Favorite Naval Book(s)

**Gun Grape** · 19 Apr 10,, 03:41

Originally Posted by perfectgeneral

I find the whole Necropost idea very dull. How about we have a new post on the same subject every three months, covering the same ground as the last one?

I being the holder of the HDC will say this.

You will rarely see me call something a necropost at 3 months. Nor will you find me doing it on an older post if the new poster actually has something to contribute more than a "I agree" type post. Updating a old post gets done without complaint.

But good god. Its been over 3 years. And the post was more suited to a BB thread.

**USSWisconsin** · 29 Apr 10,, 17:27

Originally Posted by Gun Grape

I being the holder of the HDC will say this.

You will rarely see me call something a necropost at 3 months. Nor will you find me doing it on an older post if the new poster actually has something to contribute more than a "I agree" type post. Updating a old post gets done without complaint.

But good god. Its been over 3 years. And the post was more suited to a BB thread.

I am sorry

, the thread showed up in the related thread window on my screen and I didn't notice how old it was. I learned my lesson and meant no harm. I will pay closer attention to the date on threads going forward

**Stitch** · 29 Apr 10,, 19:36

Originally Posted by LGB

Certainly Clay Blair's "Hitler's U-Boat War" vol I-III has more detail but Black May explains WWII ASW so well it's often a revelation. It explains the Battle of the Atlantic so well it's difficult to see how we understood what really happened before.

There's a third volume in the series? I only have the first two, ending in 1945; what happens after that?

**USSWisconsin** · 01 May 10,, 16:36

I just got this book, it is fantastic, a real master piece:
French Battleships 1922-1956 John Jordan & Robert Dumas, ISBN 975-1-59114-416-8

the scope of the book is WWII era ships, with the main emphasis on the Dunkerque and Richelieu classes, but there is wonderful info on unbuilt ships and the infrastructure suporting the Frrench battleship -- the 90mm subcaliber practice guns mounted outside the turrets were something I didn't know about, along with so much more...

**LGB** · 06 May 10,, 03:29

If you have the two books published by Modern Library you'll note the first text contains books one and two and the second text contains book three. I do not know if the entire text was ever published in three parts but it's often referred to as containing three volumes- which it does.

Blair's work is an essential text to a serious study of the BoA but in my view Black May by Gannon is simply a revelation. Blair will give you a wealth of facts but fail to draw the proper conclusions or in fact miss the big picture while Gannon often distills things down so one can not fail to reach a decision point upon various matters. Personally, I also find Blair lacking at times in objectivity- at times glaringly so.

Originally Posted by Stitch

There's a third volume in the series? I only have the first two, ending in 1945; what happens after that?

**tbm3fan** · 10 May 10,, 19:52

Maybe I missed this one or maybe it hasn't been mentioned yet. When I bought a few naval books from Amazon I saw this one and decided to get it. Called "Six Frigates" the founding of the U.S. Navy. A third of the way through and I really enjoy it every minute I can get. Also learning a lot of the what was going on between the Federalists and the Republicans at the time concerning the Navy and the politics in general. The book has also lowered my opinion of Hamilton and shown Burr to be a real bastard so far.