RECENTLY
WONDERFUL NEW ONLINE COLLECTION: The George Albert Converse papers and photographs, Mss 68, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Dallas, Texas — source of much material about early destroyers recently posted on this site.
NEW ON THIS SITE:
- FLETCHER-CLASS CHAMPION KAMIKAZE DEFENDER — the “Fighting Bob,” USS Evans.
SERVICE STARS
Records of selected destroyers on this site:
• Sims class.
• Benson and Gleaves classes.
• Fletcher class.
• Allen M. Sumner and Gearing classes.
- THE DESTROYERS OF DESDIV 92 — Boyd, Bradford, Brown and Cowell.
- TWO NAVAL WAR COLLEGE LECTURES BY FRANK FRIDAY FLETCHER:
1896 — torpedo boat attacks.
1904 — recent developments in torpedoes and mines. - INCUBATOR OF TORPEDO BOATS — the Torpedo Station at Goat Island, Newport, RI.
- 19th CENTURY TORPEDO BOATS — The experimental Alarm, Lightning and Stiletto; the purpose-built Cushing; and 34 additional torpedo boats authorized through fiscal year 1899.
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NEW ON THIS SITE:
- THE CONVERSE BOARD OF 1904, which recommended types and qualities of future torpedo vessels and their machinery: origin of the board and text of the report.
- THE DESTROYER—OUR NAVAL WEAKNESS — Implications for preparedness in 1910.
FOR OSPREY READERS
- An index of all international place names identified in the books with maps showing their locations.
- Links to information about World War II-era builders, classes and squadrons on this web site plus links to other web sites with complementary information.
- Sources of the information given in the appendices: images of selected pages from the General Information Books for each listed ship that contain dimensions and other information of interest.
