• BOOKS ON SHIPS AND THE SEA
  • ...for anyone who served in the merchant marine,
  • or the Navy or the Coast Guard...
  • or who went sailing, or took a cruise, or visited a battleship...
  • or sailed toy boats on a pond or across a large puddle...
  • or who has dreamed of adventure and far-away places...
  • or who just loves ships and boats...

NEW BOOKS

Grave Passage, A Henry Grave Mystery
See Maritime Fiction.
An Act of Piracy,The Seizure of the American-flag Merchant Ship Mayaguez in 1975
See Steamships.
The Sherlock Holmes Illustrated Cyclopedia of Nautical Knowledge
See Maritime Fiction.
Hollywood to Honolulu, The Story of the Los Angeles Steamship Company.
See Steamships.

RECENT RELEASES

THE TANKERS from A (A.W. Peake) to Z (Zephyrhills)
All the T-type tankers built for the Maritime Commission and Maritime Administration.
SHIPWRECKS, SCALAWAGS AND SCAVENGERS
The shipwrecks of California’s Pigeon Point lighthouse.
THE VICTORY SHIPS from A (Aberdeen Victory) to Z (Zanesville Victory)
The complete history of all 534 Victory ships, including wartime and postwar service.
ACTION IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC
The only time a U.S. ship sank a German Navy surface vessel during World War II.
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