Torpedowce - USA: książki - historia i modele

American PT Boats in World War II

Ilustrowane studium rozwoju, konstrukcji, taktyki i działań bojowych amerykańskich kutrów torpedowych w czasie II wojny światowej.

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American PT Boats in World War II (Volume 2)

This illustrated volume is the companion to Victor Chun's definitive history of American PT boats in the Second World War. Chun presents all new information gleaned since the previous book's publication and includes never before published drawings of PT 809, as well as details on the use of Elcoplane as used by Elco PT boats to increase running speed, described here for the first time.

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PT Boats - The US Navy's Fast Attack Patrol Torpedo Boats in World War II (Legends of Warfare)

Torpedowce patrolowe (PT) rozpalały wyobraźnię opinii publicznej podczas II wojny światowej dzięki brawurowym wyczynom ich załóg. Zbudowane nie ze sklejki, jak wielu uważa, lecz z mahoniowych desek i napędzane trzema silnikami morskimi Packard, jednostki te operowały na każdym teatrze działań wojennych, często stawiając czoła przeciwnikom wielokrotnie większym od siebie.

Ewakuacja generała Douglasa MacArthura i jego rodziny z Filipin przy użyciu kutrów torpedowych, co zostało zilustrowane w filmie "Oni byli niezniszczalni", sprawiła, że kutry torpedowe i ich załogi znalazły się w centrum uwagi opinii publicznej, podobnie jak utrata PT-109 przez Johna F. Kennedy'ego i późniejsze uratowanie jego i jego załogi.

Książka przedstawia wszystkie konfiguracje kutrów torpedowych używanych przez Marynarkę Wojenną Stanów Zjednoczonych podczas II wojny światowej, za pośrednictwem rzadkich zdjęć archiwalnych, uzupełnionych zdjęciami kilku zachowanych jednostek tego typu. Jest częścią serii Legends of Warfare.

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US Patrol Torpedo Boats - World War II (Osprey)

Motor torpedo boat development began in the early 1900s, and the vessels first saw service during World War I. However, it was not until the late 1930s that the US Navy commenced the development of the Patrol Torpedo or PT boat.
The PT boat was designed for attacking larger warships with torpedoes using its 'stealth' ability, high-speed and small size to launch and survive these attacks - although they were employed in a wide variety of other missions, including rescuing General MacArthur and his entourage from the Philippines.

This book examines the design and development of these unique craft, very few of which survive today, and goes on to examine their role and combat deployment in World War II.

Contents: Introduction - Development - Design - Operational History - Memorialised PT Boats and Organizations - Glossary - Bibliography - Index.

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Vietnam Riverine Craft 1962-75 (Osprey)

In 1965 the military situation in the Mekong River Delta of southern Vietnam had deteriorated to such a degree that the decision was made to commit a joint US Army and Navy Mobile Riverine Force to the area. This force was unique in its composition, mission, and the means by which it operated - riverine craft. Comprising the Army's 2d Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, and the Navy's River Assault Flotilla One, it used a variety of watercraft, including heavily modified landing craft, purpose-built patrol boats, and a whole host of auxiliary and support craft.

This book explores those craft, and also gives an account of Task Force Clearwater, a much smaller operation in the extreme northern part of South Vietnam.

Contents: Introduction - The Boats - Variants - The Riverine War - Surviving Riverine and Patrol Craft - Bibliography - Color plate commentary - Index.

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Patrouillenschiffe der U.S. Navy - seit 1939

The US Navy is today indisputably the largest and most powerful in the world, with impressive aircraft carriers and the most modern cruisers and destroyers.
But in many regions - and wars - the fighting took place near the coast and on rivers, where the "big ships" could not be deployed. The US Navy therefore developed a wide variety of different fast, torpedo and patrol boats.

In this book, Lutz Kowalzick and Wilhelm M. Donko present all of these ships of the U.S. Navy by type and class and describe all units ever classified as such, from World War II through the Korean War to the present day.

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