Battle of the Atlantic
, by Morison, Samuel Eliot
- ISBN: 9780316583015 | 0316583014
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 1/30/1947
Recounts the role of the United States in World War II at sea, from encounters in the Atlantic before the country entered the war to the surrender of Japan
| Foreword | p. vii |
| Preface | p. ix |
| Introduction, The United States Navy Between World Wars | p. xxxiii |
| International Limitation of Naval Armaments | p. xxxv |
| Pacifist Propaganda | p. xli |
| The "Billy Mitchell" Crusade | p. xlv |
| Development of Fleet Aviation | p. xlix |
| Development of Amphibious Warfare | p. liii |
| General Progress | p. lvi |
| Comparison of Naval Strength | p. lx |
| Abbreviations Used in Text | p. 2 |
| The Naval Antagonists, 1939-1940 | p. 3 |
| The Nazi Navy and Naval Policy | p. 3 |
| The Royal Navies | p. 11 |
| The Neutrality Patrol of the Atlantic Squadron | p. 13 |
| Transatlantic Convoys under Anglo-Canadian Escort, September 1939-December 1940 | p. 17 |
| Convoy Definitions | p. 17 |
| The Transatlantic Convoys | p. 19 |
| Effect of the Fall of France, June 1940 | p. 22 |
| "Short of War" Policy, June 1940-March 1941 | p. 27 |
| The "Two-Ocean Navy" | p. 27 |
| Martinique and Neutrality Patrol | p. 30 |
| The Destroyer-Naval Base Deal with Britain | p. 33 |
| Lend-Lease | p. 36 |
| Staff Conversations and Basic Strategic Decisions, August 1940-March 1941 | p. 38 |
| Admiral Stark and Exploratory Conversations | |
| The Basic Strategic Concept of the War | |
| Transatlantic Escort Plans and the Support Force | p. 48 |
| "Short of War" Operations, March-August 1941 | p. 56 |
| British Transatlantic Convoys, March-May 1941 | p. 56 |
| Greenland and Western Hemisphere Defense | p. 58 |
| The Crisis of Midsummer, 1941 | p. 64 |
| Unlimited National Emergency | |
| The Escort-building Program | |
| Azores or Iceland? | |
| Casco and Argentia | |
| The Atlantic Conference | |
| The United States Navy Joins Battle, September-December 1941 | p. 74 |
| From Patrol to Escort Duty | p. 74 |
| Occupation of Iceland; Operation Plans of July | |
| Attack on U.S.S. Greer; de Facto War Begins | |
| Atlantic Patrol | |
| Navy Begins Escort Duty | |
| First Blood for the Nazis | p. 92 |
| Attack on Convoy SC-48; U.S.S. Kearny | |
| Sinking of U.S.S. Reuben James; Winter Escort Duty | |
| Convoy Procedure and Early Lessons | p. 99 |
| Procedure | |
| Communications | |
| The Fueling Problem | |
| The First American Convoy to the Orient, WS-12X | p. 109 |
| The German Submarine Offensive of 1942, January-July 1942 | p. 114 |
| Transatlantic Convoys, December 1941-June 1942 | p. 114 |
| The Assault on Coastal and Caribbean Shipping | p. 125 |
| From New England South | |
| Gulf Sea Frontier | |
| Caribbean | |
| Off the Canal Entrance | |
| First Kills of U-Boats | p. 154 |
| The North Russia Run, December 1941-July 1942 | p. 158 |
| Conditions and Urgencies | p. 158 |
| The Tough Month of March | p. 164 |
| Task Force 39 | p. 167 |
| Convoys PQ-16 and QP-13 | p. 171 |
| The Ordeal of PQ-17 | p. 179 |
| Missions to Malta, April-May 1942 | p. 193 |
| Trends and Conclusions, January-June 1942 | p. 198 |
| The Organization of Anti-Submarine Warfare, 1939-1942 | p. 302 |
| The Complex Problem | p. 202 |
| Administration and Sea Frontiers | p. 205 |
| Weapons and Devices | p. 200 |
| Anti-Submarine Weapons | |
| Sound Geac and Sound Schools | |
| The Anti-Submarine Warfare Unit | |
| Scientists at Operational Level | |
| Radar in Anti-Submarine Applications | |
| The High-Frequency Direction-Finder | |
| The Anti-Submarine Fleet | p. 229 |
| Subchasers | |
| The Subchaser School at Miami | |
| Cutters, Gunboats and Destroyers | |
| Air Power and the Submarine | p. 237 |
| The Army Anti-Submarine Air Command | |
| The Naval Air Patrol | |
| Coastal Convoys | p. 252 |
| Atlantic Coast Shipping Lanes | |
| "Bucket Brigades" | |
| Convoys Extended Coastwise | |
| Caribbean Convoys | |
| The Interlocking System | |
| Amateurs and Auxiliaries | p. 266 |
| The Patrols | p. 266 |
| Inshore | |
| Ship Lane | |
| Coastal Picket | |
| Civil Air | |
| Mystery Ships | p. 281 |
| Fishermen and Air Observers | p. 286 |
| Merchant Ships and Their Armament | p. 290 |
| Ship Production | p. 290 |
| Naval Armed Guards | p. 296 |
| Examples, Errors and Lessons, January-June 1942 | p. 303 |
| Ten Months' Incessant Battle, July 1942-April 1943 | p. 311 |
| Trends | p. 311 |
| Transatlantic Convoys | p. 317 |
| Daylight Attacks | |
| The Midwinter Blitz | |
| Troop Convoys | |
| Heineman's Harriers | |
| Gulf and Caribbean | p. 346 |
| Central Transatlantic Convoys | p. 352 |
| North Russia Convoys | p. 358 |
| Tuscaloosa's Mission | |
| Convoy PQ-18 | |
| "Trickle" and Renewed Convoys | |
| American Seamen in North Russia Ports | |
| "Deus E Brasileiro," September 1941-April 1943 | p. 376 |
| Unescorted Ships with Armed Guards | p. 392 |
| Analysis and Conclusion, April 1943 | p. 400 |
| The Situation from the German Point of View | p. 400 |
| The Situation from the Allied Point of View | p. 403 |
| Losses of Merchant Shipping | p. 410 |
| Monthly Sinkings of German and Italian Submarines | p. 415 |
| Arming of Merchant Vessels | p. 416 |
| Mine Fields Laid by U-Boats in Western Atlantic, 1942 | p. 417 |
| The Support Force Atlantic Fleet, 18 March 1941 | p. 418 |
| The Atlantic Fleet of the United States Navy, August 1942 | p. 419 |
| Index | p. 423 |
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