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Table of Contents
Basics
- Basics of Naval Strategy
- Warship Types of WWI and WWII
- Modern Warship Types
- Understanding Hull Symbols
- Ship Classes
- A Brief Overview of the United States Fleet
- A Brief Overview of the Chinese Fleet
- Naval Ranks - Officers
- Naval Ranks - Warrant and Enlisted
- Watches
- Battle Stations
A Brief History
- A Brief History of the Battleship
- A Brief History of the Aircraft Carrier
- A Brief History of the Cruiser
- A Brief History of the Destroyer
- A Brief History of the Submarine
History
Battleship Design History
Britain
- HMS Warrior
- The Early Ironclads
- HMS Captain Part 1
- HMS Captain Part 2
- Pre-Dreadnoughts
- Dreadnought
- Early Battlecruisers
- Early Dreadnoughts
- Super-Dreadnoughts
- Second-Generation Battlecruisers
- The 15" Battleships
- The Wartime Battlecruisers
- The Washington Naval Treaty
- G3 and Nelson
- Interwar Naval Diplomacy
- The King George V class
- Lion and Vanguard
US
- Early US Battleships
- Dreadnought
- Early Dreadnoughts
- The Newport Conference and the US Dreadnought
- The Standard Type
- The Wartime Battlecruisers
- The First South Dakota Class
- The Washington Naval Treaty
- Interwar Naval Diplomacy
- The North Carolina Class
- The South Dakota Class
- The Iowa Class
- The Montana Class
- The Maximum Battleship
- The Alaska Class Part 1
- The Alaska Class Part 2
- Postwar Battleships - US
Russia
- Russian Battleships Part 1 - Ironclads
- Russian Battleships Part 2 - Pre-dreadnoughts
- Russian Battleships Part 3 - The Gangut class
- Russian Battleships Part 4 - The Later Imperial Dreadnoughts
- Soviet Battleships Part 1 - Design B
- Soviet Battleships Part 2 - Sovetskii Soiuz
- Soviet Battleships Part 3 - Postwar
Pre-1914
- Southern Commerce Raiding Part 1 - Naval Leadership and Resources at the Beginning of the Civil War
- Southern Commerce Raiding Part 2 - Southern Privateers
- Southern Commerce Raiding Part 3 - The Sumter
- Southern Commerce Raiding Part 4 - Ironclads
- Southern Commerce Raiding Part 5 - Union Response
- The Battle of Lissa
- Huascar Part 1
- Huascar Part 2
- HMS Captain Part 1
- HMS Captain Part 2
- The Bombardment of Alexandria
- The Loss of HMS Victoria
- The Sino-Japanese War - The Battle of Pungdo
- The Sino-Japanese War - The Battle of the Yalu River
- The Sino-Japanese War - Lushunkou and Weihaiwei
- The New Navy
- The Great White Fleet Part 1
- The Great White Fleet Part 2
- The Great White Fleet Part 3
- The South American Dreadnought Race
- Dreadnoughts of the Minor Powers
The Spanish-American War
- Part 1 - Remember the Maine
- Part 2 - Opening Moves in the Atlantic
- Part 3 - Manila Bay
- Part 4 - The Hunt for Cervera
- Part 5 - The Blockade of Santiago
- Part 6 - The Prelude to Battle
- Part 7 - The Battle of Santiago
- Part 8 - Santiago Aftermath
- Part 9 - Closing Days
World War I
- Jackie Fisher
- Pursuit of the Goeben and Breslau
- Warship Types of WWI and WWII
- The Last Days of the High Seas Fleet
- The Armistice
- November 21st, 1918 - The Internment of the High Seas Fleet
- The Scuttling of the High Seas Fleet
The Battle of Jutland
- Summary
- Part 1 - Background, Forces, and Commanders
- Part 2 - Preliminaries and Run to the South
- Part 3 - Run to the North and Deployment
- Part 4 - The Main Fleet Action
- Part 5 - The Night Action
- Part 6 - Aftermath and Analysis
- Part 7 - Alternate History
- There Seems To Be Something Wrong With Our Bloody Ships Today
- Shells at Jutland
- The Blockade and the Turnip Winter
- Aviation at Jutland
Interwar
- Billy Mitchell and the Ostfriesland Part 1
- Billy Mitchell and the Ostfriesland Part 2
- Billy Mitchell and the Ostfriesland Part 3
- Billy Mitchell and the Ostfriesland Part 4
- Squalus
World War II
- Warship Types of WWI and WWII
- US Battleships in WWII
- British Battleships in WWII
- German Battleships in WWII
- Japanese Battleships in WWII
- Italian Battleships in WWII
- French Battleships in WWII
- The Battleship and the Carrier
- The Death of Repulse and Prince of Wales
- Leyte Gulf
- Samar
- The World Wonders
- German Guided Bombs Part 1
- German Guided Bombs Part 2
- German Guided Bombs Part 3
- German Guided Bombs Part 4
- The Four Chaplains
- O'Callahan and the Franklin
- Wolverine and Sable - The Paddlewheel Carriers
- The Submarine that Sank a Train
- The Last Sailing Battle
- Operation K - The Second Attack on Pearl Harbor
- The Fate of the French Fleet Part 1
- The Fate of the French Fleet Part 2
- The Fate of the French Fleet Part 3
The Battleships of Pearl Harbor
The Norway Campaign
- The Altmark Incident
- Part 1 - Preliminaries
- Part 2 - Opening Salvos
- Part 3 - Drobak Sound
- Part 4 - The Fall of Oslo
- Part 5 - Kristiansand
- Part 6 - Stavanger
Post-War
- Operation Crossroads
- Revolt of the Admirals Part 1
- Revolt of the Admirals Part 2
- The Navy and the Space Program
- The Reagan Maritime Strategy
- Father Capodanno
The Falklands War
- Part 1 - The Argentine Invasion
- Part 2 - Preparing the Fleet
- Part 3 - Logistics at Ascension
- Part 4 - The Liberation of South Georgia
- Part 5 - The Carriers Close In
- Part 6 - Operation Black Buck
- Part 7 - The First Day of Strikes
- Part 8 - The General Belgrano
- Part 9 - Sheffield
- Part 10 - The Siege, Part 1
- Part 11 - The Siege, Part 2
- Part 12 - Landings at San Carlos
- Part 13 - The May 21st Air Battle Part 1
- Part 14 - The May 21st Air Battle Part 2
- Part 15 - May 22nd and 23rd
- Part 16 - May 24th and 25th at San Carlos
- Part 17 - Coventry and Atlantic Conveyor
- Part 18 - The Land Offensive Begins
- Part 19 - The End of May
- Part 20 - Early June
- Part 21 - Bluff Cove
- Part 22 - The Battle for Stanley
- Part 23 - The Surrender
- Part 24 - Aftermath
- Glossary
Nuclear Weapons at Sea
- Heavy Attack
- Light Attack Part 1
- Light Attack Part 2
- ASW Part 1
- ASW Part 2
- Cruise Missiles Part 1
- Cruise Missiles Part 2
- Polaris Part 1 - Program
- Polaris Part 2 - Submarines
- Polaris Part 3 - Missiles
- Polaris Part 4 - 41 for Freedom
- Polaris Part 5 - Improved Missiles
- Poseidon
- Soviet SLBMs Part 1
- Soviet SLBMs Part 2
- Soviet SLBMs Part 3
- Nuclear Tomahawks
- Nuclear SAMs
- Effects
- The Seaplane Striking Force
- The Mk 23 Katie
Ship Histories
- New Jersey (BB-62)
- Missouri (BB-63) Part 1
- Missouri (BB-63) Part 2
- Missouri (BB-63) Part 3
- Wisconsin (BB-64)
USS Iowa
- Part 1 - Construction and Service in the Atlantic
- Part 2 - Early Service in the Pacific
- Part 3 - Island-hopping in the Pacific
- Part 4 - The End of WWII
- Part 5 - Korea and 2nd Commission
- Part 6 - The 80s
- Part 7 - Turret II and Retirement
- Part 8 - Preservation
- Reactivation
- Bringing Back the Battleships
- Life aboard Iowa
- Crew Art aboard Iowa
- Did Iowa Move Sideways During a Broadside?
Other Naval History
Amphibious Warfare
Auxiliaries
- Part 0 - Precursors
- Part 1 - Early Years
- Part 2 - Underway Replenishment Part 1
- Part 3 - Auxiliary Types in WWII
- Part 4 - Underway Replenishment Part 2
- Part 5 - Modern Auxiliaries
Information, Communication and Naval Warfare
- Part 1 - Origins
- Part 2 - Radar and the CIC
- Part 3 - Early Steps Towards Automation
- Part 4 - The Naval Tactical Data System
- Part 5 - Beyond NTDS
Anti-submarine Warfare
- World War I
- World War II - Forces
- World War II - Sensors
- World War II - Weapons
- World War II - The OIC
- World War II - Operations Research in the Atlantic
Riverine Warfare
- North America
- Africa
- South America
- China Part 1
- China Part 2
- China Part 3
- Europe
- Southeast Asia Part 1
- Southeast Asia Part 2
Signalling
- Part 1 - Flags and Other Pre-Radio Signals
- Part 2 - Naval Radio Through WWI
- Part 3 - Naval Radio in WWII
- Part 4 - The Satellite Revolution
- Pictures - Iowa Communications
Merchant Ships
- Introduction
- Passenger Vessels
- General Cargo Ships
- Container Ships
- Bulk Carriers
- Oil Tankers
- Specialized Tankers
- Specialized Cargo Ships
- Tugs
- Offshore Support
- Icebreakers
- Research Vessels
- Whaling Ships
- Fishing Vessels
Coastal Defenses
- Part 1 - Early History
- Part 2 - Napoleonic Era
- Part 3 - The American Third System
- Part 4 - The Crimean War
- Part 5 - The Late 19th Century
- Part 6 - The Early 20th Century
- Part 7 - Dardanelles and Belgium
- Part 8 - Interwar Years
Naval Rations
Naval Airships
- Part 1 - Zeppelins on Patrol
- Part 2 - Zeppelins and Counters
- Part 3 - British Blimps and Kite Balloons
- Part 4 - Early American efforts
- Part 5 - Shenandoah
- Part 6 - Akron and Macon
Technical
Weapons
Battleship Fire Control
- Part 1
- Part 2
- Ballistics
- Rangefinding
- Spot 1
- Rangekeeping Part 1 - Early Days
- Rangekeeping Part 2 - Pollen and Dreyer
- Data Transmission
- Spotting
- Directors
Battleship Armament
- Main Guns Part 1
- Main Guns Part 2
- Main Guns Part 3
- Main Guns Part 4
- The QF Gun
- Turret and Barbette
- Secondary Armament - Anti-Destroyer Weapons
- Secondary Armament - Anti-Air Weapons
- Secondary Armament - Dual-Purpose Guns
- Secondary Armament - Light AA Weapons
- Shells Part 1 - Muzzle Loaders
- Shells Part 2 - Breech Loaders
- Shells Part 3 - WWII
- Shells Part 4 - The American 16"
- The Mk 23 Katie
- Turret Designations
- Battleship Torpedoes Part 1 - Early Days
- Battleship Torpedoes Part 2 - WWI and Interwar
- Battleship Torpedoes Part 3 - WWII
- Powder Part 1 - Early Black Powder
- Powder Part 2 - Science and Late Black Powder
- Powder Part 3 - Early Smokeless Powder
- Powder Part 4 - Late Smokeless Powder
- Pictures - Iowa Turret One
Modern Naval Weapons
- Missile Guidance
- Aegis
- The Harpoon Family
- Tomahawk Part 1 - Nuclear
- Tomahawk Part 2 - Anti-Ship
- Tomahawk Part 3 - Land-Attack
- Tomahawk Part 4 - Recent Versions
- The 3T Missiles - Introduction
- The 3T Missiles - Launch Systems
- Lasers at Sea Part 1
- Lasers at Sea Part 2
- Lasers at Sea Part 3
Radar and Electronic Warfare
- Naval Radar - Introduction
- Naval Radar - Some Advanced Stuff
- Naval Radar - More Advanced Stuff
- Part 1 - Electronic Signal Measures
- Part 2 - Electronic Countermeasures
- Part 3 - Electronic Countercountermeasures
Aircraft Weapons
- Strike Warfare
- Dumb Bombs and LGBs
- JDAM
- Cluster Bombs
- Glide Bombs
- The Harpoon Family
- Short-Range Missiles
- Anti-Radiation Missiles
- Aerial Decoys
- Cruise Missiles
- German Guided Bombs Part 1
- German Guided Bombs Part 2
- German Guided Bombs Part 3
- German Guided Bombs Part 4
- Early Guided Weapons Part 1
- Early Guided Weapons Part 2
- Weird British Anti-Ship Weapons of WWII
Other Weapons
- Mine Warfare Part 1 - Contact Mines
- Mine Warfare Part 2 - Influence Mines
- The Proximity Fuze Part 1
- The Proximity Fuze Part 2
Armor, Protection, and Survivability
Battleship Armor
- Armor Part 1 - Early Days
- Armor Part 2 - Armor Penetration
- Armor Part 3 - Dreadnoughts
- Armor Part 4 - BB-61
- Underwater Protection Part 1
- Underwater Protection Part 2
Survivability and Damage Control
Engineering
General
- Stability
- Nautical Measurements
- Ship Structure and Strength
- Weather at Sea
- Fouling
- Ship Resistance and Speed
Battleship Propulsion
- Part 1 - Early Days
- Part 2 - Turbines and Oil
- Part 3 - Gearing and Turboelectric
- Part 4 - BB-61
- Pictures - Iowa Boiler Room
- Pictures - Iowa Engine Room
- Pictures - Iowa Auxiliary Machinery Room
Modern Naval Propulsion
Battleship Topics
- Battleship Aviation Part 1 - Early Days
- Battleship Aviation Part 2 - The Catapult Era
- Battleship Aviation Part 3 - Catapult Operations
- Battleship Aviation Part 4 - Helicopters and Drones
- List of Battleship Losses
- The Battleship of the Future?
- How to Build a Battleship - 1942
So You Want to Build a Battleship
- Strategic Background
- Design Part 1
- Design Part 2
- Construction Part 1
- Construction Part 2
- Construction Part 3
- Trials and Commissioning
- Leftovers Part 1
- Leftovers Part 2
- Leftovers Part 3
Modern Warfare
Modern Navies and Ships
- Modern Warship Types
- A Brief Overview of the United States Fleet
- A Brief Overview of the Chinese Fleet
- The Arleigh Burke Class
- The Ticonderoga Class
- The Littoral Combat Ship Part 1
- The Littoral Combat Ship Part 2
- The Littoral Combat Ship Part 3
- The Zumwalt Class Part 1
- The Zumwalt Class Part 2
- FFG(X)
- Military Sealift Command Part 1
- Military Sealift Command Part 2
Why the carriers are not doomed
- Part 1 - Finding the Carriers
- Part 2 - Missile Attack
- Part 3 - Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles
- Part 4 - Submarines
- The Future of the Aircraft Carrier
Defense Policy
- Why Military Acquisition is So Hard
- Military Procurement - Pricing
- Why do we need so many ships?
- The Space Force and the FAA
- Esper's 500-ship Navy
- The Reagan Maritime Strategy
- The Designation Follies
- The Nimrod Saga
So You Want to Build a Modern Navy
- Strategy Part 1
- Strategy Part 2
- Strategy Part 3
- Coast Guard Part 1
- Coast Guard Part 2
- Aviation Part 1
- Aviation Part 2
- Aviation Part 3
- Aviation Part 4
Other Topics
- Aegis
- Strike Warfare
- Continuous At Sea Deterrent - Ballistic Missile Submarines
- Millennium Challenge 2002
- Learning From History - The New Maginot Line
- The Range of a Carrier Wing
- The Range of a Carrier Wing - An Experiment
- Missile Defense Through the Decades - A Worked Example
- The Navy UFO Incident - An Alternate Theory
Cool Facilities
- The David Taylor Model Basin
- The McKinley Climatic Laboratory
- Natick Labs
- Bayview Acoustic Research Detachment
Personal Accounts
Sea Stories
A Day on the America
Museum Reviews
United States
- Alabama - Mobile, AL
- Iowa - Los Angeles, CA
- Los Angeles Maritime Sites - Los Angeles, CA
- Midway - San Diego, CA
- Nautilus - Groton, CT
- Mystic Seaport - Mystic, CT
- Constitution and Cassin Young - Boston, MA
- International Museum of World War II - Boston, MA
- Battleship Cove - Fall River, MA
- Salem - Quincy, MA
- National World War I Museum - Kansas City, MO
- Albacore - Portsmouth, NH
- National Atomic Museum - Albuquerque, NM
- US Air Force Museum - Dayton, OH
- Fort Sill Museums - Lawton, OK
- Batfish - Muskogee, OK
- 45th Infantry Division Museum - Oklahoma City, OK
- Tulsa Air and Space Museum - Tulsa, OK
- Stafford Air and Space Museum - Weatherford, OK
- Fort Monroe - Hampton, VA
- Historic Flight - Spokane, WA
- Hanford Site - Tri-Cities, WA
Europe
- Fort Eben-Emael, Belgium
- Bavarian Military Museums, Germany
- Portsmouth Historic Dockyard - Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK
- HMS Belfast - London, UK
- Newark Air Museum - Newark, Nottinghamshire, UK
Rest of World
- Polly Woodside - Melbourne, Australia
- Haifa Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum - Haifa, Israel
- Soya - Tokyo, Japan
- Yokohama Port Museum - Yokohama, Japan
- Mikasa - Yokosuka, Japan
- Military Museums - Singapore
Picture Posts
- Crew Art aboard Iowa
- Spot 1
- Pictures - Iowa Boiler Room
- Pictures - Iowa Engine Room
- Pictures - Iowa Auxiliary Machinery Room
- Pictures - Iowa Communications
- Pictures - Iowa Medical and Dental
- Pictures - Iowa Officer Quarters
- Pictures - Iowa Enlisted Quarters
- Pictures - Iowa Enlisted Mess
- Pictures - Iowa Goat Locker
- Pictures - Iowa Aft Living Spaces
- Pictures - Iowa Turret One
- Pictures - Mikasa Part 1
- A Day on the America Part 1
- A Day on the America Part 2
- LA Fleet Week 2016
- Pictures - My First Museum Ships
- The Tinker Airshow 2019
- Christmas 2019
Other
- Naval Bibliography
- Links Index
- Naval Fiction
- The NOAA Commissioned Corps
- The PHS Commissioned Corps
- Impressment
- Territorial and International Waters
- New Year's Log Poetry
- Escorts - Thoughts on SF
- The Pepsi Fleet?
- Naval Weddings
- Wedding Decorations - Naval Architecture
- Where the Blog Begins - My Library
- Naval Bases from Space - Hampton Roads
- Naval Bases from Space - San Diego
- Naval Bases from Space - Hawaii
- Russia's New Nuclear Weapons - A Skeptical Look
- Kuznetsov and Helge Ingstad
- The Pearl Harbor (Movie) Rant
- The Midway (Movie) Rant
- The Top Gun (Movie) Rant
- The Greyhound (Movie) Review
- The Under Siege (Movie) Review
- Operation Staple Head
- The Philadelphia Experiment
- Museum Review - SS Anne
- Completely Correct Battleship Facts
Commercial Aviation
- Part 1 - Revenue Management and Business Models
- Part 2 - Planes and Seats
- Part 3 - Route Networks
- Part 4 - Miles, Points, and Status
- Part 5 - The Safety Process
- Part 6 - Hubs and Route Networks
- Part 7 - Air France 447 and Asiana 214
- Part 8 - Airline delays and the idea of scalability
- Part 9 - Airline delays – how do they put it all back together?
- Part 10 - Airlines Working Together
Aurora Tutorial
- Part 1 - Introduction and Economy
- Part 2 - Basic Shipbuilding
- Part 3 - Naval Operations and Colonization
- Part 4 - Terraforming and Administration
- Part 5 - Interstellar Travel
- Part 6 - Basic Warships and Beams
- Part 7 - Missile Defense with Beams
- Part 8 - Missile Defense with Missiles
- Part 9 - Offensive Missiles
- Part 10 - Advanced Warship Design
- Part 11 - Commanders and Administration
- Part 12 - Military Logistics
- Part 13 - Tactics
- Part 14 - Advanced Colonization
- Advanced Missile Warfare
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