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United States Naval History: Logistics

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United States Naval History: Logistics

Ballantine, Duncan S. U.S. Naval Logistics in the Second World War. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton Univ. Press, 1947. 308 pp.

Carter, Worrall R. Beans, Bullets and Black Oil: The Story of Fleet Logistics Afloat in the Pacific During World War II. Washington: GPO, 1953. 482 pp.

Carter, Worrall R., and Elmer E. Duvall. Ships, Salvage, and Sinews of War: The Story of Fleet Logistics Afloat in Atlantic and Mediterranean Waters During World War II. Washington: GPO, 1954. 533 pp.

Charles, Roland W. Troopships of World War II. Washington: Army Transportation Assn., 1947. 374 pp.

Clephane, Lewis P. History of the Naval Overseas Transportation Service in World War I. Washington: GPO, 1969. 283 pp.

Selected from the Naval Records and Library manuscript collection, this 1920 monograph was edited and revised for publication by the Naval History Division in 1969.

Connery, Robert H. The Navy and the Industrial Mobilization in World War II. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton Univ. Press, 1951. 527 pp.

Dyer, George C. Naval Logistics. 2d ed. Annapolis: U.S. Naval Institute 1962. 367 pp.

Eccles, Henry E. Logistics in the National Defense. Harrisburg, Pa.: Stackpole, 1959. 347 pp.

Gleaves, Albert. A History of the Transport Service: Adventures and Experiences of United States Transports and Cruisers in the World War. New York: Doran, 1921. 284 pp.

Hammer, David H. Lion Six. Annapolis: U.S. Naval Institute, 1947. 107 pp.

Building and maintenance of the Naval Operating Base on Guam during World War II.

Hooper, Edwin B. Mobility, Support, Endurance: A Story of Naval Operational Logistics in the Vietnam War, 1965-1968. Washington: GPO, 1972. 278 pp.

Land, Emory S. Winning the War With Ships: Land, Sea and Air-Mostly Land. New York: McBride, 1958. 310 pp.

Autobiography; primarily the war period and the author's contributions to shipping control and shipbuilding.

Syrett, David. Shipping and the American War 1775-83: A Study of British Transport Organization. London: Univ. of London, Athlone Press, 1970. 274 pp.

Tregaskis, Richard. Southeast Asia: Building the Bases: The History of Construction in Southeast Asia. Washington: GPO, 1975. 466 pp.

U.S. Bureau of Yards and Docks. Activities of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, Navy Department, World War, 1917-1918. Washington: GPO, 1921. 522 pp.

_____. Building the Navy's Bases in World War II: History of the Bureau of Yards and Docks and the Civil Engineering Corps, 1940-1946. Washington: GPO, 1947. 2 vols.

U.S. Joint Logistics Review Board. Logistics Support in the Vietnam Era: A Report. Washington: 1970. 3 vols.

The report consists of three major volumes and eighteen monographs. Vol. 1 is an executive summary; Vol. 2 is an overall review of logistic support; Vol. 3 is a compilation of the summary chapters of the monographs.

Van Creveld, Martin. Supplying War: Logistics From Wallenstein to Patton. Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1977. 284 pp.
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