02052cam a2200361 i 450000100100000000300060001000500170001600800410003301000130007402000150008702000180010203500200012004000080014004300120014805000200016008200160018010000610019624500590025725000160031626400330033226400110036530000460037633600260042233700280044833800270047650400660050350506400056952002370120961000340144661000330148065100340151377601430154712104038 OCoLC20231208131009.0850508s1986    nyua     b    001 0 eng    a85008617  a0030447119  a9780030447112  a(OCoLC)12104038  cAJM  an-us---00aVA55b.B36 198600a359.0092191 aBeach, Edward L.q(Edward Latimer),d1918-2002.,eauthor14aThe United States Navy :b200 years /cEdward L. Beach  a1st edition 1aNew York :bH. Holt,c[1986] 4c©1986  axxvi, 564 pages :billustrations ;c24 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 523-544) and index0 aTrees, the establishment, and our revolution -- The Yankee race horse, Truxtun, and finally Preble -- The beginning of the War of 1812 -- Victories on the high seas -- The war on the lakes and finale on the seas -- The slow advent of steam -- Mutiny? -- The gun and the ship -- Iron ships and shell guns -- The race between the ironclads -- Battles between ironclad ships; war in the inland waters and at sea -- The post-Civil War doldrums and the beginning of idealism -- The Spanish-American War -- Idealism and the reformers -- World War I to Pearl and Midway -- The armageddon at sea -- Epilogue: A few ideas about our postwar navy  aThoroughly illustrated with maps, charts, and photographs, this anecdotal history of the U.S. Navy examines the impact of innovation and technology on the service as it chronicles the Navy's colorful and sometimes controversial past10aUnited States.bNavyxHistory11aUnited StatesbNavyxHistory 0aUnited StatesxHistory, Naval08iOnline version:aBeach, Edward L. (Edward Latimer), 1918-2002.tUnited States Navy.b1st ed.dNew York : H. Holt, ©1986w(OCoLC)569326004