Wartime Standard Ships [Audiobook] download free by Nick Robins
- Listen audiobook: Wartime Standard Ships
- Author: Nick Robins
- Release date: 2017/5/6
- Publisher: PEN & SWORD BOOKS LTD
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Transportation
- ISBN: 9781848323766
- Rating: 7.89 of 10
- Votes: 60
- Review by: Madalyn Rau
- Review rating: 7.42 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/11/6
- Duration: 2H9M in 256 kbps (35.4 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-07-30
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: FLAC, MPEG4, WMA, WAV, AIFF, MPEG-4 SLS, MP3 (compression AZW, RAR, ZIP, TAR.GZ)
- Total pages original book: 177
- Includes a PDF summary of 19 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 14M30S (3.8 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: In both World Wars there arose a pressing need for merchant tonnage both to supplement existing ships but, more importantly, to replace ships that had been sunk by enemy action, and the key to the Allied strategy in both wars was a massive programme of merchant shipbuilding. This need gave rise to a series of standard designs with increasing emphasis on prefabrication and a progression towards welded hulls. This new book tells the remarkable story of the design and construction of the many types that not only contributed to their country s war efforts, but were also responsible for a cultural change in world shipbuilding that would lay the foundations for the post-war industry. The story begins in the First World War with the National type cargo ships which were the first examples of prefabricated construction. The best known of all types of wartime standard ships, of course, were the Liberty ships and their successor, the better equipped Victory ships, both built in the United States. Some 2,700 Liberty ships were built and this incredible achievement undoubtedly saved the Allies from losing the War. In Canada, the Ocean and Park ships made a further major contribution.Germany and Japan also introduced standard merchant shipbuilding programmes during the Second World War and these are covered in detail. The many different types and designs are all reviewed and their roles explained, while the design criteria, innovative building techniques and the human element of their successful operation is covered. Some of the story has been told piecemeal in a range of diverse books and articles, a few with extensive fleet lists. However, the complete history of the twentieth century wartime-built standard merchant ship has not previously been written, so this new volume recording that history within its appropriate technical, political and military background will be hugely welcomed.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Military Vehicles, Military History, World War 1 Books, Ships & Shipping, Military & Naval Ships, World War 2 Books, Maritime History
- Download servers: Pixeldrain, Mediafire, Google Drive, MEGA, Dropbox, RoarFiles, FileServe, FreakShare. Compressed in AZW, RAR, ZIP, TAR.GZ
- Format: Hardback
- Approximate value: 33.23 USD
- Dimensions: 189x246x20.32mm
- Weight: 739.36g
- Printed by: Seaforth Publishing
- Published in: Barnsley, United Kingdom
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