Submarines - Probing the Ocean Depths - Grady S.M. [1994, PDF]

Contents

-Contents
Foreword
htroduction
CHAPTER 1 Experiments in Subnnerged Soiling
Von Drebbel's underwater boat;
From oddities to submersibles;
Bushnell's Turtle;
The way is set.
CHAPTER 2 Subnnorines fronn New Jersey
Holland pioneers submarine design;
The Fenion Rom takes to the water;
The Plunger;
Lake takes the lead.
CHAPTER 3 Unseen Tools of Wor
Submarine combat in World War I;
The first submarine fleets;
German U-boat action;
Combat at seo;
Developments during wartime.
CHAPTER 4 Wortinne Workhorses
Larger, mightier submarines;
Stockpiling for war;
From hunters to hunted;
Menacing tools of war.
CHAPTER 5 Weapons of Deterrence
The atomic submarine is born;
Development of the nuclear navy;
New designs, new duties;
Missile-corr/ing subs;
Submarine warfare in modern times.