Catalog Search Results
81) October fury
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
" ... a U.S. Navy officer who served on one of the ships involved reveals the startling truth behind the single most harrowing moment of the Cold War."--Dust jacket.
Author
Series
Jerry Mitchell novels volume 4
Formats
Description
"While trailing a Chinese nuclear attack sub, Jerry Mitchell, the captain of USS North Dakota, is shocked to see the Chinese boat torpedo a Vietnamese merchant ship. This blatant act of aggression is the opening gambit in a war that has blindsided the U.S. and quickly embroiled all nations in the western Pacific. These nations, bound together in the newly formed Littoral Alliance, have begun a covert submarine campaign aimed at crippling China's economy...
84) Crush depth
Author
Series
Jeffrey Fuller novels volume 3
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
"The cataclysm that began with coordinated reactionary coups in South Africa and Germany caught America completely unprepared. Overnight, new enemies have emerged and joined forces to attack U.S. and European shipping lanes, setting off a global conflagration raging in deadly earnest. And this time the devastating weapons of choice used by the Berlin-Boer Axis will be tactical nuclear weapons." "The enemy boat Voortrekker prowls beneath the ocean's...
88) Scorpion down: Sunk by the Soviets, buried by the Pentagon : the untold story of the USS Scorpion
Author
Formats
Description
"The loss of the nuclear submarine USS Scorpion (SSN-589) on Memorial Day, May 27, 1968, has been commemorated by an American admiral as "one of the greatest unsolved sea mysteries of our era." To this day, the U.S. Navy officially describes it as an inexplicable accident. After the sub failed to return to port at the Norfolk Naval Station following a routine three-month Mediterranean deployment, a frantic search ensued (the largest U.S. naval operation...
Pub. Date
2004, 1996
Description
A mysterious monster is terrorizing the Atlantic Ocean and famous marine biologist Professor Aronnax is summoned to investigate. Accompanied by his daughter Sophie, the two trail the monstrous creature -- only to discover that the beast is actually a futuristic submarine captained by the eccentric Captain Nemo.
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
Thomas Parrish tells the story of those who first dreamed of underwater ships; of the practical and ingenious inventors and engineers who created and developed the submarine; of visionary naval strategists; of famous skippers on all sides-steel-nerved men like Americaʼs Dick OʼKane, Germanyʼs Reinhard Hardegen-who wielded this weapon; of the famous and infamous deeds of boats like the U-20, the Wahoo, and the nuclear-powered Nautilus and George...
93) Submarines
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Describes how a submarine functions in the military with information on diving, surfacing, and navigating underwater. Contains facts and figures on specific submarine models"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
1998]
Description
"Discover the challenges of living and working in the ocean depth, as you find out how the submarine evolved from its crude origins into a lethal warship...including early submarines, the World wars, how a submarine works, the cruel sea, midget submarines, nuclear age subs"-- Cover.
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt volume 6
Pub. Date
1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 12
Description
Dirk Pitt, the Special Projects Director of the National Underwater and Marine Agency, becomes involved in a perilous mission when he is sent to find and salvage a deep-diving nuclear submarine that has inexplicably disappeared in the Pacific Ocean.
97) Submarines
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Description
This book profiles some of the different submarines used by the United States Navy and other navies around the world, describing their designs, weapons, and uses.
99) Submarines
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
Through photographs learn about different types of submarines, how they work, and the amazing things that they can do.