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SEAMINE WARFARE

A Working Bibliography of MHI Sources

CONTENTS General Sources.....p.1 Pre-20th Century.....p.2 1900-1945.....p.3

GENERAL SOURCES

Friedman, Norman. US Naval Weapons: Every Gun, Missile, Mine, and Torpedo Used by the US Navy from 1883 to the Present Day. London: Conway, 1983. 287 p. VF347.F743.

Lenton, H.T. American and . NY: Arco, 1974. 64 p. V895L46.

Lott, Arnold S. Most Dangerous Sea: A History of Mine Warfare, and an Account of U.S. Navy Mine Warfare Operations in World War II and Korea. Annapolis: US Naval Institute, 1959. 322 p. D773L6.

Melia, Tamara M. "Damn the Torpedoes": A Short History of U.S. Countermeasures, 1777- 1991. Wash, DC: Naval Historical Center, 1991. 209 p. V856.5U6M45.

Patterson, Andrew, Jr., & Winters, Robert A., eds. Historical Bibliography of Sea Mine Warfare. Wash, DC: National Academy of Sciences, 1977. 137 p. Z6834M5P3.

See also: -Bibliographies on Coastal Defenses.

Sea Mine Warfare p.2

PRE-20TH CENTURY

Abbot, Henry L. Report Upon Experiments and Investigations to Develop a System of Mines for Defending the Harbors of the United States: Professional Papers of the Corps of Engineers, No 23. Wash, DC: GPO, 1881. 444 p. V856.5U6A22. Also Addenda I & II, dated 1882 & 1884.

Brown, W. Baker. History of Submarine Mining in the British Army. Chatam, England: Royal Eng Inst, 1910. 288 p. V856.5G7B76.

Bucknill, John Townsend. Submarine Mines and Torpedoes as Applied to Harbour Defence. NY: Wiley, 1889. 255 p. V856B82.

Dupont, Henri. Mines Sous-Marines Torpilles et Torpedos.... Paris: Berger-Levrault, 1895. 160 p. V850D8.

Fulton, Robert. Torpedo War and Submarine Explosions. Chicago: Swallow, 1971 reprint of 1810 ed. 60 p. V850F9752.

King, W.R. Torpedoes: Their Invention and Use, From the First Application to the Art of War to the Present Time. Wash, DC: Corps of Engineers, 1866. 98 p., 33 plates. V850K56.

Lundeberg, Philip K. Samuel Colt's Submarine Battery. Wash, DC: Smithsonian Inst, 1974. 90 p. V856.5U6L86.

Perry, Milton F. Infernal Machines: The Story of Confederate Submarine and Mine Warfare. Baton Rouge: LSU, 1965. 231 p. E596P4.

Stotherd, R.H. Notes on Torpedoes, Offensive and Defensive. Wash, DC: GPO, 1872. 318 p. V850S86.

U.S. War Dept. Provisional Manual for Submarine Mining New System. Wash, DC: GPO, 1906. 80 p. V856.5U6P76.

Wolters, Timothy S. “Electric Torpedoes in the Confederacy: Reconciling Conflicting Histories.” Journal of Military History (Jul 2008): pp. 755-83. Per.

See also:

Bibliography on in Civil War-Naval.

Sea Mine Warfare p.3

1900-1945

Campos, Lomba, Justino de, and Axevedo Milanex, Joao Francisco de. Manual de Mina, Sautter-Harle. Rio de Janeiro: Superintendencia de Navegacao, 1909. 40 p., plates UG490C19.

Great Britain. Ministry of Info. His Majesty's Minesweepers. London: HMSO, 1943. 62 p. D771G73no1.

Illustrations of Submarines, Torpedoes and Mines. Wash, DC: GPO, 1918. 23 p. V857I44.

Low, A.M. Mine and Countermine. NY: Sheridan, 1940. 224 p. V856L68.

Manual de Mina de Defeza, Sautter, Harle & Co: Modelo de 1901. Rio de Janeiro: Liga Maritima Brazileira, 1910. 84 p., drawings. UG490F38.

Noalhat, H. Les Torpilles et les Mines sons-marines. Paris: Berger-Levrault, 1905. 432 p. V850N6.

Sprengstoff A. The Fish-Mine, Model of 1914. Hamburg, Germany: Sprengstoff, Jan 1914. 11 p., plates. UG490576.

"Training Divers." United States Naval Institute Proceedings (Jul/Dec 1935): pp. 1674-1684. Per.

U.S. Army Coast Artillery School. Location and Repair of Faults in Submarine Mine Cable: Artillery Notes No 33. Ft Monroe: School Press, 1913. 16 p. V856.5U6L62.

_____. Dept of Engineering and Mine Defense. Weekly Mine Command Inspection: Artillery Notes No. 36. Ft Monroe: School Press, 1914. 27 p. UG490W43.

U.S. War Dept. Military Diving: Technical Manual 5-475, dated 1944. 80 p. MilPub-TM.

See also: -Bibliography on US Army Service in Coast Defense.