Nautilus to Columbia
70 years of the US Navy's Nuclear Submarines
$168.78
- Hardcover
352 pages
- Release Date
26 February 2024
Summary
A highly illustrated history of the US Navy’s nuclear submarine program, from the postwar years to the 2020 Columbia-class SSBNs.
James C. Goodall covers the origins, design and development of the US Navy’s fleet of nuclear-powered submarines. This program was developed under the command of Hiram G. Rickover, the “Father of the Nuclear Navy” who oversaw the commissioning of the very first nuclear-powered attack submarine, the USS Nautilus (SSN 571) in 1952. T…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472856500 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1472856503 |
| Author: | James C. Goodall |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Osprey Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 26 February 2024 |
| Weight: | 2.10kg |
| Dimensions: | 244mm x 312mm x 28mm |
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Nautilus to Columbia is very much a coffee table book, featuring an excellent selection of photographs, and would certainly appeal to anyone with an interest in submarines or the US Navy. It is recommended. * The Naval Review *
About The Author
James C. Goodall
James C. Goodall is a published author with 27 books in print. He is a recognized authority both on low-observable aircraft, such as the F-117, B-2A, the Lockheed ‘twins’ (F-22 and F-35) and the Lockheed Skunk Works family of Blackbirds, and the US Navy’s fleet of modern-day fast attack and ballistic missile submarines. He has been photographing and writing about ‘spooky’ military aircraft, naval ships and submarines for the past 35 years, and his last book, 75 years of the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, was published by Osprey in 2021.
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