The Naval History of the United States

Abbot's fighting history of the American navy — privateers and frigates, the Bon Homme Richard and the Constitution, told battle by battle with the smoke still in the rigging.

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Chapter III (III)

HOW THE NAVY HAS GROWN. -THE COST AND CHARACTER OF OUR NEW WHITE SHIPS OF WAR. OUR PERIOD OF NAVAL WEAKNESS AND OUR ADVANCE TO A PLACE AMONG THE GREAT NAVAL POWERS. -THE NEW DEVICES OF NAVAL WARFARE. -THE TOR- PEDO, THE DYNAMITE GUN, AND THE MODERN RIFLE.-ARMOR AND ITS POSSIBILITIES, 1014 assigzitnora aoioonigai

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