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Title:
The Naval Institute guide to the ships and aircraft of the U.S. fleet / Norman Polmar with Richard R. Burgess.
ISBN:
9781591146872
Personal Author:
Edition:
Nineteenth edition.
Publication Information:
Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute, [2013]

©2013
Physical Description:
x, 676 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm
General Note:
Previous edition: 2005.

Includes index.
Contents:
State of the fleet -- Ship classifications -- Glossary -- Defense organization -- Navy personnel -- Marine forces -- Military sealift command -- Strategic missile submarines -- Submarines -- Submersibles and underwater systems -- Aircraft carriers -- Battleships -- Cruisers and destroyers -- Littoral combat ships -- Frigates -- Command ships -- Amphibious warfare ships -- Landing craft and vehicles -- Patrol and special warfare craft -- Mine countermeasures ships and craft -- Auxiliary ships -- Military sealift ships -- Experimental ships -- Support ships and craft -- Naval aviation -- Naval aircraft -- Unmanned aerial vehicles -- Weapon systems -- Electronic systems -- Coast guard -- National oceanic and atmospheric administration -- Miscellaneous ships and craft -- Appendixes. Navy force levels, 1945-2010 ; Navy shipbuilding programs, fiscal years 1947-2012 ; University national oceanographic laboratory system ; DARPA naval programs ; Ship memorials and museums.
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OCLC Number:
ocn769472692
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