US Liberty Ship vs German Surface Raider

The weeks after Pearl Harbor saw Japan destroy the well-prepared US air forces in the Philippines...

This fully illustrated study explores the history of the Lexington class, the US Navy's first fle...

G3m 'Nell' and G4m 'Betty' Vs US Navy Warships

Berlin Airlift 1948-49

The Texas coastline and offshore waters are flat, shallow, featureless, and filled with shoals. T...

To reach the Port of Houston's Turning Basin, a ship must travel 50 miles along a narrow and twis...

The USS Texas was built when dreadnought battleships were kings of the seas. It was the world s m...

Four pipes and flush decks - these ships were a distinctively American destroyer design.Devised i...

This book examines the major warships of the Imperial Russian Navy which participated in the Russ...

A highly illustrated account of the first and largest fleet action between the navies of Great Br...

A history of the US Navy's remarkable 1945 South China Sea raid against the Japanese, the first t...

A fully illustrated history of how the US Navy destroyed Truk, the greatest Japanese naval and ai...

An absorbing study of the duels fought between the US Navy's escort warships and Hitler's U-boats...

Japan was closed to the world until 1854 and its technology then was literally medieval. Great Br...

The first book to examine the battleship-led 1941 Pacific Fleet as it was intended to fight. Pack...

Although it is sometimes called a town without a history, Houston actually possesses the kind of ...

A comprehensively illustrated account of the Atlanta-class cruisers, which found a surprising key...

When war broke out in 1812, neither the United States Navy nor the Royal Navy had more than a tok...

Fully illustrated, this book pits US Navy submarines against the aircraft carriers of the Imperia...

Several thousand Native Americans fought on both sides during the American Civil War (1861-1865)....

U-505 was the first enemy warship the US Navy captured at sea since 1812. This is a new account o...

In 1910 the first aircraft was successfully launched from a small wooden platform on a stationary...

This illustrated study explores, in detail, the climactic events of the Battle of the Atlantic, a...

Most of the critical naval fighting during the War of 1812 took place, not on the high seas, but ...

This superbly illustrated study explores the epic clashes of British and German heavy cruisers at...

The clash between the American Bonhomme Richard and the British HMS Serapis during the American R...

The summer of 1944 was the turning point of World War II. Operation Overlord, the landing at Norm...

To reach the Port of Houston's Turning Basin, a ship must travel 50 miles along a narrow and twis...

Following the disastrous defeat at Chickamauga, Union forces were in disarray and the tactically ...

In this title, Mark Lardas explores the origins of American warships, primarily light and medium ...

Ellington Field was one of 32 training airfields authorized by Congress in 1917. During World War...

In 1908 the most incredible naval arms race in history began.Flush with cash from rubber and coff...

The summer of 1944 was the turning point of World War II. Operation Overlord, the landing at Norm...

By 1805 the 44-gun frigate was probably viewed as a failed experiment whilst the 38-gun frigate w...

The 'Original Six' frigates were commissioned by the new-born US Navy at a staggering cost of $68...

An illustrated study of the clashes between B-29s conducting night raids on Japan and the Japanes...

The cruiser Houston was the first warship named for the Bayou City, and the ship proved a favorit...

The air campaign that incinerated Japan's cities was the first and only time that independent air...

People may associate Texas with cattle drives and oil derricks, but the sea has shaped the state'...

Famed as a classic naval duel, the clash between two sailing frigates of the nineteenth century a...

A new history of the most crucial few months of the Arctic Convoys, when Germany's air power forc...

The full history of how the United States targeted and destroyed the Japanese capital from the ai...

With ship profiles and original artwork, this study explores the warships that fought World War I...

Osprey's study of African Americans who participated in the American Civil War (1861-1865). Appro...

The most successful commerce raider of the Civil War, the CSS Alabama almost single-handedly drov...

A highly illustrated account of the often-overlooked Franklin-Nashville campaign during the Ameri...

Throughout the first year of the war in the Pacific during World War II the USAAF was relatively ...