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| 3082 | JONES, Herbert G. Portland Ships Are Good Ships: The Story of the Building of Thirty British and 236 Liberty Ships by the New England Shipbuilding Corporation Limited, South Portland, Maine. ix, 60p., illus. Portland: Machigonne, 1945.
A limited edition of 750 copies. |
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| 3083 | KNIGHT, William Ferguson. His Majesty's Bristol Built Escort Ships 1939–1946. [vi], 148p., bibliog., illus., index. Bristol: Bristol Shiplovers' Society, 1996. ISBN: 095252290X.
Describes the careers of the 21 corvettes and frigates built at Hill's Albion Yard. |
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| 3084 | LANE, Frederick C. Ships for Victory: A History of Shipbuilding under the US Maritime Commission in World War II (Historical Reports on War Administration. United States Maritime Commission, no. 1). xxii, 881p., illus. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1951. A comprehensive official history of the commission. Reprinted in paperback in 2001, ISBN: 9780801867521. |
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| 3085 | LYON, David. The Denny List. 4 vols. Greenwich: National Maritime Museum, 1975.
A list by yard number, and therefore broadly chronological, of all ships built by Denny's. Where available a plan, usually the rigging plan, is shown followed by details of the ship. Volume 4 lists the warships and merchantmen built before and during the war. |
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| 3086 | MACDOUGALL, Philip. Chatham-Built Warships since 1860. 112p., illus. Liskeard: Maritime Books, 1982. ISBN: 0907771076.
A chronological list with notes of service careers. Chatham built many of the submarines and cruisers which served in WWII. |
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| 3087 | MASLIN, Marshall. Western Shipbuilders in World War II: A Detailed Review of Wartime Activities of Leading Maritime and Navy Contractors. 160p., illus., index. Oakland: Shipbuilding Review Publishing Association, [1945].
A company by company glossy puff of achievements. Some of them built or repaired British ships. |
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| 3088 | MOSS, Michael, & HUME, John R. Shipbuilders to the World: 125 years of Harland and Wolff, Belfast. xvii, 601p., bibliog., illus., index. Belfast: Blackstaff, 1986. ISBN: 0856403431.
A solid history of the yard, with 30 pages on WWII during which they built everything from corvettes to carriers. |
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| 3089 | PRITCHARD, James S. A Bridge of Ships: Canadian Shipbuilding During the Second World War. 464p., bibliog., illus., index. Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press, 2011. ISBN: 9780773538245.
Canada built more than a thousand warships and cargo vessels and this book gives a strategic overview of the challenges faced. |
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| 3090 | RICHARDS, L. E. Eighty Years of Shipbuilding and Designing. 40p., illus. Lowestoft: Richards Ironworks Ltd., 1956.
A company history. The firm built mainly motor minesweepers in WWII and this is briefly recorded. Well-illustrated. |
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| 3091 | RIPPON, P. M. Evolution of Engineering in the Royal Navy. Volume 2: 1939–1992. xx, 410p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Marine Management (Holdings) Ltd. for the Institute of Marine Engineers, 1994. ISBN: 0907206476.
A monumental history of the development of naval engineering, comprehensive in range, but fascinating in detail, although somewhat confusing in its bibliography and index. |
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| 3092 | SCOTT, J. D. Vickers: A History. xxiii, 416p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1962.
A history of the armaments firm. Their shipbuilding interests during rearmament and the war are covered in 20 pages. |
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| 3093 | SMITH, J. W., & HOLDEN, T. S. Where Ships Are Born, Sunderland 1346–1946: A History of Shipbuilding on the River Wear. vii, 99p., illus. Sunderland: Reed, 1947.
Has a substantial section on shipbuilding, fitting out, and ship repair in WWII. A second impression appeared in 1947 and a revised edition in 1953. |
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| 3094 | STEPHEN, G. M. British Warship Designs since 1906. 120p., illus. London: Ian Allan, 1985. ISBN: 0711015198.
A controversial work which caustically criticises the design record of the RN. Some 40 pages on WWII vessels. |
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| 3095 | WINKLARETH, Robert J. Naval Shipbuilders of the World: From the Age of Sail to the Present Day. 384p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Chatham, 2000. ISBN: 186176121X.
A single-volume guide to the companies and state yards which built the worlds warships. Arranged geographically, the book gives a brief biography and in the case of major yards a map and lists the major ships built. An excellent reference work. |
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| 3096 | Cockatoo Docks Sydney: War Record 1939-1945. 72p., illus. Sydney: Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Co., [1946].
A fully illustrated company history describing the docks and their wartime work with merchant and naval building and repairs. |
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| 3097 | Soldiers at Sea: An Unofficial History of the Australian Water Transport Units of the Royal Australian Engineers, 2nd AIF, with Anecdotes Written by Men Who Were Part of that History. 250p., illus. [Sydney]: Australian Water Transport Association (NSW Branch), [1990]. ISBN: 0646007149.
An unofficial history of the Maritime Unit of the Australian Army. |
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| 3098 | Soldiers at Sea, MK II: An Unofficial History of the Maritime Units of the Australian Army. viii, 291p., illus. Strathfield, NSW: Australian Water Transport Association, 1992. ISBN: 0646048805.
This book covers some of the activities of maritime units in World War I, World War II, Japan, Korea, post-war A.R.A., post-war C.M.F., Vietnam, The Antarctic, the present day army and a brief look at the Gulf War of 199.1 |
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| 3099 | ALSOP, Brian. Australian Army Watercraft: Australia's Unknown Fleet: from the Second World War to the Present Day. 88p., bibliog., illus. Marrickville, NSW: Topmill Pty Ltd, 1996. ISBN: 1876043156.
A useful guide. There are several line diagrams of the various watercraft. Many of these ships were operated by the Royal Australian Engineers (RAE). |
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| 3100 | ASHWORTH, Norman. The ANZAC Squadron: A History of No 461 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force 1942–1945. x, 275p., bibliog., illus., index. Carlisle, W.A.: Hesperian, 1994. ISBN: 0859051986.
The Squadron formed in Britain in 1942 on Anzac Day (April 25) and flew Sunderlands in the Battle of the Atlantic. Written by an officer specialising in maritime reconnaissance and strongly based on original records and correspondence with squadron members. |
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| 3101 | BOLLES, Herbert W. We Seemed to Get There! From Deck Cadet and Deck Officer in Time of War and Peace to a Ship's Captain and Sydney Harbour Sea Pilot. 473p. Kurrajong Heights, N.S.W.: [author], 1997. ISBN: 0646316087.
A merchant autobiography. He joined the Australian merchant marine in 1941 and worked mainly in the Pacific. In March 1945 he served on Corinda in the British Pacific Fleet Train. |
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