It penetrated the upper deck, killing five men in and near a stairwell and then exploded, the force ripping the overhead deck apart and sending a blast of metal fragments, smoke and fire up into the air in a broiling column. It was a dangerous place to be struck, as the underdeck magazines for tw...
Built in 1914 by Maryland Steel, she was actually owned by the American Hawaiian Steamship Company for their Panama Canal Line, and licensed through the Far East State Shipping Company. In June of 1942, however, the ship had been re-flagged with the hammer and sickle and turned over to the U.S.S....
You know a world where you sailed quietly out of Severomorsk to conduct live fire exercises. Then you know the world you came back to when you returned to Vladivostok. Now you know this world, the world after Karpov’s intervention in 1945, though you have probably been too busy to read up on thin...
“Nothing…that’s the bad news, Admiral. It’s not coming from the boat either. This prompted me to check with Lieutenant Chernov.” “I’m sorry, Chief. Who is Chernov?” “He’s the sonar man here on Kazan, sir. I reasoned a man like this will also have good ears, and so I asked him to listen to my reco...
Schettler Discover other titles by John Schettler: The Kirov Saga: (Military Fiction) Kirov - Kirov Series - Volume I Cauldron Of Fire - Kirov Series - Volume II Pacific Storm - Kirov Series - Volume III Men Of War - Kirov Series - Volume IV Nine Days Falling - Kirov Series - Volume V Fallen An...
HMS Renown was attacked from the skies, with planes flown from the deck of a German aircraft carrier, and they pushed right through the veteran fighter cover of the Royal Navy’s most experienced and capable fleet defender, the Ark Royal.The British had learned a hard lesson. Their pilots were goo...
It was marked highest priority, direct from the Admiralty, and he was to respond and confirm these new orders at once. It was more than he needed just then, as the Germans and Italians had been throwing everything they had at him. There was a relatively small attack that morning at 08:00 hours, e...
He had spent the last year and a half sweating the drilling and production operations there, supervising new rigs and equipment installations, pouring over lateral drilling schemes with the engineers, listening to complaints from the wildcatters, mudmen, down hole drillers, pump station crews, an...
Helm, come left fifteen and ahead thirty.” He re-established a parallel course, holding the range as the Admiral wanted. “Mister Samsonov, how good is your eye these days?” “Laser sharp, Admiral.” “Can you put one round on the lead ship in that formation?” “Of course, sir. Do you want it forward,...