The Victory ships were a major part of the Allied thrust in the Pacific during the last eighteen months of World War II. They supported the great battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, then brought thousands of servicemen home again in “Operation Magic Carpet.” But the fast, versatile Victory ships were also built for the future, and for decades were a mainstay of the merchant fleets of the United States and her wartime allies. Victorys supported the atomic bomb tests, scientific expeditions to the Antarctic, supply missions to the Arctic, the space missile program. They stood by during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Arab-Israeli war and supplied the U.S. military during the Korean and Vietnam wars.

This comprehensive work is the result of five years’ research by Capt. Jaffee into government records, published works, oral histories and other sources. It is everything known about all 534 Victory ships: how the Victory ship program developed; design and specifications; when and where built; engine, operator, wartime and postwar history; every name and owner the ship sailed under; what finally happened to each ship. Special chapters on the three Victory ship museums. All the ships (and all names they became known under) are cross-referenced and indexed.

This is a large-size, reader-friendly book, with clean type on high-quality paper, and avoids codes and abbreviations.

THE VICTORY SHIPS from A (Aberdeen Victory) to Z (Zanesville Victory)

by Capt. Walter W. Jaffee

• Hard cover, 8 ½ x 11, 416 pp., 300+ photos & illus., biblio., index.
• ISBN 978-1-889901-37-4
• Price: $120

Good Shipmates (Vol. 1: 1942 to 1994) is the story of the restoration of Baltimore's Liberty ship, the John W. Brown, told through the experiences of the ship's volunteers during World War II and now coming on board to restore her as an active ship and living museum. Written by Ernest Imhoff, a former editor of the Baltimore Sun, Good Shipmates captures the essence of the ship, her crew and her Living History Cruises.

GOOD SHIPMATES, The Restoration of the Liberty Ship John W. Brown

by Ernest F. Imhoff

• Volume One: 1942 to 1994
• Soft cover, 416 pp, 100+ photos & illustrations
• ISBN 978-1-889901-36-7
• Price: $24.95

Part two of the modern history of the John W. Brown is now available. Author Ernest F. Imhoff continues his story of this active museum ship through the eyes of the volunteers, their families, friends and supporters.

GOOD SHIPMATES, The Restoration of the Liberty Ship John W. Brown

by Ernest F. Imhoff

With a forward by Russell Baker

• Volume Two: 1995-2006
• Soft cover, 416 pp, 100+photos & illustrations
• ISBN 978-1-889901-39-8
• Price: $24.95

Box Boats traces the history of container ships and the changes they brought to world commerce.

BOX BOATS, How Container Ships Changed the World

by Brian J. Cudahy

• Soft cover, 352 pp. photos, tables, separate ship index.
• ISBN 0-8232-2568-2
• Price: $24.95

Passenger liners, tankers, freighters, heavy-lift ships — American President Lines, Farrell Lines, Isthmian Steamship Co., Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. and many others. Excellent photographs, a fascinating text.

MERCHANT SHIPS OF A BYGONE ERA, The Post-War Years

by William H. Miller

• Soft cover, 8.5 x 11, 136 pp, 200+ photos, index.
• ISBN 0-9518656-7-6
• Price: $30.00

U.S. Lines, Grace Line, Moore-McCormack, MSTS, Alaska Steamship, American Banner Lines, Bull Line, Eastern Steamship Lines, many others, Wonderful photos!

PASSENGER LINERS AMERICAN STYLE

by William H. Miller

• Soft cover, 8.5 x 11, 160 pp., 230 photos, Index.
• ISBN 0-9534291-1-3
• Price: $30

The story of twin paddlewheel riverboats: Delta Queen, the world’s most famous steamboat, and Delta King, restored as a floating luxury hotel in Sacramento, California.

KING AND QUEEN OF THE RIVER , The Legendary Paddle-wheel Steamboats Delta King and Delta Queen From the Roaring Twenties to the 1990s

by Stan Garvey

• 288pp., photos, appendices, bibliography, index.
• ISBN 0-9642513-3-7
• Price: Hard cover $27.95
• Soft cover $19.95

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The Pacific Northwest Coast can be as deadly as it is beautiful. David Grover tells true stories of shipwrecks and marine disasters in these waters.

THE UNFORGIVING COAST, Maritime Disaster of the Pacific Northwest

by David H. Grover

• Soft cover, 220pp., photos.
• ISBN 0-87071-541-0
• Price: $19.95