R) or Landing Ship, Medium (Rocket) was a revolutionary development in rocket warfare in World War II and the U.S. Navy's first true rocket ship. An entirely new class of commissioned warship and the forerunners of today's missile-firing naval combatants, these ships began as improvised conversions of conventional amphibious landing craft in South Carolina's Charleston Navy Yard during late 1944. They were rushed to the Pacific Theatre to support the U.S. Army and Marines with heavy rocket bombardments that devastated Japanese forces on Okinawa in 1945. Their primary mission was to deliver maximum firepower to enemy targets ashore. Yet LSM(R)s also repulsed explosive Japanese speed boats, rescued crippled warships, recovered hundreds of survivors at sea and were deployed as antisubmarine hunter-killers. Casualties were staggering: enemy gunfire blasted one, while kamikaze attacks sank three, crippled a fourth and grazed two more. This book provides a comprehensive operational history of the Navy's 12 original "Interim" LSM(R)s.
Mighty Midgets at War
Mighty Midgets at War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mighty Midgets at War write by Robin L. Rielly. This book was released on 2000. Mighty Midgets at War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Beretter om den amerikanske flådes LCS(L) landgangsfartøjer, som blev benyttet under kampene i Stillehavet under 2. Verdenskrig. Bogen fortæller om udviklingen af landgangsfartøjerne og deres tjeneste i Stillehavskrigen såvel som i tiden efter 2. Verdenskrig, hvor flere LCS(L) endte i andre nationers flåder og bl.a. blev benyttet af den franske flåde under Vietnamkrigen.
The Heart of Hell
The Heart of Hell - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Heart of Hell write by Mitch Weiss. This book was released on 2016-03. The Heart of Hell available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. On February 17, Landing Craft Infantry 449 was among a dozen gunboats helping to prepare the area for their invasion two days later. From the towering slopes of Mount Suribachi, Japanese forces opened fire, forcing the U.S. commanders to recalculate battlefield plans. They shelled and bombed the newly discovered enemy positions. It was a move that saved countless lives two days later, when tens of thousands of Marines stormed the beach at the Battle of Iwo Jima. Mitch Weiss' The Heart of Hell is the untold story of the crew of Landing Craft Infantry 449.
Alligators, Buffaloes, and Bushmasters
Alligators, Buffaloes, and Bushmasters - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Alligators, Buffaloes, and Bushmasters write by Alfred Dunlop Bailey. This book was released on 1986. Alligators, Buffaloes, and Bushmasters available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
