01624cam a2200241 4500 264299792 TxAuBib 20150825120000.0 150825s1994||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780945903246 0945903243 (OCoLC)32100253 TxAuBib 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. TXHAM