[PDF] Us Navy Cold War Guided Missile Cruisers eBook

Author : Mark Stille
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 13,62 MB
Release : 2020-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1472835239

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Faced with an increasingly formidable anti-ship cruise missile threat from the Soviet Union in the early days of the Cold War, and with the recent memory of the kamikaze threat from World War II, the USN placed a great priority on developing air defence cruise missiles and getting them to sea to protect the fleet. The first of these missiles were sizable, necessitating large ships to carry them and their sensors, which resulted in the conversion of a mix of heavy and light cruisers. These ships, tasked with protecting carrier groups and acting as flagships, entered service from 1955 and served until 1980. The cruisers served in the front lines of the Cold War and many saw combat service, engaging in surface actions from Vietnam to the Persian Gulf. Complementing the conventionally-powered missile cruisers was a much smaller number of expensive nuclear-powered cruisers, including the Long Beach, the USN's largest-ever missile cruiser. Until replaced by the Ticonderoga and Burke classes of Aegis ships, the USN's 38 missile cruisers were the most capable and important surface combatants in the fleet and served all over the globe during the Cold War. Using specially commissioned artwork and meticulous research, this illustrated title explores the story of these cruisers in unparalleled detail, revealing the history behind their development and employment.

Author : Mark Stille
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 30,21 MB
Release : 2020-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1472835255

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Faced with an increasingly formidable anti-ship cruise missile threat from the Soviet Union in the early days of the Cold War, and with the recent memory of the kamikaze threat from World War II, the USN placed a great priority on developing air defence cruise missiles and getting them to sea to protect the fleet. The first of these missiles were sizable, necessitating large ships to carry them and their sensors, which resulted in the conversion of a mix of heavy and light cruisers. These ships, tasked with protecting carrier groups and acting as flagships, entered service from 1955 and served until 1980. The cruisers served in the front lines of the Cold War and many saw combat service, engaging in surface actions from Vietnam to the Persian Gulf. Complementing the conventionally-powered missile cruisers was a much smaller number of expensive nuclear-powered cruisers, including the Long Beach, the USN's largest-ever missile cruiser. Until replaced by the Ticonderoga and Burke classes of Aegis ships, the USN's 38 missile cruisers were the most capable and important surface combatants in the fleet and served all over the globe during the Cold War. Using specially commissioned artwork and meticulous research, this illustrated title explores the story of these cruisers in unparalleled detail, revealing the history behind their development and employment.

Author : Edward Hampshire
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 37,39 MB
Release : 2017-01-26
Category : History
ISBN : 1472817427

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A fully illustrated study of the Soviet Navy's biggest and most powerful surface combatants of the Cold War. Heavily armed and formidable, guided missile cruisers formed the core of the Soviet Navy during the Cold War. From the last class of conventional Sverdlov-class cruisers through to increasingly complex and formidable missile cruisers, these ships ensured that NATO took the Soviet naval threat seriously. Soviet Cold War Guided Missile Cruisers covers all classes of these impressive warships, from the early Sverdlov through the Kynda, Kresta, Kara and Slava to the enormous Kirov classes. Together, these vessels marked the apogee of Soviet naval technology and capability and they remain today the largest non-aircraft carrier warships built since 1945. Containing material previously only available in Russian and fully researched from specialist defence journals, this comprehensive volume examines the design, development, and intended role of these impressive, hi-tech warships, and recounts their dramatic operational history as NATO and Soviet warships faced off against each other during the long Cold War at sea.

Author : Mark Stille
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 24,86 MB
Release : 2021-06-24
Category : History
ISBN : 1472840496

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Though they were never the most glamorous of warships, found US Navy frigates were frequently found on the frontlines of the Cold War at sea. These warships were the descendants of World War II's destroyer escorts, designed primarily to escort convoys. They specialized in anti-submarine warfare, but were intended to be numerous, tough, versatile, and well-armed enough to show US naval power around the world, performing roles that varied from intercepting drug-smugglers to defending aircraft carriers. When the Cold War turned hot, frigates were often there. It was a US Navy frigate, Harold E. Holt, that conducted the US Navy's first hostile boarding action since 1826 during the SS Mayaguez incident. Frigates were at the forefront of operations in the Persian Gulf during the Tanker War, with the frigate USS Stark suffering a notorious Exocet attack by Iraqi warplanes, and proving the Oliver Hazard Perry-class's legendary toughness. This book explains how the technology and design of frigates changed during the Cold War, how the classes were modified to keep up to date, and explores the many varied missions they performed during the Cold War and since.

Author : Norman Friedman
Publisher :
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 34,65 MB
Release : 2020-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781682476260

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Like other books in Norman Friedman's design-history series, this one pays attention to all designs, even those that never left the drawing board, since every proposal made is a link in the evolution of the cruiser force. Friedman, a recognized authority on U.S. warships, uncovers the reasoning behind the many radical changes in U.S. cruiser design, which culminated in the series of Aegis missile ships. He deals both with evolving technology and with those changes in the doctrine and role of the U.S. Navy that clearly affected cruiser design, Because the nature of the cruiser is somewhat ill defined, his book discusses a wide variety of ships, from the battleship-like armored cruisers of the turn of the century the battle cruisers of 1916 to scout cruisers and the Atlantas, ships that were, in many ways, enlarged destroyers. It covers the emergence of "peace cruisers," which were essentially large gunboats, and the post-1945 command and missile cruisers. The World War II Alaska-class large cruisers are also included. Friedman shows how the path from the first steel cruisers to the ultramodern Ticonderogas defines many of the themes of U.S. naval development: the transition from a coastal defense/commerce raiding navy to a navy designed to seize and exploit command of the world's oceans, and from a navy of independent cruisers on foreign stations to a battle fleet navy and then a carrier navy. Arms control is another important theme of this book. Friedman explains how cruiser design, much more that the design of any other category of ship, has been affected by the constraints of naval arms limitation treaties. He uses the Erie-class gunboat, a "slow cruiser," and the original Cleveland, an abortive design that stayed within the 8,000-ton limit prescribed by the London Treaty of 1936, as examples of attempts to exploit treaty restrictions. Also carefully examined are the many post-World War II cruiser projects, both those that were built, like the nuclear powered Long Beach, and those that were not, like the specialized command ship of 1968. In every case, the author discusses not merely what was tried, but why it succeeded or failed. A.D. Baker III and Alan Raven have drawn detailed scale outboard and plan views of each cruiser class and of major modifications to many classes. The author has provided inboard profiles and sketches of abortive projects. Numerous photographs complement the text. Appendices include ship characteristics and data on ship careers. U.S. Cruisers is essential reading for those concerned with the future of the U.S. Navy. Naval historians and architects alike will find this the most comprehensive reference available on the subject.

Author : Lynn Stone
Publisher : Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 35,51 MB
Release : 2005-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1606941054

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Explores Large Missile Cruisers Which Are Multi-Mission Warships With Modern Weapons, Loaded With Cruise Missiles And The Capability To Attack More Multiple Targets.

Author : U. S. Military
Publisher :
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 32,99 MB
Release : 2017-12-06
Category :
ISBN : 9781973475705

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This important project report provides a methodological and historical framework for the identification and evaluation of significant Cold War resources associated with the Navy's guided missile program. The study examines the technological developments associated with the Navy's guided missile program, as well as the evolution of its research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) mission; educational and training activities; and logistical operations. This demonstration project was conducted as part of Legacy's Cold War Task Area, which was established under Legacy's ninth legislative purpose. Cold War material culture encompasses a wide range of resources, including textual and nontextual materials, artifacts, buildings, structures, sites, objects, and landscapes. This project was intended to provide guidance in identifying and evaluating real property located on Navy installations; the study does not address written materials or museum artifacts. The study also does not address real property beyond the realm of Navy bases, such as defense contractor sites owned by the Department of the Navy. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY * CHAPTER I - INTRODUCTION * Cultural Resource Management in the Department of Defense * Previous Investigations * Legacy Resource Management Program * Legacy Demonstration Project #122: Navy Cold War Guided Missile Context * Objectives of Demonstration Project #122 * How to Use the Navy Cold War Guided Missile Context in the Identification of Cultural Resources * How to Use the Navy Cold War Guided Missile Context in the Evaluation of Cultural Resources * How to Use the Navy Cold War Guided Missile Context in the Treatment of Cultural Resources * CHAPTER II - METHODOLOGY * Archival Research * Field Investigations * Data Synthesis * Report Organization * CHAPTER III - CHRONOLOGICAL OVERVIEW * Introduction * PART I: HISTORY OF THE NAVY DURING THE COLD WAR, 1946 - 1989 * The Truman and Eisenhower Years: 1946-1960 * National Security Policy * Beginnings of the Cold War In Europe * Asia and the Korean Conflict * Nuclear Weapons * The Cold War During the Eisenhower Administration * The United States Military * The Navy * The 1960s and Vietnam: 1961-1972 * National Security Policy * The Military Establishment * The Navy * The Post-Vietnam Era: 1973-1989 * National Security Policy * The Navy * PART II: THE U.S. NAVY'S ROLE IN THE COLD WAR GUIDED MISSILE PROGRAM, 1946-1989 * Introduction * Navy Guided Missiles * Beginnings of Navy Guided Missiles: pre-1946 * Pilotless Aircraft and Assault Drones * The Navy's First Experiments with Guided Missiles * Bureau of Ordnance (BuOrd) Activities * German Missiles * The Truman and Eisenhower Years: 1946-1960 * Strategic Missiles * Tactical Missiles: Surface-Launched * Tactical Missiles: Air-Launched * The 1960s and Vietnam: 1961-1972 * Strategic Missiles * Tactical Missiles: Shipboard-Launched * Tactical Missiles: Air-Launched * The Post-Vietnam Era: 1973-1989 * Strategic Missiles * The New Generation of Cruise Missiles * Air Defense Missiles * Aviation Weapons * PART III. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS OF NAVY GUIDED MISSILES * Economic Consequences of the Military-Industrial Complex * Nuclear Warfare and American Culture * CHAPTER IV - THEME STUDIES * Introduction * PART I: GUIDED MISSILE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT * Introduction * Origins of the Navy's Guided Missile Program: 1939-1945 * The Earliest Efforts at Missile Guidance * Early Collaboration with Private Academic Institutions * Navy Installations Active in Early Missile R&D * Truman and Eisenhower Years: 1946-1960 * Missile Guidance Systems Became Increasingly Sophisticated * The Importance of Academic Institutions in Missile R&D Continues

Author : Nimble Books LLC
Publisher :
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 33,85 MB
Release : 2020-08-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781608880812

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This curated collection of 169 high-resolution color images related to the US Navy guided missile cruiser USS Shiloh CG 67, captured by US armed forces personnel from 2015 to 2020, illustrates the life of a modern ship and its sailors in all their variety.

Author : Norman Friedman
Publisher : Seaforth Publishing
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 20,84 MB
Release : 2011-01-24
Category : History
ISBN : 1783469188

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“An extraordinarily detailed account of the development of Royal Navy cruisers . . . a towering work” from the author of Fighting the Great War at Sea (Warship 2012). For most of the twentieth century, Britain possessed both the world’s largest merchant fleet and its most extensive overseas territories. It is not surprising, therefore, that the Royal Navy always showed a particular interest in the cruiser—a multipurpose warship needed in large numbers to defend trade routes and police the empire. Above all other types, the cruiser’s competing demands of quality and quantity placed a heavy burden on designers, and for most of the interwar period, Britain sought to square this circle through international treaties restricting both size and numbers. In the process, she virtually invented the heavy cruiser and inspired the large 6in-armed cruiser, neither of which, ironically, served her best interests. This book seeks to comprehend, for the first time, the full policy background—from which a different and entirely original picture of British cruiser development emerges. After the war, the cruiser’s role was reconsidered, and the final chapters of the book cover modernizations, the plans for missile-armed ships, and the convoluted process that turned the “through-deck cruiser” into the Invincible class light carriers. With detailed appendices of ship data, and illustrated in depth with photos and A.D. Baker’s specially commissioned plans, British Cruisers truly matches the lofty standards set by Friedman’s previous books on British destroyers. “Wow! . . . Lavishly illustrated with a photograph or line plan on almost every page. The text is packed with technical information, detail, and description of design, construction and application of these important ships.” —Clash of Steel