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The Wreck of the Memphis
This is a vivid, minute-by-minute account of one of the worst shipwrecks in naval history. Edward Beach's father commanded the Memphis, one of the largest battle cruisers built by …
The Commodores
This lively history of the US Navy in the age of sail is filled with brilliant insights and daring assessments of famous naval figures.
White-Jacket, or the World in a Man-of-War
In 1843, after three years of voyaging in the South Seas, Melville signed up as an ordinary seaman on the man-of-war United States , and headed for home. What he observed on that …
Voyage of the Deutschland
By 1916 the German merchant fleet had been driven from the seas by a British blockade that had cut off Germany from foreign markets and put the nation on the verge of economic …
Recollections of a Naval Officer, 1841-1865
An engaging memoir of a naval officer who went south to fight for the Confederacy.
The Sinking of the "Merrimac"
With the Battlecruisers
A British journalist provides a full and intimate picture of naval life in the opening months of World War I.
Ned Meyers
This memoir of Myers's 36 years at sea provides an unparalleled view of American maritime activity in the Age of Sail.