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Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as navy)
avg rating 4.07 — 62,962 ratings — published 1969
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as navy)
avg rating 4.36 — 11,553 ratings — published 2003
Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as navy)
avg rating 4.30 — 7,307 ratings — published 2011
Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as navy)
avg rating 4.24 — 11,067 ratings — published 1998
The Caine Mutiny (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as navy)
avg rating 4.29 — 26,763 ratings — published 1951
Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U. S. Navy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as navy)
avg rating 4.38 — 7,602 ratings — published 2006
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as navy)
avg rating 4.17 — 198,709 ratings — published 2023
The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King—the Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as navy)
avg rating 4.33 — 4,476 ratings — published 2011
H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)
by (shelved 13 times as navy)
avg rating 4.42 — 21,231 ratings — published 1973
Sea Power: The History and Geopolitics of the World's Oceans (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as navy)
avg rating 3.73 — 1,685 ratings — published 2017
No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as navy)
avg rating 4.03 — 57,444 ratings — published 2012
Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as navy)
avg rating 4.34 — 100,081 ratings — published 2006
The Mauritius Command (Aubrey & Maturin, #4)
by (shelved 12 times as navy)
avg rating 4.35 — 18,249 ratings — published 1977
Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)
by (shelved 12 times as navy)
avg rating 4.41 — 16,230 ratings — published 1978
Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as navy)
avg rating 4.26 — 25,033 ratings — published 1972
Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as navy)
avg rating 3.76 — 11,798 ratings — published 2015
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as navy)
avg rating 4.18 — 19,103 ratings — published 1950
The Fortune of War (Aubrey & Maturin, #6)
by (shelved 11 times as navy)
avg rating 4.41 — 15,038 ratings — published 1979
Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as navy)
avg rating 4.46 — 11,042 ratings — published 2019
Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as navy)
avg rating 4.61 — 10,010 ratings — published 2011
The Good Shepherd (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as navy)
avg rating 4.18 — 10,257 ratings — published 1955
Lieutenant Hornblower (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #2)
by (shelved 10 times as navy)
avg rating 4.32 — 13,438 ratings — published 1952
His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as navy)
avg rating 4.07 — 110,792 ratings — published 2006
Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as navy)
avg rating 4.23 — 20,965 ratings — published 2013
Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as navy)
avg rating 4.48 — 3,675 ratings — published 2005
The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan, #3)
by (shelved 9 times as navy)
avg rating 4.12 — 387,291 ratings — published 1984
In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as navy)
avg rating 4.33 — 23,432 ratings — published 2001
The Far Side of the World (Aubrey & Maturin, #10)
by (shelved 9 times as navy)
avg rating 4.45 — 13,576 ratings — published 1984
The Surgeon's Mate (Aubrey & Maturin, #7)
by (shelved 9 times as navy)
avg rating 4.40 — 14,044 ratings — published 1980
Sailing True North: Ten Admirals and the Voyage of Character (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as navy)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,026 ratings — published 2019
The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 (ebook)
by (shelved 8 times as navy)
avg rating 3.93 — 1,189 ratings — published 1890
1812: The Navy's War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as navy)
avg rating 3.98 — 777 ratings — published 2011
The Ionian Mission (Aubrey & Maturin, #8)
by (shelved 8 times as navy)
avg rating 4.32 — 11,960 ratings — published 1981
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as navy)
avg rating 3.99 — 75,862 ratings — published 1995
Principles of Maritime Strategy (Dover Military History, Weapons, Armor)
by (shelved 7 times as navy)
avg rating 4.00 — 347 ratings — published 1911
To Rule the Waves: How Control of the World's Oceans Shapes the Fate of the Superpowers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as navy)
avg rating 4.23 — 352 ratings — published
The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945 (ebook)
by (shelved 7 times as navy)
avg rating 4.48 — 2,377 ratings — published 2016
American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as navy)
avg rating 4.03 — 140,147 ratings — published 2012
Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story of a Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm, and an Untold Rescue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as navy)
avg rating 4.20 — 2,057 ratings — published 2007
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as navy)
avg rating 4.17 — 117,728 ratings — published 2000
The Yellow Admiral (Aubrey & Maturin, #18)
by (shelved 7 times as navy)
avg rating 4.37 — 9,328 ratings — published 1996
The Hundred Days (Aubrey & Maturin, #19)
by (shelved 7 times as navy)
avg rating 4.37 — 8,750 ratings — published 1998
The Reverse of the Medal (Aubrey & Maturin, #11)
by (shelved 7 times as navy)
avg rating 4.43 — 10,946 ratings — published 1986
Fleet Tactics and Naval Operations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as navy)
avg rating 4.24 — 143 ratings — published
World War II at Sea: A Global History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as navy)
avg rating 4.56 — 1,427 ratings — published 2018
The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights (Audio CD)
by (shelved 6 times as navy)
avg rating 4.04 — 6,610 ratings — published 2014
The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 (The Pacific War Trilogy, 2)
by (shelved 6 times as navy)
avg rating 4.62 — 6,965 ratings — published 2015
The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as navy)
avg rating 4.49 — 369 ratings — published 1974
HMS Ulysses (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as navy)
avg rating 4.08 — 7,908 ratings — published 1955
“As night fell, Yamamoto, aboard the huge battleship Yamato, steamed eastward at full speed into the night. Far ahead the destroyers went to flank speed to search for the US carriers. Lookouts, with the best night-vision binoculars in the world, swept the night horizon where the very dark sky meets the black ocean. The faintest shape, the tiniest pinprick of light, would show there was something out there, like the superstructure of a ship over the horizon. There was nothing.”
― Diplomats & Admirals: From Failed Negotiations and Tragic Misjudgments to Powerful Leaders and Heroic Deeds, the Untold Story of the Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway
― Diplomats & Admirals: From Failed Negotiations and Tragic Misjudgments to Powerful Leaders and Heroic Deeds, the Untold Story of the Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway
“The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one’s country”
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