- Submarine, any naval vessel that is capable of propelling itself beneath the water as well as on the water’s surface. This is a unique capability among warships.
- 1984 - Spectrum Holobyte The first PC-based submarine simulator focused on WWII GATO-class which saw operations in the Pacific Theatre. The game's task was to destroy.
- Engel Model Submarine Accessories. Engel/Pitch and Depth Controller LTR6 Ref: 2173 New version 6 with loads of innovative features!
The Balao class was a successful design of United States Navy submarine used during World War II, and with 120 [6] units completed, the largest class of submarines in. RC Scale Model Store brings you the best in radio control ships and boats.
The United States Navy Gato-class submarines were launched 1941-43 and were the first mass-production US submarine class of World War II. Together with their near.
Submarine Technology - Fleet Submarine. In the Pacific battles of World War II, much of the publicity and glamour went to the aircraft carriers and the Naval Aviators who flew from them. Yet, as important as the carriers might have been in the major battles that halted Japanese expansion, the most important naval warships in actually prosecuting the war were almost certainly the submarines. In four years of war, American submarines were able to almost completely destroy the Japanese merchant fleet, with the result that Japan was unable to import needed raw materials, or get supplies and replacement personnel to their Pacific garrisons.
By the time Truman ordered the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan had been virtually isolated by the submarine blockade. Fleet submarines like the U. S. S. Archer- Fish (SS- 3. San Francisco in June 1. Pacific. Archer- Fish was a Balao Class boat—essentially a Gato Class with a thicker pressure hull—and together those two classes made up the largest single type of American submarines.
The technology described in these articles is particularly applicable to the American Fleet- type submarines of World War II, though in a broader sense much of it also applies to both older and more recent types. Air and Sea Search Radar. Bathythermograph. Batteries. Diving Procedures. Fresh Water Distillation. Gun Armament. Periscopes.
Propulsion Systems. Sonar and Hydrophones. Torpedo Data Computer. Torpedoes. Underwater Control Dynamics.
Wartime Modifications. Online Fleet Submarine Manual. One of the most interesting fleet submarine resources is the collection of manuals that have been made available on the web by the San Francisco Maritime National Park Association.
These are absolutely fascinating, and give a very good overview of submarine systems. To read the manuals online, CLICK HERE.
Postage and handling extra for all the above books. See http: //floatingdrydock. USNI books. SQUADRON/SIGNAL BOOKSThe following "in Action" series of books are available. Each. contain text about the ship/class, line drawings, and color drawings. These. books are a must for the model builder. SS4. 00. 2 U. S. Subs (Out of Print). SS4. 00. 3 U. S. Battleships Part 1 (Out of Print).
SS4. 00. 4 U. S. Battleships Part 2. SS4. 00. 5 U. S. Aircraft Carriers Part 1(CV1- 8). SS4. 00. 7 U. S. P. T. Boats. SS4. 00. FLETCHER CLASS DD US DD#1(Out of Print).
SS4. 00. 9 US Escort Carriers. SS4. 01. 0 U. S. Aircraft Carriers Part 2 (Out of Print). SS4. 01. 1 OUT OF PRINT.
SS4. 01. 2 OUT OF PRINT. SS4. 01. 3 VOSPER MTB'S. SS4. 01. 4 OUT OF PRINT. SS4. 01. 5 U. S. Heavy Cruiser pt. SS4. 01. 6. SS4. 01. OUT OF PRINT. SS4. Schnellboot in Action (OUT OF PRINT).
SS4. 01. 9 U. S. Flush Deck Destroyers in Action. SS4. 02. 0 US DESTROYERS Part #2 FARRAGUT, PORTER, MAHAN, FANNING and CRAVEN Classes. SS4. 02. 1 US DESTROYERS Part#3 SOMERS, Mc. CALL, BENSON, LIVERMORE, SIMS, ELLYSON.
SS4. 02. 2 US DESTROYERS Part#4 (OUT OF PRINT). SS4. 02. 3 German Battleships of WW II in Action (SC). Stern. All new book covering. Germany's Deutschland.
Scharnhorst, and Bismarck class capital ships in WW II. B& W photos, line. SS4. 02. 4 German Cruisers of World War Two in Action (SC).
Stern. Covers Emden, K. Class, and Leipzig/Nurnberg Class light cruisers, Admiral Hipper Class heavy.
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SS4. 03. 1 USS ARLEIGH BURKE class Destroyers $1. SS4. 03. 3 US SUBCHASERS of WW2 in Action $1. SS4. 03. 4 US PT BOATS in Action $1. On Deck - USS Alabama BB6. This 8. 0 page soft cover color book is a in- depth photo coverage of this famous.
With over 1. 50 photos, line drawings, color painting, camouflage and. MUST for your reference.
If you are building a model of this. Order # SS5. 60. 1 OUT OF PRINT.
ON DECK#2 - USS LEXINGTON CV1. By Al Adcock. Covers all aspects of the carrier including radar systems. Contains 1. 6 full color. B& W illustrations, and 4. Pgs. Order # SS5. ON DECK#3 - USS OHIO CLASS SUBMARINEOhio Class SSBN on Deck. Since its inception in 1.
SSBN), which. provides the nation's most survivable and enduring nuclear strike capability. The eighteen submarines of the Ohio class replaced aging fleet ballistic missile. Carrying twenty- four. Trident missiles each, the Ohios carry fifty percent of all US strategic. US strategic. deterrent triad. An unprecedented bow- to- stern look at this critical US weapon.
Order No. #SS5. 60. Price $1. 8. 9. 5USS. Pampanito Color On Deck.
The USS Pampanito, a Balao- class fleet submarine, was commissioned in late 1. Pacific at the height of WWII. During her patrols. Pampanito prowled the sea lanes of the western. Pacific, decimating the convoys that were the life blood of Japan’s far- flung.
By the time she was ordered back to Pearl Harbor for overhaul. Pampanito had sent 5 Japanese ships - 2. But Pampanito’s proudest day was 1.
September 1. 94. 4 when she rescued a. British and Australian prisoners of war who had survived the sinking. Japan as slave labor.
Today, Pampanito is a floating. San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf. Illustrated. with 2. Stern; 8. 0 pages. SS5. 60. 4 price $1.
USS TENNESSEE in World War II by Signal/Squadron. By Clifton Simmons. The USS Tennessee (BB- 4. June 1. 92. 0. and is one of the most under- celebrated battleships in the history of the U.
S. Navy. She was at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1. Battle of. Surigao Strait, 2. October 1. 94. 4.
She survived World War II and went on to. February 1. 94. 7. Illustrated. with more than 2. SS6. 09. 4 price $1. Navy Ships Camouflage WWII, Part 1. Destroyers. and Destroyer Escorts (SC)Since. Continental Navy in 1.
US Navy ships have donned. During WWI, when the German U- boat threatened to stop US and. Canadian supplies from reaching their European allies, the British Royal Navy.
The US also adopted similar camouflage. When the Bureau of Construction and Repairs began issuing.
Navy took note. and by WWII, USN destroyers sported several different camouflage schemes that. When WWII ended in 1. Standard Navy. Gray to await the next revolution in deceptive paintwork. Illustrated with 1. Order. # SS6. 09. Price $1. 6. 9. 5SS5.
ELCO. 8. 0 PT Boat Color. On Deck (SC)Doyle. Foot PT Boat on Deck Color Series.
Say ""PT Boat"" and. Electric Launch Company (ELCO) in Bayonne, New Jersey. These nimble warships. WWII could deliver the same firepower as early- war. A trio of Packard marine engines, delivering 1. PT Boats speeds of 4.
Three hundred twenty- six. US Navy; the remainder went to the USSR under Lend- Lease. The PT- 5. 65 class boats. ELCO 8. 0 - PT- 6. Packed with over 2.
NIMITZ Class CARRIERS ON DECKDescription: The. Nimitz- class super aircraft carriers. The Nimitz (CVN- 6. May 1. 97. 5. and it has been followed by another 9 vessels. Each is more than 1,0. Carriers are vital to the. US power around the globe: USS Nimitz responded to the Iran.
Libya in the early 1. China's growing navy in the Taiwan Straits in 1. USS Dwight D. Eisenhower was the first US warship to respond to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. August 1. 99. 0. USS Carl Vinson was the first to launch air attacks as part of. Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. In the mid- 1. 99. USS Theodore. Roosevelt supported NATO air strikes against Bosnian Serbs during fighting in.
Yugoslavia. USS Abraham Lincoln backed up Operation Iraqi Freedom and. Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan in the early 2. Illustrated with more than. Goodall; 8. 0. pages. Order number # SS5.
Price $1. 9. 0. 0The Iowa- class battleships were America's - and. Back in the. World War II era, six of the class were ordered, and four completed: Iowa, New. Jersey, Missouri and Wisconsin.
The Missouri rose to fame as the site of the. Japanese surrender ending WWII. Each armed with nine 1. Iowas were capable of combating.
In actuality, however, their huge main guns were used. WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and the Gulf. War. In later years their original arrays of 1.
Harpoon as well as the Tomahawk cruise. Explore the decks and depths of these mighty warships, once home to. Doyle; 8. 8. pages. Order Number: SS5. Price $1. 8. 9. 5((Softcover)) Fletcher- class. US Navy's destroyer force during.
WWII. With 1. 75 of the class commissioned, the Fletchers were the most. American 'Tin Cans' - as destroyers are affectionately. Today, only one of the type has been preserved in.
WWII- configuration, the USS Kidd. Named after Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd, who gave his life on the bridge of his flagship USS Arizona at. Pearl Harbor, the destroyer USS Kidd (DD- 6. Atlantic and Pacific during World War II. April 1. 94. 5. In that incident. Kidd lost 3. 8 of her crewmen killed and another 5.
After. repairs, the destroyer rejoined the fleet, only to be decommissioned. Recommissioned and brought back to active service during.
Korean War, the Kidd remained an active Naval vessel until she was. Documented in color close- up.
Baton Rouge by the. Louisiana Naval War Memorial Commission.
Illustrated with 2. Doyle; 8. 0 pages. Order Number : SS2. Price $1. 8. 9. 5(Softcover) Andrew Jackson. Higgins's New Orleans boat- building firm, Higgins Industries. US war effort during World War II. Among these were 7.
Patrol Torpedo (PT) boats. While not as. well- publicized as the 8.
Elco PT boats, the 2. Higgins fought alongside their New Jersey- constructed counterparts. Atlantic, Mediterranean, and. Pacific. This profusely- illustrated volume showcases the details of. Higgins PTs preserved in Massachusetts, Texas, and even an operational. Oregon - the sole operational World War II PT in its original. More than 8. 0 color photographs of these preserved vessels.
Illustrated with over 1. Doyle; 8. 0 pages.
Order Number: SS2. Price $1. 8. 9. 5 The USS Lexington - . Lady Lex' - was the United States Navy's second. Laid down as the lead ship of the Lexington- class. Washington Naval Treaty forbade her completion as such, but permitted her to. Commissioned 1. 4 December 1. Lexington. with her fabric- covered biplanes deployed to the Pacific.
Through the following. These changes. along with her construction, the daily routine of the crew are fully chronicled. The book also describes the transition of both men and machine as the nation. Lexington on 8 May 1.
Coral Sea. No other single volume encompasses all the historic images. Illustrated with 2. ISBN 9. 78- 0- 8. AIRCRAFT in Action Series.
The following "in Action" series of books are available. Each. contain text about the aircraft, line drawings, and color drawings. These books. are a must for the model builder. SS1. 20. 3 USN Float Planes of WW2. SS1. 11. 9 OS2. U KINGFISHER A/C. SS1. 03. 5 F6. F HELLCAT in Action. SS1. 04. 8 PV- 1 Ventura in Action.
SS1. 05. 4 SB2. C Helldiver in Action. SS1. 06. 2 PBY Catalina in Action. SS1. 06. 4 SBD Dauntless in Action. SS1. 06. 8 P2. V Neptune in Action.
SS1. 08. 1 F2. A Brewster Buffalo in Action. SS1. 08. 2 TBM/TBF Avenger in Action. SS1. 14. 1 P- 1. 2/F4. B in Action. SS1. F4. U Corsair in Action.
SS1. 15. 0 H- 3 Sea King in Action. SS1. 16. 0 Grumman Biplanes in Action. SS1. 16. 1 HU- 1. Albatross Flyingboat in Action.
SS6. 08. 7 US Navy Aircraft Camouflage & Markings 1. Description: US Navy Aircraft Camouflage & Markings 1.
SC). Doll. A. highly detailed and informative look at the variations of camouflage schemes and. US Navy during WW II. Includes dozens of full color. B& W photos. 6. Price $1. 4. 9. 5. BATTLESHIP SCHARNHORST the Crew Photo Album.
Over. 1. 50 photographs from crew member photo albums make this book a must have for. More than 7. 0 of these fantastic photos. In. addition there are many official Kriegsmarine photos that were given to crew.
British aircraft. Glorious and photos from the famous Channel dash.