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Confederate Submarines and Torpedo Vessels 1861-65

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Type: Softcover

Product Line: New Vanguard - Submarines

MSRP old price: $17.95


Product Info

Title
Confederate Submarines and Torpedo Vessels 1861-65
Publisher
Category
Author
Angus Konstam
Publish Year
2006
Pages
48
Dimensions
7.5x9.5x.25"
NKG Part #
2147394274
MFG. Part #
OSPNVG103
Type
Softcover
Series
NVG103

Description

The primary Union strategy during the American Civil War was a massive naval blockade of the entire Southern coastline of the Confederacy, and it was in the effort to counter this blockade that the Confederates developed their first submarines and torpedo boats. This book traces the development of these new technologies, including the CSS ‘Little David’ and ‘Hunley’ - respectively the first torpedo boat and submarine to sink an enemy warship. The wreck of the ‘Hunley’ was raised in 2000, and this is the first book ever to integrate details of its recovery with an account of Confederate submarines in action.