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Last update:	11 Dec 2003
Scope:		This page is a collection of useful books on the subject
		of submarines and specifically design and contruction
		concerns.
Note:		Some books are out of print. Need to use a used book 
		finder like http://www.bookfinder.com to find a copy.

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Title:	Submarine: A Guided Tour Inside a Nuclear Warship
Author:	Tom Clancy 
Pub.:	Berkley Books, The BerkelyPublishing Group, 200 Madison 
	Avenue, New York, New York, 10016
Pages:	328
Year:	1993
ISBN:	0-425-13873-9
Cost:	$14.95
Synop.:	Discusses the general layout and operation of both United States
	Navy and British Nuclear submarines. With some discussion to
	Soviet submarines. Some practicle information. The best part
	is the Bibliography. Clancy did a lot of research and he has
	a good set of references in the Bibliography.	
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Title:	Cambridge Ocean Technology: Series 2: Concepts in Submarine
	Design
Author:	Roy Burcher and Louis Rydill 
Pub.:	The Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge, The Pitt
	Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RP, England
Pages:	300
Year:	1994
ISBN:	0 521 55926 x	paperback
Cost:	~$40.00-$60.00
Synop.:	Written by two engineers who have 30 plus years of designing
	experience with Britain's diesel-electric submarines. They	
	touch on quite a few topics related to submarine design. From
	a brief history to design concepts like hydrostatics, weight/
	space relationships, structures, powering, control, building
	and a practicle assembly and construction approach. In those
	areas that are to complex to be covered in their book they
	give you some praticle advice and rules of thumb.
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Title:	Rules for Building and Classing Underwater
        Vehicles, Systems, and Hyperbaric Facilities
Author:	American Bureau of Shipping & Affiliated Companies
Pub.:	American Bureau of Shipping & Affiliated Companies
	Two World Trade Center, 106th Floor
	New York, NY 10048 U.S.A.
Pages:	100+
Year:	1990 with 15 May 1995 update notes.
ISBN:	None. Sold under ABS only.
Cost:	$75 + tax and shipping
Synop.:	ABS is a shipping and vessel certification company. If a
		vessel like a submarine meets their spec they certify it.
		The spec is very detailed as to what standards a submarine
		needs to meet, yet the actually design is not specified so
		the building can do what he wants to as long as he
		meets the standard. Sections included hull, rib design and
		spacing, crush depth analysis, testing and certification
		process, view port design, and much more.
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Title:	Acrylic Plastic Viewports
Author:	Jerry D. Stachiw

Pub.:	Marcel Dekker, Inc.
        270 Madison Avenue
        New York, NY  10016 
Pages:	
Year:	
ISBN:	
Cost:	$100
Synop.:	Very detailed discussion into acrylic viewports. This topic
	was Jerry's lifes work. Complete with charts and tables
	derived at via imperical tests. Including destructive
	and cyclical testing.

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Title:  Practical Stress Analysis in Engineering Design
Author: Blake, Alexander
Pub.:   Decker, Marcel, Inc
	New York
Pages:  645
Year:   1982
ISBN:   0824713702
Cost:   
Synop.: An engineering book with one chapter devoted to external pressure.
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Title:  Principles of Naval Architecture
Author: Comstock, JP (ed)
Pub.:   SNAME
	New York
Pages:  
Year:   1967
ISBN:   
Cost:   
Synop.: An engineering book with one chapter devoted to submarine 
        pressure hull design.
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Title:  Submarine Design
Author: Ulrich Gabler
Pub.:   Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Koblenz
Pages:
Year:   
ISBN:	3-7637-0124-9
Cost:
Synop.: This is originally in German, then translated to English. It is a 
	book similar in some ways to "Concepts in Submraine Design, 
	Cambridge Press", which you do have listed. I actually got mine 
	from Germany, but I know it can be found at least at 
	university libraries and perhaps even can be purchased in the states.
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Title:  Submersible Vehicle Systems Design
Author:	E. Eugene Allmendinger
Pub.:   The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
	601 Pavonia Avenue
	Jersey City, N.J. 07306
Pages:
Year:  	1990
ISBN:	0-939773-08-6
	9-990678-45-6 [amazon.com]
Cost:	$75
Synop.:	This is pretty technical, but has useful info.
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Title:  U. S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History
Author: Norman Friedman
Pub.:	Naval Institute Press
Pages:	352, hardcover
Year:   January 1995
ISBN:   
Cost:   $46 from barnesandnoble.com
Synop.:	Covers the history of U. S. Submarines from the beginnings through 
	1945.	Has some tidbits as to what was defficient with which 
	designs and what the next model was addresses. Points out that 
	submarine design is often evolutional.
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Title:	Structures - or why things dont fall down 
Author: J. E. Gordon
Pub.:   
Pages:  
Year:   
ISBN: 	0-14-021961-7
Cost: 	$10 
Synop.: 
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Title:	The new science of strong materials - or why you dont fall 
	through the floor
Author:	J. E. Gordon
Pub.:   
Pages:  
Year:   
ISBN: 0-14-02.0920-4 
Cost: $5   
Synop.:  
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Title:  Manned Submersibles
Author: R. Frank Busby
Pub.:	Hysrographer of the Navy
Pages:
Year:	1977
ISBN: 
Cost:	$130 
Synop.:	I HIGHLY recommend the book "Manned Submersibles" by R. Frank Busby.
	This book is probably the bible of small subs and is unfortunately
	out of print.  I was able to locate a copy over the net a couple of
	months ago for about $130.  Not cheap but a wealth of information.
	You might also check you local library...mine has a copy and it's
	not that big of a library.
Online: Manned Submersibles
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Title:  Life Support Systems Design
Author: M.L.Nuckols&W.C.Tucker&A.J.Sarich
Pub.:   Simon & Shuster custom publishing
        Best Publishing Company - 520.527.1055
Pages:   
Year:  
ISBN:   0-536-59616-6 
Cost: 
Synop.:
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Title:  Build Your Own Underwater Robot and Other Wet Projects
Author: Harry Bohm and Vickie Jensen
Pub.:   Harry Bohm 
	E-mail:  h_bohm@hotmail.com
 
        Vickie Jensen
        E-mail at: vjensen@telus.net or vdjensen@hotmail.com

        Westcoast Words
	3036 Waterloo Street
	Vancouver, B.C. 
	Canada V6R 3K6  
	Phone / Fax: (604) 731-5565  
Pages:    
Year:   
ISBN:   
Cost:     
Synop.: This book is written for children but is not a child's book.  
	It has a ton of information in basic form, some experiments 
	that will interest those with zero to some experience, 
	and some interesting projects.  It also has a sort of 
	fundamental baseline of information on hydrodynamics, 
	pressure vessels, propulsion and the like.  Might find that 
	it whets the appetite for more, and that it might educate 
	enough so that valid questions can be formed.
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Title: 	The Submarine in Peace and War: Its Development and 
	Its Possiblities
Author: Simon Lake
Pub.:  	Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Co. 
Pages:	302pp with 71 illustrations
Year:	1918
ISBN:
Cost:	$40-$150
Synop.:
	Another good read, although Simon is a rather bombastic character.

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Title:  The Secrets of the Submarine
Author: Marley Fotheringham Hay
Pub.:   N.Y., Dodd, Mead & Co.
Pages: 	229pp, illus
Year: 	1917
ISBN: 
Cost: 	$40-$75
Synop.:
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Title:  Submarine Boats: The beginnings of Underwqater Warfare
Author: Richard Compton-Hall
Pub.:   N.Y., Arco Pub.
Pages: 	192pp
Year: 	1984
ISBN:  
Cost: 	$25-$75
Synop.:    
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Title:	The Most Formidable Thing
Author:	William Jamesson (Rear Admiral, K.B.E., C.B.)
Pub.:   London, Rupert Hart-Davis
Pages: 	280pp, illus
Year: 	1965
ISBN:  
Cost: 	$20-$28
Synop.:     
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Title:  Midget Submarines (Warships Fotofax)
Author: Paul J. Kemp
Pub.:   London, Arms and Armour Press
Pages:  30pp, illus
Year:   1990
ISBN:   1-85409-092-5 
Cost:   $10
Synop.: A very brief and basic introduction to all the WWII midget subarines.
	A lot of line profile drawings and specs.
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Title:  Underwater Warriors
Author: Paul J. Kemp
Pub.:   
Pages:  256pp, illus 
Year:   1996
ISBN:   1-55750-857-7  
Cost:   $10
Synop.: A historical account of usage of midget submarines during WWII. 
	Includes operations with Italian Gamma Frogmen. Some discussion
	of the politics leading to and during developement of various
	subs and the effects on their designs.
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Title:  Midget Submarines of the Second World War
Author: Paul J. Kemp 
Pub.:   Chatham, London.   Available from US Naval Institute.
Pages:  128, illus  
Year:   1999  
ISBN:   1-86176-042-6   
Cost:   $55 
Synop.: 
This new book is much more about the design of these boats than his previous
work. Included are good sections on the Biber, Seehund and the X-Craft
(other midgets and "human torpedoes", and chariots are also presented,
though not in as great detail). Both INTERNAL and external drawings are
included. A fold out sheet is included of the Seehund and X-Craft (very
useful for modeling). If you can't get the multi-sheet plans that Doug
(SeaLordOne) referred to for the X-Craft, this book will suffice as a second
source. Not quite as detailed in the interior plans, but still very useful.

Furthermore, technical details of these midget subs are provided at a level
I've not seen in previous texts on the subject. There are, of course, the
same photos I've seen in other books, but there are here new photos not
before published, especially of the INTERIORS of the X-Craft, the Biber and
the Seehund.

If you considering building a 1 ATM sub, this is a good source of historical
information on midget submarines.

Brian Danielson.
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Title:  Pressure Vessel Handbook
Author: Megyesy
Pub.:   Pressure Vessel Publishing Inc.
Pages:  CDROM
Year:   
ISBN:   
Cost:  $118 for book/ $148 for CDROM 
Synop.: 11th Edition. 15 free examination. A very coprehensive book
	on pressure vessels. See link: http://www.pressure-vessel.com/
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Title:  Fluid-Dynamic Drag
Author: Dr. S. F. Hoerner
Pub.:   Hoerner Fluid Dynamics
	P.O. Box 65283
	Vancouver, WA
	phone: (360) 576-3997
Pages:  
Year:	1965
ISBN:
Cost:  
Synop.: This book covers an array of fluid dynamic shapes along with 
	theory and test data. There's even a section on water craft, 
	surface and submerged.  Even though much of this work was 
	done for air craft, it really applies to any fluid medium, 
	just be sure to use the proper terms for water instead of air.
	I hope this helps,
	Ken Schulze
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Title:  The History of American Deep Submersible Operations 
Author: Will Forman
Pub.:   Best Publishing Company
        PO Box 30100
        Flagstaff, AZ   86003-0100
        Phone: (800) 468-1055
               (520) 527-1055 
        Fax:   (520) 526-0370
        email: divebooks@bestpub.com
Pages:  320
Year:   
ISBN:
Cost:   $39.50 plus shipping $4.25
Synop.: Covers the developements and history of deep submersible
        development. Includes chapters on Deep Jeep, Alvin, 
        Aluminaut, Ben Franklin, Sea Cliff, NR-1, DSRV-1 Mystic,
        Johnson-Sea-Link and others.
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Title:  Man Beneath the Sea: A Review of Underwater Ocean Engineering
Author: Walter Penzias and M.W. Goodman
Pub.:   John Wiley & Sons
Pages:  
Year:	1973
ISBN:
Cost:   
Synop.: 
..... Wanted to recomend another book for your listing. It is an 
older book but very solid in principals. .....  I give it a 
good recommendation, though somewhat technical in nature not 
excessively so.   
     Best Regards
     J.W. Nugent, CEng
     Elysian Engineering
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Title:  I Found Israel's Atom Bomb Factory
Author: George William Kittredge
Pub.:   Kittredge Industries, Inc
Pages:	302 pages with photos
Year:   1 edition Vol 1 (March 15, 2000)
ISBN:	0615114946
Cost:   $16.00 (www.amazon.com)
Synop.:
	This is a biography of George Kittredge. About half the book is about his
	naval career which is composed of many adventures including operating on 
	US Naval submarines and being a Military Naval Attache. The other half is
	about his adventures in civilian life. The most interesting part of George's
	civilian life to this web site is his adventures with designing,
	manufacturing and selling his small submarines. George shares many insights
	and ancedotes of just what it takes to build personal submarines as a
	business.
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Title:  Living and Working in the Sea
Author: James W. Miller, Ian G. Koblick
Pub.:   Best Pub Co
Pages:  438 pages, 170+ photos
Year:   2 edition (December 1995)
ISBN:   1886699011 
Cost:   $34.25 (www.amazon.com)
Synop.:
	I recommend you the most complete and excellent book on underwater 
	habitats. -Herve
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Title:  Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) utilizing the Lego Mindstorms or Robolab 
        microprocessor brick and waterproof housing
Author: Harry Bohm and Vickie Jensen
Pub.:   Harry Bohm 
        E-mail:  h_bohm@hotmail.com

        Vickie Jensen
        E-mail at: vjensen@telus.net or vdjensen@hotmail.com

        Westcoast Words
        3036 Waterloo Street
        Vancouver, B.C.
        Canada V6R 3K6
        Phone / Fax: (604) 731-5565
Pages:
Year:
ISBN:
Cost:
Synop.: 
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Title:  INTRODUCTION TO UNDERWATER TECHNOLOGY AND VEHICLE DESIGN,
Author: Harry Bohm and Vickie Jensen
Pub.:   Harry Bohm
        E-mail:  h_bohm@hotmail.com

        Vickie Jensen
        E-mail at: vjensen@telus.net or vdjensen@hotmail.com

        Westcoast Words
        3036 Waterloo Street
        Vancouver, B.C.
        Canada V6R 3K6
        Phone / Fax: (604) 731-5565
Pages:
Year:
ISBN:
Cost:
Synop.: An extensive textbook for the Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center 
        in Monterey, California. We anticipate it will be available in December (2001).
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Title:  The Fleet Type Submarine  
Author: The Submarine School
        Submarine Base
        New London, Connecticut
Pub.:   Produced for ComSubLant by
        Standards and Curriculum Division
        Training, Bureau of Naval Personnel
Pages:  203 + 28 Appendixes
Year:   June 1946 
ISBN:   NavPers 16160
Cost:   On CD:
        Available from History on CD-ROM
        for $29.95.
        On Line:
        The Fleet Type Submarine
Synop.: The manual on the fleet type submarine includes descriptive information covering:
        a. Submarine history and developement
        b. Submarine construction
        c. Submarine systems
        d. Submarine operations
        e. Submarine training
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