• 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

Iron Coffins, A personal account of the German U-boat battles of World War II
See World War II, page 2.
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.
 

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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