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A BLOODY WAR. Combat At Sea Against Nazi U-Boats. By Hal Lawrence. The Royal Canadian Navy in World War II action in the North Atlantic. Convoy duty told like it was, desperate men, sinking ships and the agony of the cold sea. Paperback. Good Cond. $11.95
ABOVE And BEYOND 1941 – 1945. By Wilbur H. Morrison. The full sweep, our Pacific air war from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay. Here is the revealing story of the air war in the Pacific during world war II. The tactics, surprises, and blunders, as seen through the eyes of the pilot’s and commanders themselves. Paperback. Fair + + + Cond. $12.88
AIRCRAFT CARRIER. By J. Bryan, III. This is an exceptional minute-by-minute diary of the action aboard the ill-fated carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5), sunk off Midway, June 1942. Author Bryan, was an officer on the carrier. 1957 paperback. Good Cond. $19.88
ARK ROYAL. By Kenneth Poolman. History of the Royal Navy’s first full-sized aircraft carrier, HMS Ark Royal. The carrier saw world war II action against the German battleship Bismarck. Then sunk by a u-boat in 1941. Paperback edition. Good Cond. $15.95
The BATTLE For GUADALCANAL. By Samuel B. Griffith II, Grigadier General, USMC (Ret.). The 1942 struggle for the obscure Pacific Island called Guadalcanal captured the American imagination as did few other single battles of world war II. It was a brutal and bloody battle that cost the lives of some 7,000 Americans and over 30,000 Japanese. Paperback. Good Cond. $10.88
The BATTLE To SAVE The HOUSTON. By John Grider Miller. The U.S. Navy lost the cruiser USS Houston (CA-30) in early 1942. In June 1943 a new USS Houston (CL-81) was launched, and named in honor of the original warship. On October 14, 1944 a Japanese torpedo plane scored a direct hit on Houston. Mortally wounded the vessel appeared doomed. Softbound edition, with photos. Like New Cond. $18.88
BLOOD On The SEA. American Destroyers Lost in World War II. By Robert Sinclair Parkin. True story of the seventy-one (71) U.S. destroyers lost in world war II. Covering the Pacific and Atlantic theaters of war. Softbound edition. Good Cond. $15.95
BOWFIN. The Story of one of America’s fabled Fleet Submarines in World War II. By Edwin P. Hoyt. True story of one the USS Bowfin (SS-287). Bowfin saw nine war patrols and sank over 67,000 tons of Japanese ships. Paperback edition. Good + Cond. $12.95
BRAVE SHIP, BRAVE MEN. By Arnold S. Lott. Foreword by Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN. Author Arnold Lott tells the true story of the USS Aaron Ward (DM-34), an American destroyer off the island of Okinawa. The warship was sunk in May, 1945. 1964 Paperback edition. Good Cond. $19.88
CARRIER COMBAT. A Young Pilot’s Story of Action Aboard The Hornet in World War II. By Lieutenant Frederick Mears, USN. First-hand story of a young American pilot who flew with the famous Torpedo Squadron Eight from the deck of the carrier USS Hornet (CV-8). Ultra-rare book! 1967 paperback. Good Cond. $79.88
I Was CHAPLAIN On The FRANKLIN. By Father Joseph T. O’Callahan, S.J. On March 19, 1945, the carrier USS Franklin (CV-13) was within 50 miles of the Japanese mainland, when she was ambushed by Japanese bombers. Father Joseph T. O’Callahan, S.J. chaplain on the carrier, dramatically recounts the most superhuman feats of skill and daring that the crew performed in its heroic struggle to save the crippled ship. 1985 Paperback edition. Rare book! Good Cond. $32.95
COMBAT COMMAND. By Fredrick C. Sherman. A shattered Navy desperately struggles for supremacy of the biggest battlefield of world war II––the Pacific Ocean. Combat Command covers the entire epic story of the Pacific Campaign. The late author served as a Rear Admiral in the Pacific during world war II. Paperback. Good + Cond. $16.88
COMBAT PATROL. The Incredible Saga of U.S. Submarine Forces in the war against Japan. By Clay Blair, Jr. Compacted into one paperback book, is Blair’s popular “Silent Victory” in a low-cost abridged edition. The U.S. world war II submarines in action. Paperback edition. Good Cond. $28.88
The CRUELEST NIGHT. The incredible story of the doomed voyage of the greatest maritime tragedies of Wilhelm Gustloff. By Christopher Dobson, John Miller and Ronald Payne. The full story of one of the worst sea tragedies of all time. 1945, Russian submarine S-13 sinks the liner in the Baltic Sea. Rare paperback. Fair + + Cond. $19.88
DEVIL BOATS. The PT War Against Japan. By William Breuer. The PT boat was a motor torpedo boat used by the United States Navy during world war II. Against Japan, these small plywood boats figure prominently in some of the best-known feats of heroism of the entire Pacific war. Paperback. Good Cond. $12.99
DEVIL BOATS. The PT War Against Japan. By William Breuer. The PT boat was a motor torpedo boat used by the United States Navy during world war II. Against Japan, these small plywood boats figure prominently in some of the best-known feats of heroism of the entire Pacific war. 1995 softbound. Good Cond. $15.99
The DESTROYER KILLER. By Edwin P. Hoyt. Foreword by Vice Admiral Ralph W. Christie, USN (Ret.). The true story of Commander Sam Dealey and the men of the submarine USS Harder (SS-257). In August 1944 Harder was lost with all hands. Paperback. Good Cond. $28.77
EIGHT SURVIVED. By Douglas A. Campbell. On the night of August 13, 1944, the submarine USS Flier (SS-250) was on the surface in the Sulu Sea, when the boat suddenly struck a mine and quickly sank. The story of the Flier and its eight survivors is wholly unique in the annals of U.S. military history. Softbound edition. Good Cond. $13.88
The END Of The IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY. An Insiders Gripping Account of Strategy And Sacrifice. By Masanori Ito with Roger Pineau. One of Japan’s leading military commentator’s takes us inside Japanese Navy during world war II. Paperback. Good Cond. $21.77
ESCORT CARRIER WWII. War in the Pacific on the Escort Carrier USS Petrof Bay. By Rick Cline. The full history of the USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), a small escort carrier fighting the Japanese in the Pacific during world war II. Used softbound book, rare, autographed! Good Cond. $99.99
ESCORT COMMANDER. By Terence Robertson. The true story of famed British Captain Frederic J. Walker and his aggressive tactics on Germany’s U-boats. Escort ships under Walker’s command sank 21 German U-boats in world war II. Paperback. Good + Cond. $11.95
The FLEET The GODS FORGOT. The U.S. Asiatic Fleet in World War II. By Captain W.G. Winslow, USN (Ret.). Tragic and heroic story of the demise of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet at the outbreak of the world war II (early 1942). 1994 softbound edition. Good Cond. $11.88 – Sorry, sold out!
FRESH WATER SUBMARINES. The Manitowoc Story. By Rear Admiral William T. Nelson, USN (Ret.). The title tells what this book is all about. The beginnings of the American world war II submarines built and assembled in Manitowoc, Wisconson. 1986 Softbound edition, 180 pages, black and white photos. Good Cond. $29.88
GHOST FLEET Of The TRUK LAGOON. An Account of Operation Hailstone February 1944. By William H. Stewart. During World War II Truk was a major Japanese base as well as the operating home base for the IJN Combined Fleet. On February 16, 1944 the U.S. Navy staged a massive naval air and surface attack against the Japanese naval and air base at Truk. Softbound book. Good Cond. $34.95
GREY WOLF, GREY SEA Aboard the German Submarine U-124 in World War II. By E.B. Gasaway. War patrols of U-124. During World War II, Capt. Mohr became one of Germany’s top-scoring commanders as his U-124 sank 27 Allied ships. Paperback. Good Cond. $19.88
The GREATEST FIGHTER MISSIONS By Edward H. Sims. Foreword by Admiral Arleigh Burke, USN (Ret.). In eleven exciting chapters of concentrated action, author Edward Sims puts you in the cockpit with the top World War II, Navy and Marine fighter aces as they jump into combat in the Pacific. Paperback edition. – Sorry, sold out!
GUERRILLA SUBMARINES By Edward Dissette, and Hans Adamson. True story of U.S. submarines who supported the Filipino guerrilla forces in their struggle with the Japanese in world war II. Paperback. Good Cond. $18.95
HELLCATS Of The SEA By Vice Admiral Charles Lockwood, Jr., USN (Ret.) and Colonel Hans Christian Adamson, USAF (Ret.). U.S. submarines invade the Sea of Japan in 1945. A top-secret underwater mission in world war II. Paperback. Good Cond. $26.95
H.M.S. HOOD Vs. BISMARCK The Battleship Battle. By Theodore Taylor. World War II, May 1941, the mighty British battleship HMS Hood takes on the powerful German dreadnaught Bismarck. Here is the true story of an epic battle in the Atlantic. Paperback. Good Cond. $11.95 – Sorry sold Out
HUNTER KILLER U.S. Escort Carriers in the Battle of the Atlantic. By William T. Y’Blood. American Escort Carriers (CVE’s) swing into action in aggressive “hunter-killer” groups in Atlantic world war II against the dreaded Nazi U-boats. Paperback. Good Cond. $15.99
I-BOAT CAPTAIN How Japan’s Submarines almost defeated the U.S. Navy in the Pacific! By Zenji Orita with Joseph Harrington. True story of the failed Japanese submarine campaign during world war II. Paperback edition. – Sorry, sold out!
IRON COFFINS A personal account of the German U-boat battles of World War II. By Herbert A. Werner. Author tells the true and exciting story of his own Atlantic U-boat action in WWII. Werner served aboard five different U-boats, ending the war as a commander. Paperback. Good Cond. $11.95
JAPANESE DESTROYER CAPTAIN By Captain Tameichi Hara with Fred Saito and Roger Pineau. Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Midway––the great naval battles of the Pacific, as seen by Japanese eyes. One of Japan’s most famous naval heroes of WWII, Captain Tameichi Hara tells his dramatic and true story. Paperback. Good Cond. $23.88
KAMIKAZE NIGHTMARE By Ron Burt. True story of the carrier USS Ommaney Bay (CVE–79). Based on a survivors story about the escort carrier in the Pacific during WWII. Ommaney Bay was sunk in 1945 by a Japanese suicide plane. First softbound edition. Autographed by the author. Good Cond. $39.88
KILLER SUBS Edited by Phil Hirsch. Nine thrilling chapters, by nine different authors, each with a unique and true story on underwater warfare. Most of the stores are from world war II. Paperback edition. Good Cond. $22.88
The LAST PATROL By Harry Holmes. Excellent operational history of the fifty-two (52) American submarines lost during World War II. Their successes, failures and their final dive when the sea closed over them forever. Softbound, includes photos. Good Cond. $18.95
The LAST VOYAGE Of USS PUEBLO By Ed Brandt. The dramatic and true story of the USS Pueblo (AKL-44), the American ‘spy ship’, its Commander Lloyd Bucher, its crew and the Navy brass that sent it on its ill-fated mission in 1968. Paperback edition. Fair + + Cond. $12.88
The LAST VOYAGE Of The GRAF SPEE By Michael Powell. German battleship’s Bismarck and Admiral Graf Spee were two of the most famous warships of world war II. In 1939, Graf Spee sank nine Allied ships totaling some 50,000 tons, here is her story. Paperback edition. Good Cond. $19.88
LEFT To DIE The tragedy of the USS Juneau. By Dan Kurzman. The true story behind one of the most devastating tragedies of world war II, the loss of the American cruiser USS Juneau (CL-52)—torpedoed and sunk in 1942. Nearly 700 Americans died. Paperback. Good Cond. $15.95
LEYTE GULF: The DEATH Of The PRINCETON By Edwin P. Hoyt. True and tragic story of the October 1944 World War II loss of the American carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23). Includes 34 historic black and white photos! 1972 softbound. Good Cond. $18.95 – Sorry, sold out!
LITTLE SHIP, BIG WAR The Saga of DE-343. By Commander Edward P. Stafford, USN (Ret.). True story of the destroyer escort USS Abercrombie (DE-343) in Pacific, world war II action. Commander Stafford was an officer on board the DE. Paperback edition. Fair + + + Cond. $12.95
MARU KILLER War Patrols of the USS Seahorse. By Dave Bouslog. True World War II history of the famed American submarine USS Seahorse (SS-304). Black and white photos with maps. New and updated second edition Softbound book. Sorry, sold out! Out-of-print.
MEMOIRS: TEN YEARS And TWENTY DAYS By Admiral Karl Doenitz. Doenitz became the leader of the dreaded German U-boat campaign in World War II. This is the true and fascinating story of Germany’s aggressive submarine war against the Allies. Softbound edition. Fair + + + Cond. $20.88
MEMOIRS: TEN YEARS And TWENTY DAYS By Admiral Karl Doenitz. Doenitz became the leader of the dreaded German U-boat campaign in World War II. This is the true and fascinating story of Germany’s aggressive submarine war against the Allies. Paperback. Good Cond. $14.88
NAUTILUS 90 NORTH By Commander William R. Anderson USN, with Clay Blair, Jr. The dramatic account of the first atomic submarine voyage (USS Nautilus / SSN-571) from the Pacific to the Atlantic beneath the Arctic ice pack in the summer of 1958. Paperback edition. Fair + + + Cond. $11.95
NIGHT RAIDER Of The ATLANTIC The Saga of the U-99. By Terence Robertson. The complete story of Germany’s top-scoring U-boat Ace of World War II––Otto Kretschmer. Kretschmer destroyed 44 Allied ships totaling over 266,000 tons. 1955 Paperback. Good Cond. $18.88
A NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS The Sinking of the Troopship Leopoldville. By Jacquin Sanders. The true and tragic story of the December 24, 1944, sinking of the SS Leaopoldville. Over 800 lives were lost. Paperback edition. Sorry, sold out!
ON THE BOTTOM The Raising of the U.S. Navy submarine S-51. By Commander Edward Ellsberg. Introduction by Captain Edward L. Beach, USN (Ret.). September, 1925, submarine S-51 suffers a collision at sea. 33 U.S. sailors lost their lives in the cold Atlantic. Softbound edition. Difficult to find! Good + Cond. $27.88
OVERDUE And PRESUMED LOST The Story of the USS Bullhead. By Martin Sheridan. The USS Bullhead (SS-332) was the last American naval vessel lost in world war II—and she was a submarine. Here is her true and tragic story. Softbound edition. Good Cond. $26.88
PACIFIC ODYSSEY. History of the USS Steele During WWII. By Lieutenant (jg.) Frank W. Bates. The destroyer escort USS Steele (DE-8) was commissioned in May of 1943 and sent into the Pacific war in July. This is a brief, but exciting and true story of the USS Steele. 1998 softbound edition. Long out-of-print. Good Cond. $18.88
PACIFIC WAR DIARY 1942-1945. By James J. Fahey. Fahey, seaman first class, served aboard the light-cruiser USS Montpelier (CA-57) and fought in every major naval engagement of the Pacific War––from Guadalcanal to the Japanese surrender in 1945. Paperback edition. Good Cond. $14.88
PIG BOATS. By Theodore Roscoe. Foreword by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN. The true and exciting story of American fighting submarines of World War II. This is Roscoe’s abridged edition of the originally published hardback book, “United States Submarine Operations in world war II.” Paperback. Fair + + + Cond. $18.99
QUEEN Of The FLAT-TOPS. The True, Glorious Story of the Navy’s Favorite, USS Lexington, The Fighting Lady. By Stanley Johnston. The USS Lexington (CV-2) was sunk during the Battle of the Coral Sea on May 8, 1942. Paperback edition. Good Cond. $16.95
RETURN From The RIVER KWAI. By Joan and Clay Blair, Jr. Dramatic, true story of the real “River Kwai” and the American world war II submarine rescue mission of the incredible legend. American submarines; Barb, Pampanito, Sealion and Queenfish. Paperback. Good Cond. $11.88
The RUSSIAN CONVOYS. Heroes of the Murmansk run–Allied seamen who fought Stukas, Nazi submarines and frozen Artic seas in world war II. By B. B. Schofield. The Murmansk Run, most dangerous of all sea routes in World War II. Paperback. Good Cond. $9.95
SAVO By Richard F. Newcomb. The gripping minute-by-minute account of the disastrous night battle off Savo Island on of August 8 – 9, 1942, between the U.S. Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy. The battle that nearly destroyed the entire Pacific fleet. Paperback edition. Fair + + Cond. $11.99
The SEA WOLVES The Story of German U-Boats at War. By Wolfgang Frank. Complete and true story of the German U-Boat campaign during World War II. The author was on the staff of Admiral Karl Doenitz and saw it from the inside the Nazi empire. Paperback. Good Cond. $17.95
SHINANO! The Sinking of Japan’s Secret Supership. By Captain Joseph Enright. During World War II Enright was the skipper of USS Archerfish (SS-311). In 1944, he torpedoed and sank the largest ship of the war, Japan’s super-carrier Shinano. Paperback. Good Cond. $12.95
SILENT SIEGE II. Japanese Attacks on North America in World War II Ships Sunk, Air Raids, Bombs Dropped, Civilians Killed. By Bert Webber. This unique book covers all Japanese attacks thus far discovered from Alaska to Mexico. Attacks on Southern California includes details and newspaper headlines. Large softbound edition. Good Cond. $22.88
The SILENT SERVICE. By William C. Chambliss. Based on the TV Series of the 1950s. True stories of U.S. submarines in world war II; Perch, Thresher, Sculpin, Harder, Bergall, and Seahorse (SS-304). Paperback edition. Good Cond. $16.95
SINK ‘Em ALL. By Admiral Charles Lockwood Jr., USN (Ret.). A Commander’s account of the U.S. Navy’s explosive undersea war with Japan during World War II. Must-have for any world war II submarine book reader. Paperback edition. Good Cond. $24.88 – Sorry, sold out!
The SUBMARINERS. Life in British Submarines 1901 – 1999. By John Winton. Personal accounts of life aboard the Royal Navy’s submarines. From the boats of 1901 to the giant Trident nuclear vessels of today. World War I and World War II. Softbound edition. Good + Cond. $12.88
SUBMARINE COMMANDER. By Rear Admiral Ben Bryant. During World War II, Commander Bryant captained three different British submarines; P-211, HMS Sealion and the HMS Safari. He was the greatest British submarine Ace to survive world war II. Paperback. Fair + + Cond. $11.99
SUB DUTY. By Grover S. McLeod. Author McLeod tells an engrossing yet true story of his World War II submarine duty in the Pacific. He saw action aboard several American boats including; Finback (SS-230), Halibut (SS-232) and Hawkbill (SS-366). 1986 first edition softbound. Autographed by the author! Good Cond. $58.88
SUBMARINE GRAYBACK. The Life & Death of the WWII Sub, USS Grayback. By Rick Cline. True and tragic story of World War II American submarine USS Grayback (SS-208). Lost with all hands in the Pacific in February 1944. Softbound edition. Autographed! Sorry sold out!
SUICIDE SUBMARINE! The Story of Japan’s Submarine “Kamikaze” of Manned Torpedoes! By Yutaka Yokota (a former Petty Officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy) with Joseph D. Harrington. The true story of Japan’s suicide torpedo pilot’s who manned the Kaiten––the underwater counterpart of the deadly and fanatic Kamikaze’s of the sky. These World War II Japanese submarines were so secret, few people, even in Japan knew of their existence. Paperback. Good Cond. $12.99
SUNK! By Mochitsura Hashimoto. True story of the Japanese submarine operations in the Pacific during World War II. Written by Commander Hashimoto, one of four Japanese commanders who survived the war. Paperback edition. Sorry, sold out!
To The MARIANAS. War in the Central Pacific, 1944. By Edwin P. Hoyt. The true story of the offensive that destroyed the Japanese stranglehold on the Pacific––as the Allies pushed toward Tokyo. Paperback edition. Good Cond. $13.88
The THOUSAND-MILE WAR. World War II in Alaska and the Aleutians. By Brian Garfield. Foreword by Terrence Cole. Japanese invade the Aleutian Islands in 1942. American’s fight back in the frigid no-man’s land off the coast of Alaska. Softbound edition. Good + Cond. $13.99
The THOUSAND-MILE WAR. World War II in Alaska and the Aleutians. By Brian Garfield. Japanese invade the Aleutian Islands in 1942. American’s fight back in the frigid no-man’s land off the coast of Alaska. Paperback. Good Cond. $10.88
THROUGH HELL And DEEP WATER. By Charles A. Lockwood, Jr. USN (Ret.) and Hans Christian Adamson, USAF (Ret.). The definitive work on the famed American Submarine USS Harder (SS-257). Harder’s skipper was Commander ‘Sam’ Dealey. Dealey earned the title ‘Destroyer Killer’ after sinking five Japanese destroyers during one of his many successful Pacific patrols. Harder was lost with all hands in 1944. Paperback. Good + Cond. $39.99 – Sorry, sold out!
TIN CANS. By Theodore Roscoe. The true World War II combat saga of America’s fighting destroyers and destroyer escorts, from the battle of the Atlantic to the bloody shores of Okinawa. Originally published as “United States Destroyer Operations In World War II.” Paperback. Difficult to find! Good Cond. $29.95
The TWO-OCEAN WAR. A Short History of the United States Navy in the Second World War. By Samuel Eliot Morison. The greatest naval force in history was assembled by the United States to fight a global war at sea during World War II. Softbound edition. Good + Cond. $11.88
U-505. By Rear-Admiral Daniel V. Gallery, USN (Ret.). In June 1944, American carrier USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) with destroyers; USS Pillsbury (DE-133), USS Jenks (DE-665), and USS Chatelain (DE-149) capture the German U-boat, U-505. Paperback edition. Good Cond. $12.88
U-BOAT 977. By Heinz Schaeffer. The incredible true story of Schaeffer’s German submarine U-977. At the end of world war II in 1945, Schaeffer refused to surrender to the Allies and instead guided his U-977 for the safety of South America. Paperback edition. Good Cond. $15.88
U-BOAT COMMANDER. By Commander Gunther Prien. Commander Prien tells his incredible true story of U-47 in World War II. The famous German submarine skipper sinks the British battleship Royal Oak in Scapa Flow. Paperback edition. Good Cond. $24.88
U-BOAT KILLER. By Donald Macintyre. Foreword by Admiral Robert B. Carney, USN (Ret.). This is Captain Macintyre’s explosive saga in World War II—the Battle of the Atlantic. The destroyer’s he commanded during the long conflict accounted for seven (U-boat) kills and several captures to his credit. Paperback edition. Good Cond. $12.99
UNDERSEAS VICTORY – Part I. 1941-1943: Against The Odds. By W.J. Holmes. Documenting the outstanding efforts of American submarines during world war II. A true blow-by-blow account. Paperback, hard to find. Good Cond. $22.95
UNDERSEAS VICTORY – Part II. 1943-1945: The Tide Turns. By W.J. Holmes.The gallant men of the Silent Service had fought and often died, virtually alone in the far reaches of the Pacific. Against an implacable foe–but now their time of glory was near. Paperback, hard to find. Good Cond. $22.95
U.S. SUBMARINES In WORLD WAR II. An Illustrated History. By Larry Kimmett and Margaret Regis. Brings to life the extraordinary American undersea campaign with maps, photos, unique drawings, and illustrations. Softbound edition. Good Cond. $24.88
WAR FISH. By George Grider. Arguably one of the best submarine books to come out of World War II. Grider saw action aboard submarines; Wahoo, Pollack, Hawkbill and Flasher. Paperback edition. Good Cond. $29.88
The X-CRAFT RAID. By Thomas Gallagher. It was an impossible mission, a midget submarine raid against the German battleship Tirpitz. Here is the whole incredible, true story of an impossible world war II sea mission. Paperback edition. Good Cond. $7.50
