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Hard Back. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First Edition. 505 Pages Indexed. Blue Boards with gold lettering and gold decoration on front. Jacket has some chipping to edges. This is a joint publication of the Naval Historical Center and Naval Sea Systems Command. Illustrated with Tables, Illustrations, Photographs, Diagrams, and Maps. This chronicle traces the evolution of U.S. Navy salvage forces and of salvage operations within the Navy. Salvage operations, and indeed Navy salvage as a whole, cannot be looked at as a series of independent, random incidents. Like the Navy itself, salvage operations are part of a constantly changing continuum affected by changes in technology, national policy, budgets, and other influences inside and outside the Navy. Only by viewing salvage operations in this way can we understand the evolution of salvage within the Navy, the value of Navy salvage to the nation, and the place of salvage operations in the maritime activity of the world. Salvage is not for everyone. It is hard work-dirty, dangerous, and demanding. The jobs look easier than they are. The risks are high, the problems severe and unique, and the line between success and failure thin. Salvage is also tremendously exciting and satisfying. The thrill of a salvor when a stranded ship refloats or a sunken wreck rises has few parallels. On the other hand, the defeats are devastating. Because salvage is the kind of work it is, it attracts people who invariably have tremendous abilities and confidence, with egos to match. It also requires mature individuals willing to take extraordinary risks but with the judgment not to take unnecessary ones, and who are able to submerge their egos so they can function as members of a team. Contents in Ten chapters: The Early Days, Between Wars, World War II Begins, Fleet Operations in World War II The European Theater, Fleet Operations in World War II The Pacific Theater, Navy Salvage After World War II, The Vietnam Era, Moving Toward The Nineties, Navy Salvage in The Deep Ocean, and In Retrospect.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: See Description. 1st Edition. Mud, Muscle, and Miracles: Marine Salvage in the United States Navy, Bartholomew, C. A, USN. Published by Department of the Navy, Washington D. C., 1990. First Edition. Joint publication of the Naval Historical Center and Naval Sea Systems Command. 8vo up to 9½" tall. xxvi, 505pp., frontis, photos, illustrations, maps, tables, appendices, bibliography and index. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles front and spine. Volume is in unread condition; jacket has light shelf wear.…