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Silver State Dreadnought: The Remarkable Story of Battleship Nevada [Audiobook] download free by Stephen M. Younger

Silver State Dreadnought: The Remarkable Story of Battleship Nevada Audiobook download free by Stephen M. Younger
  • Listen audiobook: Silver State Dreadnought: The Remarkable Story of Battleship Nevada
  • Author: Stephen M. Younger
  • Release date: 2018/4/10
  • Publisher: NAVAL INSTITUTE PRESS
  • Language: English
  • Genre or Collection: Transportation
  • ISBN: 9781682472897
  • Rating: 9.57 of 10
  • Votes: 680
  • Review by: Zane Hwang
  • Review rating: 7.29 of 10
  • Review Date: 2018/11/20
  • Duration: 3H57M55S in 256 kbps (64 MB)
  • Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-07-31
  • You can listen to this audiobook in formats: WAV, WMA, MPEG4, FLAC, Shorten, MP3 (compression ZIP, TAR.GZ, TAR.7Z, RAR)
  • Total pages original book: 320
  • Includes a PDF summary of 36 pages
  • Duration of the summary (audio): 28M17S (7.2 MB)
  • Description or summary of the audiobook: USS Nevada (BB-36) was America's first modern battleship. When her keel was laid in 1912, kings and emperors still ruled much of the world. When she finally slipped beneath the waves in 1948, America was the undisputed global superpower. Nevada was revolutionary for her time: the first 'superdreadnought'; the first U.S. warship to be oil fired; the first to have a triple-gun main turret; and, the first to have all-or-nothing armor. In World War I, she was based in Queenstown, Ireland, to provide protection for American convoys bringing troops to Europe. She survived the naval reduction treaties of the 1920s and was rebuilt in 1928 with the latest technology. The only battleship to get underway at Pearl Harbor, suffered damage from Japanese bombs and torpedoes and sank in shallow water. Raised and repaired, she did convoy duty in the North Atlantic before joining the invasion fleet for D-Day and the landings in Southern France. Shifting to the Pacific, Nevada provided bombardment support at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. The end of the war saw her outgunned and outmoded, but her contributions were not over. In 1946, she survived not one but two atomic tests, the second of which left the battleship too radioactive for scrapping. On a sunny day in 1948, Nevada was towed off the coast of Oahu and used for target practice. After five days of pounding by everything the Navy could throw her, Nevada was dispatched by a torpedo. She died a warrior's death. Silver State Dreadnought is the story of a remarkable ship, but it is also the story of the remarkable men who sailed in her. Nevada's first captain, William S. Sims, brought his unique style of leadership to America's premiere battleship and set the tone for what became known as the 'Cheer Up Ship.' As Nevada aged, the ship gained the affectionate name 'The Old Maru,' beloved by all who served in her.
  • Other categories, genre or collection: Military History, Ships & Shipping, Military Engineering
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  • Format: Hardback
  • Approximate value: 57.30 USD
  • Dimensions: 178x254mm
  • Weight: 957.08g
  • Printed by: Not Available
  • Published in: Annopolis, United States

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