Naval history: the Sixth Symposium of the U.S. Naval Academy, Volume 1983

755 Pages·1987·2.63 MB·English

by  Daniel M. Masterson

Naval History : The Sixth Symposium of
title:
the U.S. Naval Academy
author: Masterson, Daniel M.
publisher: Scholarly Resources, Inc.
isbn10 | asin: 0842022783
print isbn13: 9780842022781
ebook isbn13: 9780585196473
language: English
Naval art and science--History--Congresses,
subject
Naval history--Congresses.
publication date: 1987
lcc: V27.U55 1983eb
ddc: 359/.009
Naval art and science--History--Congresses,
subject:
Naval history--Congresses.
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Naval History
The Sixth Symposium of the U.S. Naval Academy
Daniel M. Masterson
General Editor
with
Richard P. Abels
Ted Bogacz
Thomas Brennan
William B. Cogar
Phyllis Culham
Robert W. Love
Don T. Sine
Jack Sweetman
Craig L. Symonds
Philip W. Warken
Roger T. Zeimet
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The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements
of the American National Standard for permanence of paper for
printed library materials, Z39.48, 1984.
©1987 by Scholarly Resources Inc.
All rights reserved
First published 1987
Printed and bound in the United States of America
Scholarly Resources Inc.
104 Greenhill Avenue
Wilmington, Delaware 19805-1897
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
United States Naval Academy History Symposium
(6th: 1983)
Naval history.
"Papers of the Sixth Naval History Symposium held
at the U.S. Naval Academy on 29-30 September 1983"
Foreword.
1. Naval art and scienceHistoryCongresses.
2. Naval historyCongresses. I. Masterson,
Daniel M. II. Title.
V27.U55 1983 359'.009 86-29858
ISBN 0-8420-2278-3
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To My Wife Deborah
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CONTENTS
Foreword xi
Contributors xiii
Part I
Navies in the Early Age of Sail
The Harbor of Herod the Great at Caesarea Maritima: The 3
Expansion of Rome in the Eastern Mediterranean
Robert Lindley Vann
New Evidence for the Study of Warships and Naval 20
Warfare in Antiquity Based on the Discovery of the Athlit
Bronze Ram
Elisha Linder
Public Opinion and the Role of Sea Power in Athens, 404- 26
322 B.C.
Josiah Ober
Fourth-Century Athenian Citizen Colonies in the Aegean: 32
An Aspect of Naval/Military Policy
Jack Cargill
Historiographic Constraints in Reconstructing the Battle of 39
Artemision
K. R. Walters
Possible Ptolemaic Influence on the Carthaginian Navy in 53
the First Punic War
Ellen E. Rice
The Logistics of the Anglo-Saxon Invasions 62
Michael E. Jones
Contingency Planning and the Defeat of the Spanish 70
Armada
Ronald Pollitt
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Part II
New Perspectives on British Sea Power
British Strategy during the First World War in the Context 85
of Four Centuries: Blue-Water versus Continental
Commitment
Daniel A. Baugh
The Nature of Mutiny in the British Navy in the 111
Eighteenth Century
Arthur N. Gilbert
The Dreadnought Revolution Reconsidered 121
Karl Lautenschläger
Part III
Naval Technology, Diplomacy, and Intelligence
Give Us a Chance: Shipbuilding on the Great Lakes 149
during World War II
Richard J. Wright
Navy Shipbuilders "Discover" Welding 157
Robert H. Peebles
The Washington Naval Conference of 1921-22 in Anglo- 167
French Relations
Donald S. Birn
Arms Limitation Agreements and the Evolution of 179
Weaponry: The Case of the "Treaty Cruiser"
Ernest Andrade, Jr.
Naval Intelligence in Peacetime: Britain's Problems in 191
Assessing the German Threat, 1933-39
Wesley K. Wark
The Origins of the Office of Naval Research 206
Harvey M. Sapolsky
Espionage and Allied Shipping during World War II 226
Leslie B. Rout, Jr., and John F. Bratzel
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Part IV
World War II Naval and Amphibious Operations
The Fleet Between: Anglo-American Diplomacy and 237
Force X, 1940-43
Calvin W. Hines
The United States and the Caribbean, 1914-41 256
Donald A. Yerxa
Early Carrier Raids during World War II 263
Edwin T. Layton
Assignment: British Pacific Fleet 267
Paul B. Kincade
Medical Aspects of Amphibious Operations Involving 276
U.S. Army Forces during the War against Japan
Mary, Ellen Condon
Part V
Biographical Naval Studies and Material History
Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers: Mentor of the New 291
Navy
Stephen D. Brown
The Papers of John Paul Jones 302
James C. Bradford
Trends in the Study of Ship Design 313
Dana M. Wegner
Use of Historical Naval Ships as Museum Settings 319
James W. Cheevers
The Dilemma of Warship Preservation 349
Philip M. Callaghan
Two Armed Schooners from the War of 1812: The 354
Hamilton-Scourge Project
Barry Lord