Impact of the General Board of the Navy on Interwar Submarine Design

von Jeffery K. Juergens

146 Seiten, Taschenbuch

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The United States submarine force underwent significant improvement between the two world wars. In World War I, United States' submarines sank no enemy ships. A little over 20 years later the United States' submarine force crippled Japan's war efforts. One of the reasons was that the Navy had developed the Gato class submarine, which was successful independently operating in the vast Pacific Ocean in support of War Plan Orange. The group in the interwar Navy responsible for ship and submarine characteristics was a group of Admirals called the General Board of the Navy. This thesis examined the General Board of the Navy's impact on submarine design between World War One and World War Two. Using transcripts of the General Board's meetings, improvements in submarine offensive armament, propulsion, endurance and habitability were examined.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

• Reihe: BiblioScholar
• ISBN: 9781249367901
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 13.09.2012
• Größe: 234 x 156 mm
• Verlag: British Library, Historical Print Editions