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Mosquito Fleet of South Puget Sound
Stock #: 30021
Author: Jean Cammon Findlay & Robin Paterson
List Price: $19.99
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$18.95
Before the advent of roads in western Washington, steamboats of the Mosquito Fleet swarmed all over Puget Sound. Sidewheelers, stern-wheelers, and propeller-driven, they ranged from the tiny 40-foot Marie to the huge 282-foot Yosemite, and from the famous Flyer to the unknown Leota. Soft Cover. more»
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November: The Cruelest Month: Great Lakes Wrecks
Stock #: 30033
Author: Frederick Stonehouse
List Price: $0.00
Karen's Price:
$16.95
Relive accurate & thoroughly researched accounts of shipwreck disasters in the month of November, historically the “worst” weather month of the season on the lakes. Hundreds if not thousands of rotting hulls on the bottom give silent testimony to the Gales of November. Soft Cover.
shipwreck, disasters, november, hostory, lakes, great, lake, ship, wrecks, wreck, wrecks, ship, shipping, ore more»
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Pacific Empress; Canadian Pacific Railways's Empress Liners
Stock #: KB10778
Author: Robert D. Turner
List Price: $49.95
Karen's Price:
$24.95
From Vancouver and Victoria on the west coast of British Columbia, across the North Pacific by the great circle route that skirts the Aleutian Islands, to Japan, Shanghai, Hong Kong and the Philippines; this was the realm of the Pacific Empresses. For fifty years these beautiful ocean liners provided a fast link with the Orient. The Empresses brough tea, silk, spices and produce from the Orient and returned with Canadian cargoes.
The first Empresses came to the Pacific in 1891, providing a fast, reliable steamship service connecting the western terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway with the Orient. The ships were the beautiful clipper-bowed Empresses of India, China and Japan. Later, as steamship design advanced and the service grew, the larger, record-breaking Empress of Russia and Empress of Asia joined the fleet. The Empresses consistently broke speed records for the North Pacific and set standards of service and reliability few steamship lines could match.While there were never more than four Empresses in trans-Pacific service at one time, they dominated the North Pacific until World War II. The war brought a dramatic end to the service as all the Empresses were pressed into action as troop ships. Hard cover. more»
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Pacific Princesses: History of Canadian Pacific Railway's Princess Fleet on the Northwest Coast
Stock #: KB10776
Author: Robert D Turner
List Price: $49.95
Karen's Price:
$24.95
The Pacific Princesses were the finest and most elegant coastal steamships on the Northwest Coast of North America. For over one hundred years, the Princesses and their predecessors provided the communication links, the routes to market and often the only means of travel along the rugged, glaciercarved Pacific coast. These famous steamships, still remembered with affection and fondness, were household names all along the coast. Beginning with the Princess May and the beautiful Princess Victoria, the fleet grew to include such wellremembered vessels as the Princesses Charlotte, Patricia, Alica, Adelade, Maquinna, Louise, Joan, Elizabeth, Marguerite, Kathleen, Elaine,and Norah. Included are sections on the great rate war between the Puget Sound Navigation Co. and the CPR just after the turn of the century; stories of the Alaska gold rush; tragic shipwrecks; the steamers of the famed Triagle Route between Victoria, Vancouver and Seattle; and the romantic night boats and the devopment of the modern automobile ferries. The steamships played a formative role in the development of the north Pacific coast of North America and the CPR's Princesses will long have a place in its history. Over 300 photographs and illustrations. Hard cover. more»
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Passenger Liners from Germany, 1816-1990
Stock #: 13794
Author: Clas Broder Hansen
OUT OF PRINT
With 300 large size illustrations, this book shows the whole development of German passenger ships from the first paddle steamers on river and lakes, to the early ocean liners equipped with auxiliary sails, to the luxury high speed steamers. Hard cover. more»
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Richmond
Stock #: 12367
Author: Donald Bastin
List Price: $21.99
Karen's Price:
$18.95
Spanning from the shores of San Francisco Bay to the rolling hills of the San Pablo Ridge, Richmond is a city with a history as diverse as its citizens. Many people have never seen the Richmond of yesterday, with its massive shipbuilding operations that employed thousands of steelworkers, both men and women, during World War II. At one point in the 1940s the city's shipyards had nearly 100,000 workers turning out Liberty ships and other vessels by the score for the war effort. Soft Cover. more»
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S.S. Moyie
Stock #: 20161
Author: Robert Turner
SOLD OUT
Memories of the oldest sternwheeler. Soft cover.
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SailBoats - Used
Stock #: 740240U
Author: Compton
OUT OF PRINT
Soft Cover.2003. Very good condition. This book attempts to trace the evolution and to celebrate in 500 images one of the most exciting and unpredictable sports in the world! Full color photos.To include classic and contemporary sailboats,featuring landmark models and profiles of top sailors! more»
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Shipwrecks and Rescues on the Northwest Coast
Stock #: 30020
Author: Webber
List Price: $0.00
Karen's Price:
$14.95
Book includes shipwrecks for over 130 years, including the 17 Japanese-related incidents of WWII. Includes lists of WWII Japanese torpedoing of ships on the West coast. 262 pages. B&W photos. Soft Cover.
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Steamboats
Stock #: 30006
Author: Karl Zimmermann
List Price: $19.95
Karen's Price:
$18.95
The story of lakers, ferries, & majestic paddle-wheelers. First take a wild ride across a stormy Lake Michigan. The author traces the development of steamboats. Stunning photos of steamboats from North American to European. Hard Cover. more»
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Steel on the Bottom, Great Lakes Shipwrecks
Stock #: 30018
Author: Frederick Stonehouse
List Price: $0.00
Karen's Price:
$16.95
This book is sure to please both the Great Lakes history and shipwreck buff. Includes historical photos, maps, illustrations & underwater photos.
A strong steel hull is no guarantee of safety or longevity on the Great Lakes. Storms, collisions, and human folly all played a role in sending these big steel ships to the bottom. Soft Cover.Great, lakes, shipwreck, history, boat, steel, ship, collision, bottom more»
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Strange & Unusual Shipwrecks on the Great Lakes
Stock #: 30019
Author: Wayne Louis Kadar
List Price: $0.00
Karen's Price:
$16.95
In this book the author researches and writes about obscure & strange shipwrecks in the Great Lakes. Crew error, weather anomalies & any number of strange occurrences can cause shipwrecks - and they do! Historical photos. Soft Cover. more»
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Suppliers of the Grey Wolves
Stock #: KB10756
Author: Axel Urbanke
List Price: $85.00
Karen's Price:
$74.95
NOW IN-STOCK! Text in English and German!! To the Allies they were target number one - the German submarine tankers. The Allied hunter-killer groups had express orders to sink the tankers first. The enemy knew that the German submarine tankers made it possible for
U-boats to operate off the east coast of the United States, South Africa, the west coast of Africa and the Caribbean. Unlike conventional tankers, these large Type XIV submarines, also known as “milk cows”, could reach their areas of operation without being discovered. The submarine tankers carried sufficient fuel, provisions, torpedoes and spare parts for up to 24 U-boats, doubling or tripling their normal endurance. The “milk cows” also carried a doctor who could treat sick or injured crewmen.
In 1942 the submarine tankers were able to rendezvous with the combat submarines at prearranged locations largely undisturbed. In 1943, however, all this changed. From the beginning of the year, the Allies succeeded in
decoding German radio transmissions and from these intercepts learned where the tankers and operational boats would be meeting. From then on
the tankers were hunted down relentlessly. Wherever the “milk cows” surfaced, Allied anti-submarine groups were waiting. Rapid transfer of supplies, often in bad weather, rendezvous points changed at the last minute, and attacks by Allied ASW aircraft became a part of everyday life for the “milk cow” crews. They often worked to the limits of their physical and mental endurance to complete their mission. In the end, all of the submarine tankers were sunk
by the Allies, the last in the summer of 1944. Hundreds of men went down with the submarines.
The story of the ten German submarine tankers in the Second World War has never been thoroughly documented in words and pictures. This book describes the difficult submarine tanker operations and the war waged by the crews against the power of the sea and the Allied anti-submarine forces and thus fills a significant gap in the history of the German submarine arm. Hard cover. more»
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Task Force 57
Stock #: KB10075
Author: Peter C. Smith
List Price: $18.95
Karen's Price:
$17.95
Formed in 1944 the British Pacific Fleet was to fight alongside the Americans and so was given an American codename - Task Force 57. Although overshadowed in numbers by the vast American task forces, Task Force 57 made a decisive contribution to victory in the Far East. Peter Smith's volume was the first to fully recount their story and still remains a definitive account of this 'forgotten fleet'. more»
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The American Line , 1871-1902
Stock #: 74063
Author: William Henry Flayhart
OUT OF PRINT
The early history of the American Line and the Red Star Line, this book offers insight into both the triumphs and the sebacks of American shipping companies in the last three decades of the nineteenth century. The binding is blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Richly illustrated in black & white and color photographs and drawings. Hrad cover. more»
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Those Beautiful Coastal Liners: The Canadian Pacific's Princesses
Stock #: 30002
Author: Robert D. Turner
List Price: $39.95
Karen's Price:
$19.95
The Princesses were the finest coastal liners on the Pacific coast. They broke all the intercity speed records between Vancouver, Victoria, and Seattle and established an enduring reputation for elegance and beauty that remained unmatched for over sixty years. Their names became legends along the coast and they were the best and often the only way to travel along the British Columbia Coast. The Princess Victoria, Princess Kathleen, and the lovely Princess Marguerite, the last of the coastal liners, are just a few of the beautiful steamships remembered in this all-new volume. This book spans the scenic Pacific coast from Seattle to Skagway. It passes remote coastal communities and logging camps along the famous Inside Passage known to thousands of cruise ship passengers today. Soft cover.
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Tugboats of New York
Stock #: 30005H
Author: George Matteson
OUT OF PRINT
The story of the development of the tugboat industry in one of the busiest seaports in the world. Includes the formation of New York Harbor, the birth of steam towing, the railroads and more. The photographs are outstanding. 272 pages. Hard Cover.
NY, new york, tugboats, history, steam towing, railroads, formation, tugs, nyc, hudson, water more»
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Tugboats of New York: An Illustrated History
Stock #: 30005S
Author: George Matteson
SOLD OUT
The story of the development of the tugboat industry in one of the busiest seaports in the world. Includes the formation of New York Harbor, the birth of steam towing, the railroads and more. The photographs are outstanding. 272 pages. Soft Cover. more»
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Tugboats of the Great Lakes: A Photo Gallery
Stock #: 30010
Author: Franz Von Riedel
List Price: $34.95
Karen's Price:
$31.95
This book takes an in-depth look into the ancient practices of Great Lakes ice-breaking, ship-assistance and towing. At the turn of the century, the towing industry changed forever with the consolidation of fleets and the design of the low-profile powerful steam ship-docking tug. This G-Tug design has become known all around the world. 120 Color. 200 B&W. 160 pages. Soft Cover.
tugboats, great lakes, towing, ice-breaking, history, steam ship, ship-docking tug, G-tug, ship assistance, ice breaking, tug, tugs more»
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Twelve Men Down: Massachusetts Sea Rescues
Stock #: 30000
Author: Robert H. Farson
List Price: $36.00
Karen's Price:
$24.95
This is the history of lifesaving along the coast from Martha's Vineyard to Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts. This book covers rescues near the coast by men who rowed small boats into mountainous waves, often in bitterly cold weather because there were people in danger. 191 historic B&W photos. Hard Cover.
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