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Sailor Steve · 06-05-14, 11:46 PM

I've been eyeballing that one myself. I don't have the money right now, but it is on my Planning list.

Jimbuna · 06-06-14, 06:12 AM

tmccarthy · 06-07-14, 12:55 PM

Interesting story of this Fletcher class destroyer during WWII. Written by an officer who served aboard.

merc4ulfate · 06-15-14, 09:53 AM

THE MEDITATIONS OF MARCUS AURELIUS

http://classics.mit.edu/Antoninus/meditations.html

Sailor Steve · 06-15-14, 01:17 PM

Thanks for the link. I don't read as much philosophy as I'd like.

Sailor Steve · 06-21-14, 10:40 AM

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.

Red October1984 · 06-21-14, 03:03 PM

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.

SSN713 · 06-21-14, 10:42 PM

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.

Jimbuna · 06-22-14, 06:16 AM

Definitely two highly recommended reads....Welcome Aboard SSN713

Succat · 06-22-14, 04:11 PM

Just good

uss_sea_tiger · 07-05-14, 03:19 AM

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.

Jimbuna · 07-05-14, 08:42 AM

Aktungbby · 07-05-14, 03:32 PM

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!

Subnuts · 07-17-14, 09:06 AM

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.

Jimbuna · 07-17-14, 01:25 PM

06-05-14, 11:46 PM	#1516
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I've been eyeballing that one myself. I don't have the money right now, but it is on my Planning list. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

06-06-14, 06:12 AM	#1517
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 180,992 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	__________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

06-15-14, 09:53 AM	#1519
merc4ulfate DILLIGAF Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: florida Posts: 2,058 Downloads: 210 Uploads: 0	THE MEDITATIONS OF MARCUS AURELIUS http://classics.mit.edu/Antoninus/meditations.html __________________ Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. ~Isaac Asimov~ Mercfulfate 将補日本帝國海軍

06-15-14, 01:17 PM	#1520
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Thanks for the link. I don't read as much philosophy as I'd like. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

06-21-14, 10:40 AM	#1521
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	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. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

06-07-14, 12:55 PM	#1518
tmccarthy Admiral Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 2,302 Downloads: 270 Uploads: 16	Interesting story of this Fletcher class destroyer during WWII. Written by an officer who served aboard.

06-21-14, 03:03 PM	#1522
Red October1984 Airplane Nerd Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 6,241 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	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. __________________

06-21-14, 10:42 PM	#1523
SSN713 Bilge Rat Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 1 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	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
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 180,992 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Definitely two highly recommended reads....Welcome Aboard SSN713 __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

06-22-14, 04:11 PM	#1525
Succat Torpedoman Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Zentrale of VIIB U-51... Posts: 118 Downloads: 74 Uploads: 0	Just good __________________

07-05-14, 03:19 AM	#1526
uss_sea_tiger Watch Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 23 Downloads: 554 Uploads: 0	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.

07-05-14, 08:42 AM	#1527
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 180,992 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	__________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

07-05-14, 03:32 PM	#1528
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,823 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	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! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

07-17-14, 09:06 AM	#1529
Subnuts The Old Man Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,658 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	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. __________________ My Amazon.com reviews

07-17-14, 01:25 PM	#1530
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 180,992 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	__________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)