![]() Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-251) and index By the end, you will be able to explore many 'Hidden Warship' wrecks without getting your feet wet". Hidden Warships concludes with a list of preserved World War II ships, an Internet resource guide, and bibliography and suggested reading list for the enthusiast to continue the exploration. Author and naval history expert Nicholas Veronico also profiles the extensive postwar 'mothball' fleets and many others. In addition to the many combat ships that were sunk across the globe and have been located, a number of submarines once lost in action have recently been found, including the aircraft carrying Japanese sub I-401, the USS Grunion, and the combined fleet sunk while testing atomic bombs at Bikini Atoll, including the German cruiser Prince Eugen. In an accessible format with over 200 illustrations, Hidden Warships details the combat, recovery, and preservation of combat ships from World War II-beginning with the Japanese midget submarine attacks on Pearl Harbor-to the sinking of the postwar aircraft carrier USS Oriskany. The many resulting shipwrecks from this immense war unintentionally created a record of new warfighting technologies that today's armchair explorers and shipwreck hunters can participate in. World War II produced many epic naval battles and technologies. "Read about and see the unique stories of the combat history, recovery, and preservation of World War II-era combat ships from around the world. This book follows the author's Hidden Warbirds series". He has written more than two dozen books on U.S."Hidden Warships profiles the search for and discovery of sunken World War II-era ships as well as the history behind the vessels, including over 150 historic and modern photos. Veronico is a public affairs officer at the Astronomical Society of the Pacific for NASA's SOFIA Program and a past president of the Society of Aviation History. This work is illustrated throughout with two hundred photos, including archival photos from World War II as well as before and after photos of recovery and restoration. Each recovery demands its own unique approach, and Veronico interviews the men and women who solve the problems and save the warbirds. bombers and fighters to Japanese Bettys and Zeros, discovered all over the world in locations like Alaska, Greenland, Lake Michigan, and Papua New Guinea. Hidden Warbirds covers a wide range of aircraft, from U.S. Often painted and named for specific historical aircraft, these recovered warbirds become stars of museums and airshows, the roar of their piston engines bringing the past back to life. Whether sunken in swamps or perched on mountainsides, buried under snow or resting on lake bottoms, the teams struggle to remove aircraft in a way that will allow them to put them all back together later on. Incomplete wrecks can be combined into one airworthy plane, while surplus and fabricated parts finish the restoration. Remote and dangerous locations provide many challenges for salvaging the damaged and deteriorating aircraft. Veronico tells the stories of the pilots and planes as well as the recovery and restoration teams that get these aircraft out of the wilds and into the air. ![]() Specialized teams compete to salvage these historic aircraft and, if possible, return them to flyable condition. In Hidden Warbirds, aviation historian Nicholas A. ![]() Shot down, crash-landed, or sometimes just abandoned, the warbirds of World War II, both Allied and Axis, rust away in strange and surprising locations-in lakes and oceans, glaciers and garages, jungles and swamps.
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