Submarine torpedo tactics : an American history / Edward Monroe Jones and Shawn S. Roderick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Monroe-Jones, Edward, author.

Roderick, Shawn S., 1976- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Torpedoes--United States--History.

Torpedoes.

Submarines (Ships)--United States--History.

Submarines (Ships).

Submarine warfare--United States--History.

Submarine warfare.

Fire control (Naval gunnery)--History.

Fire control (Naval gunnery).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The reader travels through World War II and the Cold War as submarines and torpedoes enter the nuclear age. Filled with diagrams and illustrations the narration carries the reader into the attack center as "battle stations torpedo!" resounds through a submarine's compartments"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

"The torpedo is born

First World War fire control techniques

Between the wars

An analysis of the fire control problem

The Second World War

The Era of the GUPPY

From Tang to Nautilus

A most unusual torpedo

Skipjack, the convergence of Nautilus and Albacore

The Sturgeon-class submarine

The Los Angeles class submarine

The ballistic missile submarine

The Seawolf and Virginia submarines

The future of American submarines

Appendix A: A glossary of submarine fire control terminology

Appendix B: An evolution of submarine torpedo fire control equipment."

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-1758-9