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Rodengen, Jeffrey L.
The Legend of Electric Boat :
Serving the Silent Service.
Fort Lauderdale, FL :
Write Stuff Syndicate,
1994.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 166-170) and index.
A brief history of the submarine -- Early Electric Boat history -- Pre-World War I -- World War I -- Between the wars -- World War II -- Post-World War II -- The cold war and the Nautilus -- Los Angeles and Ohio classes -- Electric Boat's second century -- Electric Boat chronology -- U.S. Navy submarines -- U.S. Navy submarine losses -- U.S. Navy nuclear fleet statistics.
The first historian to be granted full access to Electric Boat's vaulted archives in nearly a hundred years, Jeffrey L. Rodengen has produced yet another intriguing work for naval historians and landlubbers alike. Serving the Silent Service: The Legend of Electric Boat is the story of a company that persevered to help win two world wars and sustain America's efforts to win the ongoing global battle for freedom.Includes a foreword by Edward L. Beach, author of Run Silent, Run Deep.
20150825.
Electric Boat Company
Submarines - (Ships) United States.
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