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06-05-14, 11:46 PM | #1516 |
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I've been eyeballing that one myself. I don't have the money right now, but it is on my Planning list.
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06-06-14, 06:12 AM | #1517 |
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06-07-14, 12:55 PM | #1518 |
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Interesting story of this Fletcher class destroyer during WWII. Written by an officer who served aboard.
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06-15-14, 09:53 AM | #1519 |
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06-15-14, 01:17 PM | #1520 |
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Thanks for the link. I don't read as much philosophy as I'd like.
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06-21-14, 10:40 AM | #1521 |
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Just recieved the 2014 edition of Conway's Warship. Articles on French Admiral Charner class armored cruisers; CVA-01, to be named HMS Queen Elizabeth but cancelled in 1966; German pre-dreadought battleships Braunschweig and Deutschland; Imperial Japanese armored cruisers; the devlopment of the Italian carrier Cavour; Russian turret frigates Admiral Lazarev and Admiral Spiridov; the Japanese Carrier Ryujo; fire control in the post-war Royal Navy; and the escape of Jean Bart from St. Nazaire in 1940. Altogether something I'm looking forward to.
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06-21-14, 03:03 PM | #1522 |
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Finally got the time to finish up Generation Kill.
Kinda reading two books at once now. Thunderball by Ian Fleming and BattleTech: Wolves on the Border by Robert N. Charette Two of my favorite things. BattleTech and James Bond.
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06-21-14, 10:42 PM | #1523 |
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Hitler's U-Boat War by Clay Blair
I'm sure someone's mentioned these two massive tomes by Clay Blair, but these are just my kind of reading, both over 700 pages.... 800 pages if you count the appendices. Lots of details, numbers and statistics, but not in a bad way. If you're interested in the U-boat war in WW2, these are the two books to read. |
06-22-14, 06:16 AM | #1524 |
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Definitely two highly recommended reads....Welcome Aboard SSN713
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06-22-14, 04:11 PM | #1525 |
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07-05-14, 03:19 AM | #1526 |
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I haven't received it yet (it's being sent from the good ol' USA) but Im looking forward to reading "Fresh water submarines: The Manitowoc story". The title says it all really, but I'm fascinated how a small ship building company based on the great lakes, was able to make such a contribution to the war effort.
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07-05-14, 08:42 AM | #1527 |
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07-05-14, 03:32 PM | #1528 |
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about the 'founders fleet' and the sailing war of the Revolution. And a belated welcome to SSN713 forgive our manners! Those two you are reading are the bibles IMHO!
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07-17-14, 09:06 AM | #1529 |
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I'm about a third of the way through Norman Friedman's British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. I was obviously disappointed by his British Cruisers of the Victorian Era, but I'm enjoying this one more. Much better organized and presented than that book.
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07-17-14, 01:25 PM | #1530 |
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