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Bibliography, Shipbuilding — 1600 to 1900
A bibliography of books on naval architecture rigging and seamanship printed 1600-1919.
Compiled by Lars Bruzelius, 1996.
Biography.
F.H. Chapman : the first naval architect and his work / by Daniel G. Harris, 1989.
Congresses
Proceedings / Eleventh Ship Technology and Research (STAR) Symposium, 1986, held in
conjunction with the SNAME spring meeting hosted by the Pacific Northwest Section,
Portland, Oregon, May 21-23, 1986.
Designs and plans, Historic ships
Guidelines for recording historic ships / Richard K. Anderson, Jr., 1988.
John Lenthall, naval architect : a guide to plans and drawings of American naval and merchant
vessels, 1790-1874 : with a bibliography of works on shipbuilding printed in Great
Britain, France, and the United States, 1707-1882, collected by John Lenthall
(b. 1807-d.1882). / by Gail E. Farr and Brett F. Bostwick, 1991.
History
Skeppet. The ship, an illustrated history, written and illustrated by Bjorn Landstrom.
Translated by Michael Phillips, 1961.
Hydrodynamics
Journal of ship research.
Journals
Transactions – The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. 1927, 1941 – 1994
(some years missing).
Masting and rigging
Rudimentary treatise on masting, mast-making, and rigging of ships also tables of spars, rigging,
blocks… / by Robert Kipping, 1928.
Seventeenth century rigging a handbook for model-makers. / by R.C. Anderson, 1955.
Steel’s elements of mastmaking, sailmaking and rigging from the 1794 edition, arranged with
and introduction by Claude S. Gill, 1932.
Merchant ships
Merchant ship design. / by R. Munro-Smith, 1964.
Naval architecture
A treatise on parabolic construction of ships and other marine engineering subjects. / by
John W. Nystrom, 1863.
Basic naval architecture. / by Kenneth C. Barnaby, 1967, c1949.
Manual of naval architecture; the fundamental principles of naval architecture, ship-design
and construction for masters and mates. / by George Charles Manning …, 1930.
Manual of ship construction; the fundamental principles of naval architecture for the
operating personnel of the merchant service, particularly those who are, or desire to become,
officers. / by George C. Manning …, 1932.
Naval architecture simplified, explained in non-technical terms. / by Charles Desmond, 1918.
Ship design and construction. / written by a group of authorities ; Robert Taggart, editor, 1980.
Ship drafting. / by Edgar P. Trask and John P. Comstock, 1938.
Mechanics, Applied
Theory of naval architecture. / by Andrew McCance Robb, 1952.
Sailing ships.
The search for speed under sail, 1700-1855. / by Howard I. Chapelle, 1967.
Sailing ships–History.
Colonial vessels; some seventeenth century sailing craft. / by William A. Baker, 1962.
Shipbuilding–Tables.
Handbook of ship calculations, construction and operation; a reference book for naval
architects, marine engineers, ship and engine draftsmen, deck officers, and others
engaged in the building and operating of ships. / by Charles H. Hughes …, 1942.
Shipbuilding–France–History–18th century.
The seventy-four gun ship : a practical treatise on the art of naval architecture. / by
Jean Boudriot ; English translation by David H. Roberts, 1986.
Ships, Iron and steel.
Design and construction of steel merchant ships…/ Edited by David Arnott, 1955.
Ship design and construction, written by a group of authorities. Editor:
Amelio M. D’Arcangelo, 1969.
Ship construction and calculations with numerous illustrations and examples; for the use
of officers… / by George Nicol, 1920.
Ships–History.
The Lore of ships. / by Tre Trycare, 1963.
Statics and Dynamics
Principles of naval architecture, written by a group of authorities; editors: Henry E. Rossell
and Lawrence B. Chapman, 1962.
Steamboats–History.
The steam launch / Richard M. Mitchell, 1994.
Warships
Principles of warship construction and damage control. / by G.C. Manning and
T.L. Schumacher, 1939, c1935.
Wooden boats–Catalogs. Naval architecture–Designs and plans–Catalogs.
Thirty wooden boats : a second catalog of building plans / by the editors of
WoodenBoat magazine, 1986-88.
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One definition of Marine Art describes paintings, an art medium different than sculpture or film, etc., which is represented below in the Library Collections. Our selection in books shows painters who depicted ships, views of sailors, masters, crew, and objects of maritime significance primarily between the Victorian Era (1830s to 1900) through the 20th century. For a more complete abstract history of the art of portraying the sea and ships in pictures, see Peter Kemp, in the Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea, 1976, page 521, who recounts: “… the earliest known pictures of ships and boats are those which decorate Egyptian pottery… around 3200 B.C.” and further that “… representations of the sea and ships appear in many paintings of the early Renaissance…” and, further, that “… the true birth of marine painting… occurred in Holland in the late 16th century.”. Later in his entry on Marine painting, on page 524, Kemp discloses, “… world wars of the 20th century produced a plethora of marine artists… a result of naval appointments of painters as official artists to record scenes of naval activity.”
Remember that paintings of ships and maritime views may be found in many books that are not about art, but have used paintings as illustrations rather than photographs since photographs were not available at the time of printing. The Los Angeles Maritime Museum’s collections of paintings and other works of art may be consulted separately: please call the Museum for more information at 310-548-7618. Not all books on the subject of the marine art are included here; if you do not see what you are looking for, please call the Library at 310-54807618 x 215.
1. Antonio Jacobsen– the checklist : paintings and sketches by Antonio N.G. Jacobsen, 1850-1921 / compiled by Harold S. Sniffen.
2. American maritime paintings of John Stobart. / [by] John Stobart with Robert P. Davis, 1991.
3. Arthur Edwaine Beaumont, Naval Artist, 1890-1978. / Alison Barrett Beaumont, 1989.
4. Hulls and hulks in the tide of time : the life and work of John A. Noble. / by Erin Urban, 1993.
5. J. & J. Bard, picture painters. / by A.J. Peluso, 1977.
6. Joe Duncan Gleason rediscovering California’s marine art master. / De Chevrieux, Marcus, Curator. 2003
7. Naval battles of World War II 1939-1945; illustrated by naval artist Arthur E. Beaumont…/ compiled by Dean Beaumont, 1985,
c1977.
8. Stobart : the rediscovery of America’s maritime heritage / John Stobart with Robert P. Davis, 1985.
1. The decorative arts of the mariner. / by Gervis Frere-Cook, 1966.
2. A descriptive catalogue of the Marine Collection to be Found at India House. / India House, 1973.
3. Dictionary of marine artists. / by Dorothy E.R. Brewington, 1982.
4. Dictionary of sea painters / E.H.H. Archibald, 1989.
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Marine engineering is defined as “…marine propulsion machinery and auxiliaries… the invention, design, building, installation, operation, and repair of marine engines…”. in Rene de Kerchove’s International Maritime Dictionary, published by Van Nostrand Reinhold in 1961. A Marine Engineer is “…a sea-going engineer, who must be a mechanic as well as an executive officer…” (see de Kerchove, p. 490). Manuals, giving questions and answers for examinations, as well as technical handbooks and guides, contained a complete resource for the engineer, and were published for the technologies of steam, diesel and oil in the 20th century. Thus the handbooks in the Research Library Collection date from before World War I to after the Vietnam War, with most of these published for the sailor or marine engineer between the World Wars.
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Reference Works: Marine Engines
A pocket book of marine engineering rules and tables. / A.E. Seaton and H.M. Rounthwaite, 1912.
American machinists’ handbook and dictionary of shop terms a reference book for machine-shop and drawingroom data, methods and definitions. / by Fred H. Colvin … and Frank A. Stanley …, 1940.
Annotated acronyms and abbreviations of marine science related international organizations. / Compiled by Jeannette P. North; Revised by Charlotte M. Ashby, 1976.
Audels new marine engineers guide, a practical treatise on marine engines, boilers and auxiliary machinery, including theory and practice of the steam turbine… also U.S. government rules and regulations regarding engineers’ licenses. / by Theo. Lucas, M.E., Frank D. Graham, N. Hawkins, M.E., 1928; 1940.
Dictionary of marine engineering and nautical terms. / by G.O. Watson, 1964.
Machinery’s handbook for machine shop and drafting-room; a reference book on machine design and shop practice for the mechanical engineer, draftsman, toolmaker, and machinist./ by Erik Oberg and F.D. Jones, 1939.
Seaton & Rounthwaite’s pocket book of marine engineering rules and tables; for the use of marine engineering, naval architects, designers, superintendents, and all engaged in the design and construction of marine machinery, naval and mercantile. / Albert Seaton, 1948.
Handbooks and Guides
Marine engine and fire room guide./ by Robert H. Jacobs and E. L. Cady, 1944.
Marine engineer’s handbook prepared by a staff of specialists. / Frank Ward Sterling, ed., 1920.
Modern marine engineer’s manual Vol. 1 & 2 / [edited by] Alan Osbourne, 1943.
Naval engineer’s guide. /by James V. Jolliff and Hollis E. Robertson, 1972.
Practical marine engineering. / by Reno King, 1956.
“Verbal” notes and sketches for marine engineer officers; a manual of marine steam
engineering practice… Volume 1 & 2. / by. J.W. M. Sothern.
Handbooks for Examinations:
20th Century Guide for Marine Engineers, Questions and Answers, Reciprocating Engines, Boilers, Turbines, Gas Engines, Diesel Engines. / by J. A. Ramsey, and J. Rosbloom, 1920.
Engineers’ practical test illustrated : a guide for all men employed in and about power plants; practical information on the care and management of engines, boilers, their accessory machinery; gas engines, dynamos. / by Laird & Lee, 1898.
Cornell red book of marine engineering; questions and answers. / by William B. Paterson, 1971.
Marine engine room blue book : based on the original edition by William B. Paterson. / by William D. Eglinton, 1993.
Questions and answers for engineers and fireman’s examinations. / by Frank D. Graham and Kenneth L. Schank, 1979.
Questions and answers for marine engineers. / by Theodore Lucas, 1903.
Surveys
A history of the Los Angeles District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1898-1965. / by
Anthony F. Turhollow, 1965.
Comprehensive condition survey for San Pedro Breakwater Los Angeles Harbor Los Angeles County, CA . / U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1996.
Port of Los Angeles channel deepening project: draft supplemental impact statement supplemental environmental impact report / U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 2000.
Professional memoirs : Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at large. Los Angeles Harbor. / by Amos A. Fries, facsimile copy of 1912 edition.
San Pedro Waterfront Project Notice of Preparation Notice of intent December 2006. / Prepared by Environmental Management Division of the Los Angeles Harbor Department and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, 2006.
History
Building the Navy’s bases in World War II; history of the Bureau of Yards and Docks and the Civil Engineer Corps, 1940-1946.
Marine engineering. Written by a group of authorities. Editor: Roy L. Harrington, 1971.
Men, ships, and the sea; the story of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, by Donald A. Holden, 1968.
Naval engineering and American seapower / editor, Randolph W. King ; associate editor, Prescott Palmer ; with fifteen contributors, 1989.
The steam navy of the United States. / Frank M. Bennett, 1896
Shipbuilding and Stability
Historical transactions, 1893-1943. / The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 1945.
The naval constructor: a vade mecum of ship design for students, naval architects, shipbuilders and owners, marine superintendents, engineers and draughtsmen. / by George Simpson … 1918.
Practical Marine Diesel Engineering. / by Louis R. Ford, 1931.
Ship stability and trim made easy including the construction and use of tipping scale and slip table, etc. / by Oswald Watts, 1926.
Shipbuilding and marine engineering in Japan 1961. / by Japan Ship Exporters’ Association, 1961; 1966; 1968.
The stability of ships with special reference to the particulars which should be supplied by the shipbuilders ad the value of mechanical devices for attaining metacentric height. / by George Johnson, 1932.
Transactions – The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. 1927; 1941 to 1994
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Merchant Marine is a phrase defined as “…1. the vessels of a nation that are engaged in commerce…”, and “… 2. the officers and crews of such vessels…” in the Random House Dictionary of the English Language, 1966, on page 896. The concept of merchant ships in the service of the military developed during and after the Civil War, yet the American history of merchant shipping dates back to the early 1600s (see John Spears, The Story of the American Merchant Marine.). Ocean-going commerce expanded up until the 1850s, due to the highly-valued craftsmanship of wooden ships (see Benjamin Labaree, America and the Sea: A Maritime History.), which later could not compete with new technologies of steam and industrial shipbuilding enjoyed by other maritime nations. The 20th century witnessed the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 and the later recognition of the United States Merchant Marine veterans by President Reagan in 1988 for service in World War II. This selection from the Library includes ship registers, histories and periodicals, among the many topics of merchant ships and crews, incorporating a section on the Merchant Marine of the Second World War.
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Reference Works:
Bibliography:
Naval & maritime history; an annotated bibliography. / Robert Greenleigh Albion,
Conference proceedings:
Proceedings – American Merchant Marine Conference. American merchant marine conference proceedings volume 17. / The Propeller Club of the United States, 1952.
Ship registers and Yearbooks:
The List of Merchant vessels of the United States… / 1873; 1884-1887; 1891-1989. Published at various times by the United States Treasury Department, the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of Navigation, and the United States Department of Transportation and the United States Coast Guard.
See also Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, at http://www.lamaritimemuseum.org/libcollection.htm
on the Library Collections web page, by selecting “shipping”.
See also American Record of Shipping, at http://www.lamaritimemuseum.org/libcollection.htm
on the Library Collections web page, by selecting “shipping”.
Merchant ships 1942./Edited by E.C. Talbot-Booth, 1942.
Merchant ships 1949-1950./ Edited by E.C. Talbot-Booth, 1949, c1939.
Merchant ships 1968./ Edited by E.C. Talbot-Booth, 1968.
Merchant ships 1978, volume 1 & 2. / Edited by E.C. Talbot-Booth, 1978.
Merchant ships: world built vessels of 1000 tons gross and over …. / Compiled
by the Publishers, 1954-1965, c1952.
Topics and Commentaries:
Biography:
The Abraham Lincoln of the sea : the life of Andrew Furuseth. / by Arnold Berwick.
Biography, continued:
Black jacks : African American seamen in the age of sail. / W. Jeffrey Bolster, 1997.
Peter, the odyssey of a merchant mariner. / by Peter Chelemedos, 1992.
The sea years of Joseph Conrad. / by Jerry Allen, 1965.
Education and examinations:
American merchant seaman’s manual, for seamen by seamen. Edited by Felix M. Cornell and Allan C. Hoffman.
Blue book of questions and answers for second mate, chief mate, master, ocean, coastwise, yachts. /By W. A. MacEwen.
Specimen examinations for merchant marine deck officers. / United States Coast
Guard, 1963.
History:
The American merchant marine … / The American Bureau of Shipping, 1933.
Black jacks : African American seamen in the age of sail / W. Jeffrey Bolster, 1997.
From America to United States in four parts: the history of the long-range merchant shipbuilding programme of the United States Maritime Commission./ L.A. Sawyer and W.H. Mitchell
The H. W. McCurdy marine history of the Pacific North west. / edited by E.W. Wright.
The H. W. McCurdy marine history of the Pacific North west. / edited by Gordon Newell.
Heroes in dungarees : the story of the American merchant marine in World War II. / by John Bunker, 1995.
A history of the merchant navy, by H. Moyse-Bartlett.
Merchant steam vessels of the United States, 1790-1868.
“The Lytle-Holdcamper list,” initially compiled from official merchant marine documents of the United States and other sources. / by William M. Lytle and Forrest R. Holdcamper ; rev. and edited by C. Bradford Mitchell, with the assistance of Kenneth R. Hall, 1975, c1952.
Navy and Merchant Marine. / by W.J. Henderson …, 1918.
Queens of the western ocean; the story of America’s mail and passenger sailing lines. / By Carl C. Cutler With a foreword by Chester W. Nimitz.
The United States merchant marine at war. Report of the war shipping administrator to the President. / United States War Shipping Administration, 1946.
Shall we scrap our merchant marine? / by A.D. Rathbone, IV, 1945.
Ships and sailors: the story of our merchant marine. / by William H. Clark, 1983.
The story of the American merchant marine. / by John R. Spears, 1918.
Labor unions:
Merchant seamen : a short history of their struggles / William L. Standard.
Legal status, laws, etc.:
Brutality on trial : Hellfire Pedersen, Fighting Hansen, and the Seamen’s Act of 1915 / E. Kay Gibson ; foreword by James C. Bradford and Gene A. Smith.
Lifeboats:
U.S. Merchant Marine life boat information; examination question and answers. / by Con
Campion, 1929.
Maritime law:
The Merchant marine act, 1936, the Shipping act, 1916, and related acts; (as amended through the 91st Congress, 2d session). / U.S. Government Printing Office, 1970.
Merchant marine laws, 1939-1940. The Merchant marine act, 1936, as amended; the
Transportation act, 1940; Neutrality act, 1939; Dangerous cargo act, 1940; and other laws
affecting the marine industry enacted by the Seventy-sixth Congress, with appendix containing the Shipping act, 1916, the merchant marine acts, 1920 and 1928, Carriage of goods by sea act, amendments to the Seamen’s act and other previously enacted legislation. / United States Marine Progress, Inc., 1941.
Navigation laws of the United States, 1940. Compiled by Frederick K. Arzt.
The Merchant marine act, 1936, the Shipping act, 1916, and related acts; (as amended through the 91st Congress, 2d session) The U.S. maritime industry in the national interest. / by Irwin M. Heine.
Navigation:
The merchant marine manual. / by Capt. Eugene E. O’Donnell, 1918.
Merchant marine officers’ handbook, by Edward A. Turpin and William A. MacEwen …, 1942.
Periodicals:
Professional mariner : the journal of professional seamanship. Volumes:
Pacific Maritime : the journal of record for the West Coast commercial maritime industry. Volumes:
The Anchor Light. Volumes:
The Compass. Volumes:
The Compass : A magazine of the sea. Volumes:
Radar:
Radar training school for American Merchant Marine Officers. / U.S. Department of Commerce Maritime Administration
Sailors Salaries, etc. :
The earnings and employment of seamen on U. S. flag ships. In cooperation with Federal
Maritime Board [and] Maritime Administration, U. S. Dept. of Commerce./ United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1958.
Sailors’ Union of the Pacific:
Brotherhood of the sea : a history of the Sailors’ Union of the Pacific, 1885-1985 / by Stephen Schwartz, 1986.
Seafaring life:
Sea grist; a personal narrative of five months in the merchant marine. / by Lehmann Hisey, 1922.
Seamanship:
The men on deck; master, mates and crew, their duties and responsibilities; a manual for
the American merchant service, by Felix Riesenberg…
Practical seamanship for use in the merchant service: including all ordinary subjects;
Seamanship and ship handling an extension course in practical navigation and preparation for Merchant Marine Examination of the United States Coast Guard. / by L.E. Delaney and Lorcan F. Crawford, 1947.
Standard seamanship for the merchant service, by Felix Riesenberg … 625 illustrations.
Shipbuilding—Canada:
Wooden ships and iron men; the story of the square-rigged merchant marine of British North America, the ships, their builders and owners and the men who sailed them. / by Frederick William Wallace … illustrated by photographs and drawings, 1924.
Shipping—History:
Cargo carriers of the Great Lakes : the saga of the Great Lakes fleet–North America’s fresh water merchant marine. / by Jacques LesStrang, 1985.
Jane’s merchant shipping review / edited by A.J. Ambrose, 1984.
Lake carriers Cargo carriers of the Great Lakes : the saga of the Great Lakes fleet–North
America’s fresh water merchant marine / by Jacques LesStrang, 1981.
The story of the American merchant marine, by John R. Spears.
Ships:
American mariner : a documentary biography of her role as liberty ship, training ship, missile instrumentation ship, mystery ship, test target / Herbert Paul Hahn, 1980.
American merchant ships, 1850-1900, by Frederick C. Matthews …
The last of the windjammers, v.1. / by Basil Lubbock Merchant fleets, a survey of the merchant navies of the world, by Critchell Rimington … with numerous contributed articles.
Liberty ships. / by John Gorley Bunker.
Merchant marine house flags and stack insignia. / United States Hydrographic Office, 1961.
Ships of the U.S. Merchant Marine; with an introduction by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, U.S.N. Illustrated by Jack Coggins, 1947.
United States Navy:
ABC defense and damage control for merchant marine personnel.
World War, 1939-1945
“A careless word– a needless sinking” : a history of the staggering losses suffered by the U.S.
Convoy : merchant sailors at war, 1939-1945 / [by] Philip Kaplan, Jack Currie.
Merchant Marine, both in ships and personnel during World War II / by Arthur R. Moore, 1983.
Merchant Marine war diary (1945) : Battle of Okinawa : China Sea typhoons : victory. / by Henry Kasper, 1991.
Nor death dismay, a record of merchant ships and merchant mariners in time of war. / by Samuel Duff McCoy …, 1992.
Convoy : merchant sailors at war, 1939-1945 / [by] Philip Kaplan, Jack Currie.
Sea war; the story of the U. S. merchant marine in World War II. / by Felix Riesenberg, 1956.
The fighting commodores : the convoy commanders in the Second World War / by Alan Burn.
The United States merchant marine at war. Report of the war shipping administrator to the President.
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Navigation, “… the art or science of conducting a vessel from one port to another both by means of landmarks and by observation of celestial bodies, or by electric beacons…” is defined in the Mariner’s Dictionary, by Gershohom Bradford, 1952, page 178. Vessel steering and piloting along coastlines, harbors and roadsteads was technologically enhanced by aids to navigation such as the compass, chart or map, and measuring devices and instruments in wide-spread use after World War II. Reliance on celestial navigation, also in common use before radar technology,
is much older, extending back to the first millennium B.C. with the Phoenicians
who “… planned voyages … using a wind-rose and the stars…”, from the Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea, by Peter Kemp, 1976, page 578.
Books on navigation in the Library represent historical material. The following list of
books is selected exclusively for the technology of the 20th century, and are only partially
represented here. For pilot charts and maps of coastlines, seas, islands and oceans, or,
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Navigation History:
1. A history of marine navigation. / by W. E. May, 1973.
2. A history of the practice of navigation. / Brown, Ferguson & Son, 1951.
3. History of navigation & navigation improvements on the Pacific coast. / by Anthony F.
Turhollow, Benjamin F. Gilbert, and K. Jack Bauer, 1983.
4. A short history of navigation. / by W.J. V. Branch and E. Brook-Williams, 1942.
Reference works:
1. The American practical navigator : an epitome of navigation / originally by Nathaniel
Bowditch ; published by the United States Hydrographic Office under the authority of the
Secretary of the Navy, 1931
2. Navigation and nautical astronomy. A textbook on navigation and nautical astronomy,
prepared for use at the United States Naval Academy by Captain Benjamin Dutton, 1932.
3. Navigation afloat : a manual for the seaman. / by Alton B Moody ; foreword by M.W.
Richey, 1980.
4. The Oxford Companion to ships and the sea. / edited by Peter Kemp, 1976.
5. Piloting, seamanship, and small boat handling / Charles F. Chapman ; with revisions by Elbert S. Maloney … [et al.].
6. A select bibliography of British and Irish university theses about maritime history, 1792 to 1990 / compiled by David M. Williams and Andrew P. White, 1991.
General Works:
1. Delaney’s illustrated rules of the nautical road. / by L.E. DeLaney, 1948.
2. Dutton’s Navigation and piloting. Fourteenth Edition by Elbert S. Maloney, 1985.
3. Elements of navigation; a complete exposition of the newest methods as used in the Navy and Merchant Marine. / by W.J. Henderson … , 1918, c1895.
4. The Key to the thirteenth edition of Reed’s new guide book containing the working of the questions and the quantities from the nautical almanac and admiralty tide tables. /
Revised by C.M. Swainston, 1899.
5. Mariner’s notebook. / by William P. Crawford, 1971; 1968, 1966, 1962.
6. Navigation. / by the editors of Time-Life Books, 1976.
7. Navigation prepared by the naval training command./ prepared by Saul Lapidus-Courier Book 1972, c1966.
8. Navigation second edition with a chapter on compass adjusting, and a collection of
miscellaneous examples./ by Harold Jacoby, 1918.
9. Reed’s seamanship and nautical knowledge, compiled for candidates preparing to pass
the examinations for certificates of competency as mates and masters, including answers
to shipbuilding, stability, meteorology, deviation of the compass, cargo works and ships
maintenance. / Thomas Reed & Company, 1931.
10. “Wrinkles” in practical navigation. / by S.T.S. Lecky…, 1887.
Aids to navigation
1. The ABC of compass adjustment being a thorough explanation in simple language of a
complex problem. / by E.W. Owens, 1913.
2. How to adjust your own compass. / K.W. David, 1961.
3. Magnetic compass adjustment simplified. / Bureau of Ships, 1944.
Aids to navigation—Light Lists
1. Complete list of lights and other marine aids. Vols. I-IV. / Treasury Department. / United States Coast Guard, 1953.
2. List of lights and fog signals. / United States. Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic / Topographic Center. 1974, 1971, 1953.
3. Light list. Pacific Coast, United States, Canada, and Hawaiian Islands. / U.S. Coast Guard. 1948, 1945.
4. Light list. Pacific Coast and pacific Islands. / compiled by U.S. Treasury Department, U.S. Coast Guard. 2006, 1995, 1964.
Aids to navigation—Lighthouses:
The significance of aids to marine navigation. / United States Coast Guard, 1943.
Biography:
Carry on, Mr. Bowditch; illustrated by John O’Hara Cosgrave, II, 1983, c1955.
See Reference Works for Nathaniel Bowditch as author.
Boating:
See Sailing and Yachting.
California:
1. Harbors and navigation code of the State of California, adopted May 25, 1937, with
amendments up to and including those of the first extraordinary session of the legislature,
1954. Annotated and indexed by the publisher’s editorial staff, 1954, c1944.
2. International port of call : an illustrated maritime history of the Golden Gate. / by Robert J. Schwendinger ; pictorial research by Justine Hume ; produced in association with the Marine Exchange of the San Francisco Bay region, 1984.
Celestial navigation:
1. Celestial navigation step by step. / by Warren Norville, 1975.
2. Celestial navigation : Captain Joe Thompson’s cookbook method. / by Joseph E.
Thompson, 1981.
3. Celestial navigation; a quick, easy, and thorough explanation, with realistically worked
examples, of the practice of celestial navigation at sea, using simple and inexpensive
equipment and requiring only the ability to add and subtract figures, by Frances W.
Wright, 1969.
4. Commonsense celestial navigation. / by Hewitt Schlereth, 1982, c1975.
5. Manual of celestial navigation. / by Arthur A. Ageton … , 1944.
6. Practical celestial navigation. / by Susan P. Howell, 1987.
Charts:
Nautical charts and publications public sale Region 1 United States and Canada 4th edition. / National Imagery and Mapping Agency, 2000, c1998.
Coastwise navigation:
Advanced coastal navigation. / U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, 1987.
Dead reckoning:
Piloting and dead reckoning / by H. H. Shufeldt and G. D. Dunlap.
Distances:
1. Table of distances between ports, via the shortest navigable routes / as determined by the Hydrographic Office, United States Navy Dept, 1936.
2. Distances between United States ports / published by the Defense Mapping Agency,
Hydrographic Center, 1978.
Electronics in navigation:
1. Guide to marine electronics./ By The National Marine Electronics Association, 1983.
2. Radar and electronic navigation. by G. J. Sonnenberg, 1970, c1951.
3. Radar for safer boating : what it is; how it works; when and how to use it for navigating and increasing safety./ Jack West, 1967.
4. Radar plotting manual. / U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office, 1960.
5. The use of radar at sea. / edited by F. J. Wylie, 1978.
Education, examination, questions for Ship captains’ licenses in the United States:
1. The Coast Guard license : from six-pac to ocean operator / by Budd Gonder, 1984.
2. Crawford Nautical School information. / Crawford Nautical School, 1969.
3. Cugle’s Practical navigation. / by Charles H. Cugle, 1943.
4. Navigation. Introduction, Lessons 1, 2 & 3. / Captain L.E. Delaney, 1947.
5. Ocean and inland operator book 1 and book 2 license preparation course. / Richard A.
Block, editor, 1982.
6. Problems & answers in navigation & piloting. / Elbert S. Maloney, 1978.
7. Pugsley’s new guide to the United States local inspectors examination of masters and
mates : of ocean-going steam and sailing ships, containing all useful information and
explaining how to find latitude and longitude by observation, and many other useful
calculations not included in the examination, / by Capt. R.M. Pugsley, 1920.
Gyro-compass:
Gyro-compasses, publication 17-20. / Sperry Gyroscope, 1945.
Inland navigation:
1. Code of Federal Regulations 33 Navigation and navigable waters. / Office of the Federal Register, various dates.
3. Deep water. / New York Marine News Company, Inc, 1952.
Los Angeles Harbor (California):
See California.
Marine meteorology:
Mariners weather log. / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Data and Information Service./National Oceanographic Data Center (U.S.), 2008.
Mathematics:
1. Mathematics for navigators a supplement to Dutton’s Navigation and nautical astronomy. / by Bennett M. Dodson and Delwyn Hyatt, 1944.
2. Mathematics used in navigation. Lessons 1, 2, 3 & 4. / by Captain L.E. Delaney and E.W. Tinsely, 1948.
3. Navigational applications of plane and spherical trigonometry / by Carol A. Congleton;
illustrated by Sal R. Garcia, 1980.
4. Piloting/navigation with the pocket calculator. / by Jack Buchanek & Ed Bergin, 1976.
5. Short, easy and improved method of finding the apparent time at ship. / D. M’Gregor & Co., Ltd., 1929.
6. The danger angle and off-shore distance tables with a table of natural sines, tangents, etc./ by S.T.S. Lecky, 1941.
7. Using electronic calculators to solve problems in navigation a supplement to Slide rule for the Mariner. / by H. H. Shufeldt, 1977.
Nautical astronomy:
1. A complete epitome of practical navigation, and nautical astronomy, containing all
necessary instructions for keeping a ship’s reconing at sea… new edition. / By J.W. Saul,
1917, c1852.
2. A treatise on navigation and nautical astronomy, including the theory of compass
deviations, prepared for use as a textbook at the U.S. Naval Academy. / by Commander
W.C.P. Muir …, 1918
3. Basic problems in celestial navigation. / by Barton Roth, 1944.
4. Navigation and nautical astronomy / by Prof. J.H.C. Coffin ; prepared for the use of the
U.S. Naval Academy, 1902, c1898.
Polynesians, Micronesians:
1. The voyaging stars : secrets of the Pacific island navigators / David Lewis, 1978.
2. We, the navigators; the ancient art of landfinding in the Pacific. / David Lewis, 1975.
Oceanography and ocean engineering:
Science and the sea. / U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office, 1967.
Pilots and pilotage:
1. Coastal navigation step by step. / by Warren Norville, 1976.
2. The new-skipper’s Bowditch : piloting from here to there, and home again, with maximum pleasure and minimum trauma. / by James Louttit, 1984.
Royal Navy–Handbooks, manuals:
1. Manual of seamanship, volume 1, 1908. / By authority of the Lords Commissioners of
the Admiralty.
2. Manual of seamanship, volume 2, 1909. / By authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.
Rule of the road at sea for Inland navigation, Law and legislation in the United States:
1. Rules of the nautical road. Farwell’s Rules of the nautical road. / Raymond James Farwell, 1977.
2. Rules to prevent collisions of vessels and pilot rules for certain inland waters of the
Atlantic and Pacific coasts and of the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. / no date.
3. A mariner’s guide to the rules of the road. / William H. Tate, 1982.
Safety measures:
1. Particularized navigation: how to prevent navigational emergencies. / by Frances W.
Wright, 1973.
2. Navigation rules, international-inland / U.S. Department of Transportation, United States Coast Guard, 1983.
Sailing and Yachting:
1. Kindergarten of celestial navigation. / by Joseph Sellar, 1964 .
2. Practical navigation for the yachtsman. / by Frederick L. Devereux, Jr. Illustrated by
Richard Mikulski, 1972.
3. Sailing in the fog. / by Richard Henderson, 1986.
4. Sailing at night. / by Richard Henderson, 1987.
5. Sailing in windy weather. / by Richard Henderson, 1988.
6. World cruising routes / Jimmy Cornell.
7. The yachtsman’s guide to coastwise navigation. / by Stafford Campbell, 1979.
8. World cruising routes. / by Jimmy Cornell, 1987.
9. Navigation for offshore and ocean sailors. / by David Derrick, 1981.
Tables:
1. Self-contained celestial navigation with H.O. 208. / by John S. Letcher, Jr. ; illustrated by the author, 1977.
2. Astronomical navigation tables. Volume A. Latitudes 0 – 4 North and South… / Great
Britain Hydrographic Office,1941.
3. Dead reckoning altitude and azimuth table. / by Arthur Ageton, 1943.
4. Lecky’s general utility tables; for the quick solution of many every day problems in
navigation… / by T.S. Lecky, 1911.
5. Cugle’s two-minute azimuths, volume 1 and volume 2 / by Charles Hurst Cugle, 1945.
6. Tables of computed altitude and azimuth latitudes 0 to 9 inclusive volume 1. / United
States Navy Department Hydrographic Office, 1941.
7. Noon-interval tables. / United States Hydrographic Office, 1943.
8. Distances between United States ports. / United States Department of Commerce, 1978.
United States Navy:
1. Quartermaster 1 & C. / U.S. Navy Training Publications Center, 1949.
2. Quartermaster 3 & 2. / U.S. Navy Training Publications Center, 1963, c1951.
Weather:
1. Admiralty list of radio signals volume 3 1988. Hydrographer of the Navy (Great Britain), 1988.
2. Navigation of ships in a fog. / by C.D. Wilkinson and J.T. Douglas, 1908.
3. On finding the latitude and longitude in cloudy weather and at other times. / By A. C.
Johnson, 1916.
4. Radio weather aids to navigation. Radio weather broadcasting … 1941- ./ United States
Navy Department Hydrographic Office, 1941
The Library’s collection of books on the history of sailing ships are only partially represented here.
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Listed here are books and periodicals on sailing ships from ancient Egyptian or Greek sailing vessels to American Clipper ships and full-riggers. Works on sailing ships focus on sail as the primary means of propulsion for transporting goods, passengers, and navies. They deal with the ancient and modern history of sailing as it evolved from powering small vessels in the ancient world that used local navigation knowledge to the engineered relationship between vessel sail and vessel hull for speed under sail when industrialization began in Europe and the Americas. Book and periodical titles in this list are selected because they offer technical illustrations and photographs or paintings to accompany descriptions of historical sailing ships. Ships registers and reference books also feature steam, motor, diesel and other vessels, ships in the U.S. Navy and the Merchant Marines.
The books on sailing ships listed here were selected from the Library collections at the
Los Angeles Maritime Museum. More books are available than appear on this list, for
example books on voyages and travel accounts, battles, and descriptions of historic ships
are not listed here but are available at the Library. For more information on these
books please call the Library at 310-548-7618.
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Registers and Reference Works
America and the Sea / Benjamin Larabee, et al., 1998.
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships / E.M. Eller, editor ; foreword by
Arleigh Burke, et al. United States. Navy Department. Office of the Chief of Naval
Operations, 1959. This is a series in 8 volumes, published between 1959 and 1981.
Lloyd’s Register of Shipping / Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, 1926 – 2001 (some years
missing). Ships are registered by name. For each ship the following information is given
in tables: the register’s identification #s, ship’s name, owners, port of registry, tonnage,
classification, hull (date of construction, length overall, ship type, propulsion), cargo
facilities, machinery, boilers, etc.
Merchant Vessels of the United States. / United States Bureau of Customs, 1873-1980
(some years missing). The earliest publications listed vessels under different categories
such as Sailing, Steam, and Unrigged.
The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. / Peter Kemp, Oxford Univ. Press, 1976.
Encyclopedic reference book has some photographs and illustrations.
Record of American and Foreign Shipping./ American Bureau of Shipping, 1924;
1945 – 1993 (some issues missing). Ships registered by name.
Ships of the World : an Historical Encyclopedia / Lincoln P. Paine, 1997.
American sailing ships–History
The American fishing schooners, 1825-1935. / Howard I. Chapelle, 1973
Fast Sailing Ships : Their Design and Construction, 1775-1875 / David R.
MacGregor, 1988.
The Search for Speed Under Sail 1700 to 1855 / Howard Chapelle, 1967
The History of the American sailing Navy; the ships and their development. /
Howard Irving Chapelle, 1949.
The History of American Sailing Ships / by Howard I. Chapelle ; with drawings by
the author, and George C. Wales and Henry Rusk.
Sailing ships (general)—History
These books are abundantly illustrated, featuring technical drawings, paintings and
illustrations of the periods portrayed. For books on maritime art, see below.
The Great Age of Sail. / [Texts by] B. W. Bathe [and others] with the collaboration of
Jean Merrien. Edited by Joseph Jobé. Translated by Michael Kellyim, 1967.
Great Sailing Ships; an Illustrated Catalogue and History of 150 Extant Barks,
Barkentines, Brigs, Brigantines, Frigates, Schooners, and other large sailing vessels
built since 1628. / by Otmar Schäuffelen. Translated by Inge Moore…, 1969.
The Rigging of Ships in the Days of the Spritsail Topmast 1600-1720. / R.C.
Anderson, 1927. Offers text, diagrams and photographs of ship models, copies of
engravings from the historical period.
Ships / Enzo Angelucci and Attilio Cucari, 1977
Books on merchant sailing ships by Basil Lubbock, featuring illustrations and technical drawings and charts.
The Arctic Whalers. / Basil Lubbock, 1955
The Blackwall Frigates./ Basil Lubbock, 1922.
Colonial Clippers. / Basil Lubbock, 1922.
Coolie Ships and Oil Sailers. / Basil Lubbock, 1955.
The Down Easters : American Deep-Water Sailing Ships, 1869-1929 /
Basil Lubbock, 1976.
The Last of the Windjammers, vols. 1 and 2. / Basil Lubbock, 1949, c1929.
The Log of the “Cutty Sark”. / Basil Lubbock, 1954.
The Nitrate Clippers / Basil Lubbock; with illustrations, 1976.
The Romance of the Clipper Ships / selected from “Sail” by Basil Lubbock ; illustrated
in full color by J. Spurling, 1972.
The Western Ocean packets / by Basil Lubbock, 1988.
California and the West Coast
Pacific Sail: Four Centuries of Western Ships in the Pacific /Roger Morris, 1987
Pacific Square Riggers; a Pictorial History of the Great Windships of Yesteryear /
Jim Gibbs, 1969.
Maritime History in Photography and Fine Art
American Marine Painting a loan exhibition on display at Virginia Museum
September 27-October 31, 1976 and Mariner’s Museum November 8 – December
12, 1976. / Virginia Museum, 1976.
American Naval Prints from the Beverly R. Robinson Collection U.S. Naval
Academy Museum, Annapolis, MD. / Introduction by Roger B. Stein. 1976.
The Art of Nautical Illustration : a Visual Tribute to the Achievements of the
Classic Marine Illustrators. / Michael E. Leek, 1998.
Dictionary of marine artists / Dorothy E.R. Brewington, 1982.
A Pacific Legacy—A Century of Maritime Photography 1850-1950. / Wayne Bonnett,
1991
Sail: the romance of the clipper ships, pictured by J. Spurling, storied by Basil
Lubbock, edited by F.A. Hook, 1972.
Sailing Ships—Prints by the Dutch masters from the Sixteenth Century to the
Nineteenth Century. / Edited by Irene DeGroot and Robert Vorstman, 1980.
Stobart : the rediscovery of America’s maritime heritage / John Stobart with Robert
P. Davis, 1985.
Periodicals:
Journals and magazines listed below offer articles on historical sailing ships. The title,
frequency of publication and Library holdings are listed here.
The American Neptune ; quarterly, 1968 to 1984.
Mains’l Haul ; quarterly, 1966 to 2005.
Mariners Mirror ; quarterly, 1967 to 1996.
Maritime Life & Traditions ; quarterly, 1998 to 2006. Ceased in 2007
Nautical Research Journal ; monthly, 1951 to 1981
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Seamanship is defined as “… the art of sailing, maneuvering and preserving a ship or boat in all positions and under all circumstances…” in The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, published by Oxford University Press in 1982. The definition originally came from the Encyclopedia Britannica in 1886.
Historically, the word seamanship was used to delineate the sailor’s skill for ships that were propelled by wind power, skill that was primarily used with ship’s lines, sails, etc. and were aimed at informing the sailor about the array of unique mechanisms and devices that support a ship underway. A ship’s propulsion, steering, and motion overlap with ship building and navigation, topics that are related but published separately for the naval architect and marine engineer.
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Reference Works: Handbooks and Manuals
Examination Preparation:
Blue book of questions and answers for second mate, chief mate, master, ocean, coastwise, yachts. / by W. A. MacEwen, 1966.
Questions and answers for deck officers. / by H. Norby, 1944.
Seamanship and nautical knowledge for second mates’, mates’, and masters’ examinations./ by Charles H. Brown, 1938.
Merchant Marine:
Modern seamanship. / By Austin M. Knight, 1937, c1930.
Pipe all hands. / by H.M. Tomlinson, 1937.
Practical seamanship for use in the merchant service: including all ordinary subjects… / by John Todd, 1919.
Meteorology:
Heavy weather guide. / by William J. Kotsch and Richard Henderson, 1984.
Heavy weather guide. Part I: Hurricanes. / by Edwin T. Harding. Part II: Typhoons, by William J. Kotsch, 1965.
Navies of the United States and Great Britain
Admiralty manual of seamanship, 1972-.
Manual of seamanship… / by authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, 1919, c1908.
Sail and power; a manual of seamanship for the United States Naval Academy. / by Richard Henderson and Bartlett S. Dunbar, 1967.
Special Training
Oceanography and seamanship. / by William G. Van Dorn, 1974.
Chronicle & directory published by the Pennsylvania Schoolship Association: a chronicle of the Association and Pennsylvania’s Nautical School and training vessels, including a directory of those graduates… as of April 1, 1989.
Manual for the guidance of apprentices on training ships. / by Capt. Eugene E. O’Donnell, 1919.
United States Coast Guard
Basic seamanship and safe boat handling. Based on the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary instruction courses. / by Blair Walliser, 1967, c1962.
Sailing and seamanship. / U.S. Coast Guard Auxilliary, 1988, c1985.
Seamanship and ship handling an extension course in practical navigation and preparation for Merchant Marine Examination of the United States Coast Guard. / By L.E. Delaney and Lorcan F. Crawford
Yachting:
The Annapolis book of seamanship. / by John Rousmaniere, 1989, c1983.
Cruising under sail : incorporating Voyaging under sail / by Eric Hiscock, 1981; 1965
Heavy weather cruising. / Tom Cunliffe, 1988.
Heavy weather sailing. / by K. Adlard Coles.
Offshore cruising encyclopedia. / by Stephen and Linda Dashew, 1989.
Offshore manual international. / edited by Peter Johnson, with Robert Humphreys, Roger Marshall, 1977.
Piloting, seamanship, and small boat handling. / Charles F. Chapman ; with revisions by Elbert S. Maloney … 1951, c1920.
Singlehanded sailing : the experiences and techniques of the lone voyagers. / written and illustrated by Richard Henderson, 1988.
History
A history of seamanship. / by Douglas Phillips-Birt, 1971.
Seamanship in the age of sail : an account of the shiphandling of the sailing man-of-war, 1600-1860, based on contemporary sources. / by John Harland, 1984.
Ships and seamanship in the ancient world. / by Lionel Casson, 1986.
The boatswain’s manual. / by William A. McLeod, 1945.
The kedge-anchor or young sailor’s assistant. / by William N. Brady, 1970, c1857.
The rule of the road at sea and in inland waters; or steering and sailing rules; collisions and law of the port helm. / by Thornton A. Jenkins, 1869.
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A business of national importance : the Royal Mail Shipping Group, 1902-1937 / Edwin Green & Michael Moss, 1982
A history of the merchant navy. / by H. Moyse-Bartlett, 1937.
A maritime history of Bath, Maine and the Kennebec River region. Vol. I. / By William Avery Baker, 1973
A maritime history of Bath, Maine and the Kennebec River region. Vol. II. / By William Avery Baker, 1973
A report on Pacific coastwise shipping, with special reference to the San Francisco Bay ports area, 1953.
All about ships & shipping. / edited by Edwin P. Harnack, 1959.
All about ships and shipping a handbook of popular nautical information ; with numerous diagrams, plans and illustrations. / edited by Edwin P. Harnack, 1975.
Along the waterfront, covering a period of fifty years on Grays Harbor and the Pacific Northwest. / by H.M. Delanty, 1943.
American Bureau of Shipping: one hundred twentyfifth anniversary, 1862-1987.
American Bureau of Shipping: one hundredth anniversary, 1862-1962.
American merchant marine conference proceedings volume 17./The Propeller Club of the United States, 1952.
American sailing coasters of the North Atlantic / by Paul C. Morris ; with a foreword by Edouard A. Stackpole, 1979.
American shipper.
American Viking; the saga of Hans Isbrandtsen and his shipping empire, 1972.
America’s sea saga; tales of ships and their stalwart skippers who paced behind the mizzen, 1620-1880. / by Edmind Ogden Sawyer, 1962.
Atlantic highway./ [by] Warren Armstrong, 1961.
Black-sailed traders the keels and wherries of Norfolk and Suffolk./by Roy Clark, 1961.
British bulk carriers 1945 – 1979./ I.G. Stewart, 1979.
British tankers & gas carriers 1955 – 1979. / I.G. Stewart, 1979.
British tankers 1945 – 1955./ [by] I.G. Stewart, 1979.
Build a fleet, lose a fleet / [by] R. McDonell, 1976.
Canadian ports and seaway directory, a manual of essential information respecting Canadian ports and shipping services for ship owners, brokers, charterers, and shipmasters interested in trade with Canada. / Compiled by Frederick William Wallace, 1948.
Cargo carriers of the Great Lakes : the saga of the Great Lakes fleet–North America’s fresh water merchant marine. / by Jacques LesStrang, 1985.
Cargoes : Matson’s first century in the Pacific / William L. Worden, 1981.
Cargoes on the Great Lakes. /By Marie McPhedran. Illustrations by Dorothy Ivens, 1954.
Champion of sail : R W Leyland and his shipping line, 1986.
Chandris Lines. / by William H. Miller, 1993.
Chartering and shipping terms, 1951.
China tea clippers / George F. Campbell ; drawings by the author, 1974.
China tea clippers / George F. Campbell ; drawings by the author, 1990.
China tea clippers / George F. Campbell ; drawings by the author, 1974.
Despatch of tramp ships: practical guide to the subject for all connected with the shipping business. / by J. Bes, 1967.
Dictionary of shipping terms / by Peter R. Brodie, 1985.
Directory of shipowners, shipbuilders and marine engineers 1982.
Down to the sea; the romance of the Clyde, its ships and shipbuilders [by] George Blake, 1937.
First annual report of the United States Shipping Board : December 1, 1917.
Foreign coastal and short sea freighters, 1960.
Fundamentals of cargo and stowage. / Compiled and arranged by L. E. Delaney, 1947.
Golden Gate; the story of San Francisco harbor./ by Felix Riesenberg, Jr., 1940.
Great ships around the world./[by] Penrose Scull Introduction by Frank O. Braynard, 1960
Great stories of the Great Lakes, 1966.
Historical transactions, 1893-1943./ Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 1945.
International oil tanker and terminal safety guide. / Oil Companies International Marine Forum. 1974.
International shipper’s atlas. / [by] Joseph DeGrace, 1968.
International shipping and shipbuilding directory 1974.
International shipping and shipbuilding directory incorporating Shipping World Yearbook and the British Shipbuilding compendium, 1966.
Jane’s freight containers / edited by George Downie, 1968.
Jane’s merchant shipping review / edited by A.J. Ambrose, 1984.
Japan shipping guide 1959-1960.
Lake carriers Cargo carriers of the Great Lakes : the saga of the Great Lakes fleet–North America’s fresh water merchant marine / by Jacques Les Strang, 1981.
Lloyd’s maritime atlas : including a comprehensive list of ports and shipping places of the world, 1971.
Lloyd’s register of British and foreign shipping. Rules & regulations for the construction and classification of steel vessels.
Lloyd’s register of shipping, 1760-1960. / by George Blake. Illustrated by David Knight, 1960.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1926/7.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1929/30.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1930/31. Vol. 1.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1930/31. Vol. 2.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1931/2. Vol. 1.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1933/4. Vol. 2 Appendix.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1934/5. Vol. 1.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1935/6. Vol. 1.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1936/7. Vol. 1.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1936/7. Vol. 2.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1937/8 Vol. 1.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1937/8 Vol. 2.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1939/40 Vol. 2.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1941/2. Vol. 1.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1942/3. Vol. 1.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1943/4.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1944/5
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1946/7
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1947/8. Vol. 2
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1948/9. Vol. 1
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1948/9. Vol. 2
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1949/50. A – L. Vol. 1
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1949/50. Appendix.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1949/50. M – Z. Vol. 2
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1950/1. A – L. Vol. 1.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1950/1. M – Z. Vol. 2.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1951/2. A – L. Vol. 1.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1951/2. M – Z. Vol. 2.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1952/3 A – L. Vol. 1.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1952/3 M – Z. Vol. 2.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1953/4 A – L. Vol. 1
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1953/4 M – Z. Vol. 2
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1954/5 A – L. Vol. 1
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1954/5 M – Z. Vol. 2
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1955/6 A – L. Vol. 1
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1955/6 M – Z. Vol. 2
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1956/7 Vol. 1.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1957/8 Vol. 1.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1957/8 Vol. 2. Appendix
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1958/9 Vol. 1.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1958/9 Vol. 2. Appendix.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1959/60 Vol. 2. Appendix.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1959/60 Vol. 3. Shipowners
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1959/60 Vol. 4. Directory.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1959/60 Vol.1.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1960/1 v.1
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1960/1 Vol. 2. Appendix.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1960/1 Vol. 3. Shipowners.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1960/1 Vol. 4. Directory.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1961/2 Vol. 1.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1961/2 Vol. 2. Appendix.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1962/3. Vol. 1
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1962/3. Vol. 3. List of Shipowners
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1963/4 Vol.1
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1963/4 Vol.2. Appendix.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1963/4 Vol.3. List of Shipowners
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1963/4 Vol.4. Directory.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1964/5 Vol. 1
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1964/5 Vol. 2. Appendix.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1965/6 Vol. 1.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1965/6 Vol. 2. Appendix.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1965/6 Vol. 3. List of Shipowners.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1965/6 Vol. 4. Directory.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1966/7 Vol. 1.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1966/7 Vol. 2.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1966/7 Vol. 3. List of Shipowners.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1967/8 Vol. 1.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1967/8 Vol. 2.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1967/8 Vol. 3. List of Shipowners.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1968/9 Vol. 1.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1968/9 Vol. 2.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1968/9 Vol. 3. List of Shipowners.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1969/70 Vol. 2.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1969/70 Vol.1
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1970/1 Vol. 1
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1970/1 Vol. 2
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1970/1 Vol. 3. List of Shipowners.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1971/2 Vol. 1.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1971/2 Vol. 2.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1972/3 Vol. 2.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1972/3 Vol. 3. List of Shipowners.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1972/3 Vol. 3. List of Shipowners.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1973/4 Vol.1
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1973/4 Vol.2
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1974/5 Vol.2
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1974/5 Vol.2
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1975/6 Appendix.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1975/6.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1976/7 Vol.1
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1977/8 Vol.1
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1977/8 Vol.2
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1978/9 Vol.1
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1978/9 Vol.2
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1979/80 Appendix.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1979/80 Vol.1
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1979/80 Vol.2
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1980/1 Vol. 2
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1980/1 Vol. 2
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1980/1 Vol. 3
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1981/2 Appendix.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1981/2 Vol. 1
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1981/2 Vol. 2
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1981/2 Vol. 3
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1982/3 Appendix.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1982/3 Vol. 1
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1982/3 Vol. 2
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1982/3 Vol. 3
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1983/4 Vol. 1
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1983/4 Vol. 2
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1983/4 Vol. 3
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1984/5 Vol. 1
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1984/5 Vol. 2
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1984/5 Vol. 3
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1985/6 Vol. 1
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1985/6 Vol. 2
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1985/6 Vol. 3
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1986/7 Vol. 2
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1986/7 Vol. 3
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1986/7 Vol. 3. List of Shipowners.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1987/8 Vol. 1.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1987/8 Vol. 2.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1987/8 Vol. 3.
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1988/9 Vol. 1
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1988/9 Vol. 2
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1988/9 Vol. 3
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1989/90 Vol. 1
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1989/90 Vol. 2
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1989/90 Vol. 3
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1990/1 Vol. 1
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1990/1 Vol. 2
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1990/1 Vol. 3
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1991/1 Vol. 1
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1991/1 Vol. 2
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1992/3 Vol. 1
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1992/3 Vol. 2
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1992/3 Vol. 3
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1993/4 Vol. 1
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1993/4 Vol. 2
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1993/4 Vol. 3
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1994/5 Vol. 1
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1996/7 Vol. 1
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1996/7 Vol. 2
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1996/7 Vol. 3
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1997/8 Vol. 2
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1997/8 Vol. 3
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1997/8 Vol. 3
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1999/2000 Vol. 1
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1999/2000 Vol. 2
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 1999/2000 Vol. 3
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 2000/01 Vol. 2
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 2000/01 Vol. 3
Lloyd’s register of shipping. 2000/01 Vol. 3
Lloyd’s register of shipping. Supplement and New Entries to the … Register Book, 1926.
Lyle Shipping Co. Ltd., 1827-1966: the firm and the fleet, by Michael Crowdy in collaboration with Lyle Shipping Co., Ltd., 1966.
Marine directory 1980-81.
Matson’s century of ships / by Fred A. Stindt, 1982.
Men of marque; a history of private armed vessels out of Baltimore during the War of 1812. / by John Philips Cranwell [and] William Bowers Crane, 1940.
Merchant marine officers’ handbook, by Edward A. Turpin and William A. MacEwen, 1942 …
Merchant marine officers’ handbook, by Edward A. Turpin and William A. MacEwen, 1943 …
Merchant marine officers’ handbook./By Edwin A. Turpinand William A. MacEwen, 1964.
Merchant marine officers’ handbook: Based on the original edition by Edward A. Turpin and William A. McEwen Master Mariners. / by William B. Hayler, 1990.
New England and the sea, by Robert G. Albion, William A. Baker and Benjamin W. Labaree. Marion V. Brewington, picture editor, 1972.
New York shipping. / by William H. Miller, 1996.
North Atlantic seaway : an illustrated history of the passenger services linking the Old World with the New in four volumes / by N. R. P. Bonsor ; with ill. by J. H. Isherwood, 1978.
North Atlantic seaway : an illustrated history of the passenger services linking the Old World with the New in four volumes / by N. R. P. Bonsor, 1978.
Ocean steamship traffic management, by Grover G. Huebner…, 1920
Ocean traders : from the Portuguese discoveries to the present day. / Michael W. Marshall, 1990.
Ocean transportation [by] Carl E. McDowell [and] Helen M. Gibbs, 1954.
Official Guide for shippers and travellers to the principle ports of the world. / edited by M. Franklin Kline, 1935.
Pacific coast shipping handbook; a guide and reference designed to be of service to all those interested in maritime shipping and travel to and from the Pacific coast, 1938.
Pacific coastal liners / by Gordon Newell & Joe Williamson, 1959.
Pacific Maritime : the journal of record for the West Coast commercial maritime industry, 2008.
Pacific square-riggers : pictorial history of the great windships of yesteryear. / by Jim Gibbs, 1987.
Pacific square-riggers; pictorial history of the great windships of yesteryear, by Jim Gibbs, 1969.
Pacific square-riggers; pictorial history of the great windships of yesteryear. / by Jim Gibbs, 1987.
Pacific steamboats. Photos. from the Joe Williamson Marine collection, 1958.
Pacific tugboats. Photographs from the Joe Williamson Marine Collection. / by Gordon Newell, 1957.
Passage to the New World : packet ships and Irish famine emigrants, 1845-1851 / David Hollett, 1995.
Port dues, charges and accomodation : the shipowners’ agents’ & charterers’ guide to ports and terminals 1968-9./Edited by Captain F.S. Campbell.
Ports of the World 1966: twentieth edition.
Ports of the world, ninth edition; a guide to cargo loss control. / [by] Insurance Company of North America, no date.
Professional mariner : the journal of professional seamanship, 1993-.
Purser’s manual and marine storekeeping, by Charles E. Hill, 1946.
Requirements for the certification of the construction and survey of cargo gear on merchant vessels and code of recommended precautions against accidents connected with the loading and unloading of merchant vessels, 1952.
Rules and regulations for the construction and classification of steel ships, 1973.
Rules and regulations for the construction and classification of steel trawlers, 1961.
Rules and regulations for the construction and classification of steel vessels, 1938./ Lloyd’s Register of Shipping.
Rules for the construction of steel tank barges for service on rivers and intracoastal waterways, 1950.
Sail & steam on the northern California coast, 1850-1900 / compiled by Wallace E. Martin ;
introduction by Karl Kortum ; introductory text for the photographic sections by David Hull, 1983.
Sailing days on the Redwood Coast: it looks like a dangerous place. / By Karl Kortum and Roger Olmsted, 1971.
Sailors and traders : a maritime history of the Pacific peoples / Alastair Couper, 2009.
Sails of the maritimes; the story of the three- and four-masted cargo schooners of Atlantic Canada, 1859-1929./ by John P. Parker, 1969.
San Francisco Bay : a pictorial maritime history / by John Haskell Kemble, 1957.
Saporta guide to Greek tonnage / compiled by Maurice Saporta, 1947.
Scheldt Guide 1964. 8th edition, 1964.
Scow schooners of San Francisco Bay. / by Roger R. Olmsted ; as edited by Nancy Olmsted ; with a foreword by Karl Kortum, 1988.
Second annual report of the United States Shipping Board : December 1, 1918
Shipmaster’s business companion and business guide. / By Captain W.C. Aubrey-Rees … 1934.
Shipmaster’s business companion including hints to young shipmasters on insurance, shipmasters’ business, bills of lading, etc. with a few odds and ends of modern seamanship. / By J.W. Anderson, 1920.
Shipping in the port of Annapolis, 1748-1775. / by Vaughan W. Brown, 1965.
Shipping terms and abbreviations: maritime, insurance, international trade, 1963.
Ships ’71./ Edited by David A. Parsons, 1970.
Ships and shipping of tomorrow / Rolf Schèonknecht … [et al.] ; illustrated by Jochen Bertholdt, 1983.
Ships and the sea : a chronological review / by Duncan Haws, 1976.
Ship’s business, by Captain Myron E. McFarland…, 1942.
Ship’s business, by Captain Myron E. McFarland…, 1944.
Ship’s Business. / U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, 1944.
Ships of the Holland-America line. / by H.M. LeFleming, 1965.
Ships of the inland sea; the story of the Puget Sound steamboats, 1951.
Ships of the Libera Line / by Mark H. Goldberg / Forward by Frank O. Braynard, 1987.
Ships ‘seventy; edited by David Parsons, 1969.
Ships ‘sixty nine./ Edited by Paul W. Clegg, 1968.
Ships that sail no more; marine transportation from San Diego to Puget Sound, 1910-1940. / by Giles T. Brown, 1966.
South Street; a maritime history of New York. / by Richard C. McKay, 1969.
Southern California Ports maritime directory and guide, 1979.
Soviet oceans development : prepared at the request of Warren G. Magnuson, chairman, Committee on Commerce and Ernest F. Hollings, chairman, National Ocean Policy Study for the use of the Committee on Commerce and National Ocean Policy Study, pursuant to S. Res. 222. / Library of Congress, 1976.
Statistics of Cargo Movement from the Philippines for the month of December 1946. / Associated Steamship Lines, Manila, 1946.
Statistics of Cargo Movement from the Philippines for the month of June 1949. / Associated Steamship Lines, Manila, 1949.
Statistics of steam schooners of the Pacific Coast. / Shipowners Association of the Pacific Coast, 1918.
Steamer to Tacoma by Wilbur Thompson and Allen Beach, 1966.
Stowage of ship cargoes / by Thomas Rothwell Taylor, 1920.
Tall ships and sailormen : a concise survey of Victoria’s early maritime history / [compiled by] J. K. Loney, 1974.
The Atlantic crossing. / by Melvin Maddocks and the editors of Time-Life Books, 1981.
The bay & river, Delaware a pictorial history. / By David Budlong Tyler, 1955.
The book of the ship; an exhaustive pictorial and factual survey of world ships, shipping, and shipbuilding, 1949.
The bridge to France. / By Edward N. Hurley, 1927.
The Conway history of seafaring in the twentieth century. / Conway Maritime press, 2000.
The deep sea tramp, 1960.
The Directory of shipowners, shipbuilders, and marine engineers …, 1950.
The grain races./By Basil Greenhill and John Hackman, 1986.
The H.W. McCurdy marine history of the Pacific Northwest, 1966-1976. / edited by Gordon Newell, 1977.
The impact of U.S. coastwise trade laws on the transportation system in the United States : hearing before the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, second session, June 12, 1996.
The junks and sampans of the Yangtze. / by G.R.G. Worcester, 1947, 1948.
The Mallorys of Mystic; six generations in American maritime enterprise, by James P. Baughman, 1972.
The marvel book of American ships. / by Captain Orton P. Jackson, U.S.N., and Major Frank E. Evans, U.S.M.C. With twelve colored plates and over four hundred illustrations from photographs, 1917.
The merchant shipping industry / by H. C. Calvin and E. G. Stuart, 1925.
The nitrate clippers / by Basil Lubbock; with illustrations, 1976.
The nitrate clippers. / by Basil Lubbock; with illustrations, 1953.
The Pacific Empresses : an illustrated history of Canadian Pacific Railway’s empress liners on the Pacific Ocean / by Robert D. Turner, 1981.
The Pacific Princesses : an illustrated history of Canadian Pacific Railway’s Princess fleet on the northwest coast / by Robert D. Turner, 1977.
The Rudder marine directory, 1920.
The sea and the jungle. / by H. M. Tomlinson, 1964.
The shipping boards “Agency Ships” : Part 1 the “sub boats”. / Mark H. Goldberg, 1994.
The story of the American merchant marine, by John R. Spears, 1918.
The U.S. maritime industry in the national interest. / [by] Irwin M. Heine, 1980.
The way of a ship; being some account of the ultimate development of the ocean-going square-rigged sailing vessel, and the manner of her handling, her voyage-making, her personnel, her economics, her performance, and her end. Illustrated with the author’s photos., and diagrs. and drawings by Harold A. Underhill, 1953.
The World’s Super Ships 1965 – 1980 a special supplement./ by I.G. Stewart, 1980.
Time, tide, and timber; a century of Pope & Talbot. / by Edwin T. Coman, Jr., and Helen M. Gibbs, 1949.
To California by sea : a maritime history of the California gold rush. / James P. Delgado, 1990.
Tramp : sagas of high adventure in the vanishing world of the old tramp freighters / Michael J. Krieger ; photography by Judy Howard, 1986.
U.S. shipping and shipbuilding : trends and policy choices, 1984.
Untapped sources and research opportunities in the field of American maritime history; a symposium held at the G. W. Blunt White Library, Oct. 8, 1966.
Under the blue flag 150 years of H.M. Gehrckens. / by Erik Verg, 1980.
Vanished fleets; ships and men of old Van Diemen’s land. / by A.J. Viliers, 1931.
Vessel voyage data analysis; a comparative study. / by Kim J. Loroch, 1966.
World shipping data. Report on European mission, by Edward N. Hurley, chairman, United States Shipping Board. Washington, D. C. March 1, 1919.
World shipping data: report on European mission, March 1, 1919.
World shipping yearbook, 1982.
Yankee ship sailing cards… / by Allan Forbes and Ralph M. Eastman, 1948-1952.
Shipbuilding is defined as the construction of ships; its resources are both technical and concerned with the business and location of navies, commerce, and pleasure. Naval architecture is also technical in nature but is concerned mostly with the design and planning of vessels, and it is covered in a separate research guide. The books and journals for research in the topic of shipbuilding are shown by type of book or sub-topic and are only partially represented here. Research in shipping, histories of sailing ships, biographies, encyclopedias and books written for the study of naval architecture and marine engineering will provide a broader view of the literature of shipbuilding.
For more book titles, please call the Library at 310-458-7618, ext. 215.
Biography
The H. W. McCurdy marine history of the Pacific Northwest. / edited by E.W. Wright
and Gordon R. Newell, 1966.
Directories
Lloyd’s Register of Shipping / Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, 1926 – 2001 (not all years available).
Merchant Vessels of the United States. / United States Bureau of Customs, 1873-1980
(not all years available).
Record of American and Foreign Shipping. / American Bureau of Shipping, 1924;
1945 – 1993 (not all years available). Ships registered by name.
Encyclopedias
Shipbuilding cyclopedia : a reference book covering definitions of shipbuilding terms,
basic design, planning and estimating, ships rigging and cargo handling gear… and a
composite catalog of marine equipment. / F.B. Webster, editor, 1920.
Handbooks
Handbook of ship calculations, construction and operation; a reference book for
naval architects, marine engineers, ship and engine draftsmen, deck officers, and others
engaged in the building and operating of ships. / by Charles H. Hughes …, 1942.
Modern shipfitter’s handbook. / by W. E. Swanson, 1940.
Shipfitter’s manual. / by Albert F. Crivelli, 1941.
Histories, see Shipbuilding by location, below
Journals
American ship review. / Navigator Publishing, LLC.
Marine Engineer & Naval Architect. / Whitehall Technical Press Limited. Library
has volumes 88, 89, 90 and 91 (1965, 1966, 1967, 1968) not all issues available.
The Mariner; the quarterly journal of the Ship model society of Rhode Island—
the Ship Model Society, New York. Library has 1927, 1930 and 1933.
Registers: see Directories, above.
Shipbuilding in the Maritime Research Library
Ancient ships
Ancient ships. / by Cecil Torr, 1964.
War at sea : the ancient fleets. The story of naval warfare under oars, 2600 B.C. –
1597 A.D. / by John Van Duyn Southworth, 1963.
California Shipbuilding Corporation (firm). Liberty ships.
Calship 1941 – 1945.
Calship log, September 27, 1945
Clipper ships
The clipper ship era: an epitome of famous American and British clipper ships, their
owners, builders, commanders, and crews. / By Arthur H. Clark, 1912, c1910.
Continental Navy shipbuilding in the United States
Building early American warships : the journal of the Rhode Island committee
for constructing the Continental frigates Providence & Warren, 1775-1777. /
introduction, illustrations & plans by John Fitzhugh Millar, 1998.
Confederate shipbuilding in the United States
Confederate shipbuilding. / [by] William N. Still, Jr., 1987.
Frigates: see Shipbuilding in Great Britain.
The Blackwall frigates. / by Basil Lubbock, 1950, c1924.
Histories of shipbuilding: see Shipbuilding by location, below
Iron and steel ships
Audels shipfitter’s handy book; a practical treatise on steel ship building and
repairing for loftsmen, welders, riveters, anglesmiths, flange turners and all
ship mechanics; with illustrations showing current practice. / by Ralph
Newstead, 1940.
From slip to sea; a chronological account of the construction of merchant ships
from the laying of the keel plate to the trial trip, with over 154 sketches with
illustrations, by A. C. Hardy… , 1935.
Introduction to steel shipbuilding, by Elijah Baker III …, 1943.
Practical principles of naval architecture. / By S.S. Rabl, 1942.
Practical shell developing for steel shipbuilders; a manual for loftsmen,
shipfitters, hull draftsmen and others who deal with steel ship construction. / by
Adam F. Tulin, 1938.
Shipfitting practice (a manual of instruction for pre-employment and
supplementary training). Prepared by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Department of public instruction, Division of industrial education, and the Sun
shipbuilding and dry dock company, Chester, Pennsylvania in cooperation with
United States Office of education, Federal security agency, and School district,
city of Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, 1941.
Ship repair and alteration / by George V. Haliday and W. E. Swanson, 1942.
Shipyard welding workmanship, ship construction manual no. 1., 1945.
Unit course of study for the training of shipwrights. Prepared by Vocational
training for war production workers, Bureau of trade and industrial education of
the California state Department of education, 1943.
Landing Ship Tug (LST)
A pictorial history of the Evansville shipyard, January, 1942, to December,
1944 … , / The Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co., 1944.
Machinists
A suggested unit course, shipyard outside machinist (for beginning and advanced
instruction). / Prepared by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Public
Instruction …, 1942.
Marinship Corporation during World War, 1939-1945
Marinship; the history of a wartime shipyard, told by some of the people who helped
build the ships, 1947.
McKay, Donald, 1810-1880 see Biography
Marine engineering
The naval constructor: a vade mecum of ship design for students, naval architects,
shipbuilders and owners, marine superintendents, engineers and draughtsmen. / by
George Simpson … , 1918.
Merchant ships, structural welding: see Standards
Monitor (Ironclad)
Monitor builders : a historical study of the principal firms and individuals
involved in the construction of USS Monitor / by William N. Still, Jr. ;
prepared for United States Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, Marine and Estuarine Management Division,
1988.
Shipbuilding
Cabrillo’s ships : being three monographs on Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, his
ships, shipbuilding, and ship types on the west coast of Spanish America in
the 16th century. / [by] C.A. Stern, 1992.
Confederate shipbuilding. / [by] William N. Still, Jr., 1987
Deep-water sail. / by 1963, c1952.
Measurement of vessels: regulations relating to admeasurements of vessels,
together with relevant laws of the United States, the Suez Canal regulations,
and the Panama Rules; Part 2 of the Customs Regulations, 1966.
Modern shipbuilding terms defined and illustrated. / by Fred Forrest Pease, 1918.
Modern ships; elements of their design, construction, and operation. / by John
H. La Dage. Original illus. by Frank X. Schuler, 1965, c1953.
The merchant’s & shipmaster’s manual and shipbuilder’s and sailmaker’s
assistant. / by Issac Ridler Butts, 1864.Practical ship production, by A. W. Carmichael,
1941, c1919.
A practical course in wooden boat and ship building; the fundamental
principles and practical methods described in detail, especially written for
carpenters and other woodworkers who desire to engage in boat or ship
building, and as a text-book for schools. / By Richard M. Van Gaasbeek, 1918.
Practical shipbuilding; a treatise on the structural design and building of
modern steel vessels; the work of construction, from the making of the raw
material to the equipped vessel, including subsequent up-keep and repairs. / by
A. Campbell Holms …, 1904.
Ship economics, practical aids for shipmasters in repair, maintenance, surveys
and construction, including a glossary of technical terms. / by H. Owen, 1924,
c1918.
Ship erection (a manual of instruction for pre-employment and supplementary
training) …, 1942.
Shipbuilding cyclopedia : a reference book covering definitions of shipbuilding
terms, basic design, planning and estimating, ships rigging and cargo handling
gear… and a composite catalog of marine equipment. / by F.B. Webster, editor,
1920.
Shipbuilding in iron and steel. / by E. J. Reed, 1865.
The shipbuilders’ blue book … / by Walter Kay Crawford, ed. by E.R. Glass,
1918.
The shipbuilders blue book. This is the second and revised edition … by the late
Walter Kay Crawford. Edited by E. R. Glass …, 1940.
The shipwright’s trade. / by Sir Westcott Abell, 1962, c1948
Ships and science : the birth of naval architecture in the scientific revolution,
1600-1800. / Larrie D. Ferreiro, 2007.
Wooden boat and ship building; the fundamental principles and practical
methods described in detail, especially written for carpenters and other
woodworkers who desire to engage in boat or ship building, and as a text-book
for schools. / By Richard M. Van Gaasbeek, 1941.
Shipbuilding by location
California
Yachts of Southern California 1881-1931. / Craig Shipbuilding Company, 1931.
The history of yachting in Southern California. / Cass and Johansing Insurance
Brokers, 1957.
Canada
Sails of the maritimes; the story of the three- and four-masted cargo schooners
of Atlantic Canada, 1859-1929./[by] John P. Parker, 1969, c1960.
British standard ships of World War I. / by W.H. Mitchell and L.A. Sawyer;
drawings by John S. Lindsay, 1966.
Wooden ships and iron men; the story of the square-rigged merchant marine of
British North America, the ships, their builders and owners and the men who
sailed them. By Frederick William Wallace … illustrated by photographs and
drawings, 1924.
Connecticut
“Mystic built” : ships and shipyards of the Mystic River, Connecticut, 1784-
1919. / by William N. Peterson, 1989.
Egypt
Ships of the Pharaohs; 4000 years of Egyptian shipbuilding. Drawings by the
author. / [by] Bjorn Lanstrom, 1970.
England, Great Britain
Shipbuilders of the Thames and Medway. / by Philip Banbury, 1971.
Italy
Venetian ships and shipbuilders of the Renaissance / Frederic Chapin Lane,
1979, c1934.
Japan
Rules for the construction and classification of ships. / Nippon Kaiji Kyokai,
1979.
Shipbuilding and marine engineering in Japan 1961. / The shipbuilder’s
Association of Japan, 1961.
Maine
The maritime history of Maine, three centuries of shipbuilding & seafaring. / by
William Hutchinson Rowe, 1948.
Massachusetts
History of shipbuilding on North River, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, with
genealogies of the shipbuilders, and accounts of the industries upon its tributaries,
1640 to 1872. / by L. Vernon Briggs, 1970.
New York
South Street; a maritime history of New York. / by Richard C. McKay, 1959.
Shipbuilding and the nascent community of Greenpoint, New York, 1850-1855.
Offprint from The Northern Mariner Le Marin du Nord. / by Henry Silka, 2007.
Pennsylvania
Shipbuilding at Cramp & Sons : a history and guide to collections of the
William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company (1830-1927) and
the Cramp Shipbuilding Company (1941-46) of Philadelphia. / by Gail E. Farr
and Brett F. Bostwick ; with the assistance of Merville Willis, 1991.
Pacific coast of North America
Western shipbuilders in World War II, a detailed review of wartime activities
of leading maritime and navy contractors. / edited by Marshall Maislin, 1945.
Scotland
Down to the sea; the romance of the Clyde, its ships and shipbuilders. / by
George Blake, 1937.
Clyde shipbuilding from old photographs. / Introduction and commentaries by
John R. Hume and Michael S. Moss, 1975.
Sweden
Eriksberg 1853-1953 a century of progress, 1953.
Virginia
The good ships of Newport News : an informal account of ships, shipping, and
shipbuilding in the Lower Chesapeake Bay region, together with the story of the last
terrible voyage of the Yarmouth Castle. / by Alexander Crosby Brown, 1976.
United States
Industrializing American shipbuilding : the transformation of ship design and
construction, 1820-1920 / William H. Thiesen ; foreword by James C. Bradford
and Gene A. Smith, 2006.
The shipbuilding business in the United States of America; written by a group
of authorities. / edited by F.G. Fassett, 1948.
U.S. shipping and shipbuilding : trends and policy choices. / by Peter G.
Tarpgaard, 1984.
Shipbuilding history in juvenile literature
Oars, sails, and steam; a picture book of ships, written and illustrated by Edwin
Tunis, 1952.
Shipbuilding yearbooks
International shipping and shipbuilding directory incorporating Shipping World
Yearbook and the British Shipbuilding compendium, 1966.
Ship models
The colonial schooner, 1763-1775 / Harold M. Hahn, 1981.
Model ships in ancient Egypt. Schiffsmodelle im alten Aegypten./ by Arvid
Geottlicher, 1971.
Ships, shipbuilding and shipping
The book of the ship; an exhaustive pictorial and factual survey of world ships,
shipping, and shipbuilding. / by A.C. Hardy, 1949.
Shipyards
Every kind of shipwork : a history of Todd Shipyards Corporation, 1916-1981 / by C.
Bradford Mitchell, 1981.
Frame up! The story of Essex, its shipyards and its people. / by Dana Story, 1964.
Haviside Company Catalog. / Haviside Ship Chandlers Sail Makers Ship
Riggers, 1914.
Historical Transactions, 1893-1943. / Society of Naval Architects and Marine
Engineers, 1945.
The Shipping Business in the United States of America. 2 volumes. / Written
by a Group of Authorities; F.G. Fassett, Editor, 1948.
Stability of ships, engineering in shipbuilding
The stability of ships with special reference to the particulars which should be supplied
by the shipbuilders and the value of mechanical devices for attaining metacentric height. /
by George Johnson, 1932.
Fundamentals of construction and stability of naval ships. / Thomas C. Gillmer, 1969.
Standards in the United States
Final report of a Board of Investigation to inquire into the design and methods
of construction of welded steel merchant vessels 15 July 1946. / Secretary of
the Navy, 1947.
Standards in the United States continued
Rules for building and classing steel vessels. / by the American Bureau of
Shipping. Library has volumes from the period 1942-1982.
Rules for building and classing steel vessels for service on rivers and intracoastal
waterways. / by the American Bureau of Shipping, 1980.
Rules for building and classing steel vessels under 61 meters (200 feet) in
Length. / by the American Bureau of Shipping, 1973.
Rules for the construction of steel ships; British units / det Norske Veritas, 1953.
Steamboats
Memoir on steamboats of the United States of America, printed by the Royal Press, Paris,
1824; translated by Sidney Withington. / M. Marestier, 1957, c1824.
Pacific steamboats. Photos. from the Joe Williamson Marine collection, 1958.
Submarines
Beneath the surface : submarines built in Seattle and Vancouver, 1909-1918. /
by Bill Lightfoot, 2005.
Forged in war : the naval-industrial complex and American submarine construction,
1940-1961. / by Gary E. Weir, 1993.
Todd Shipyard, see Shipyards, above.
Triunfo de la Cruz (Ship)
El Triunfo de la Cruz, the first ship built in the Californias. / by Theodore Henry Hittell,
1963.
Warships, design and construction
The construction and fitting of the English man of war, 1650-1850. / by Peter
Goodwin, 1987.
Naval engineering and American seapower. / editor, Randolph W. King ; associate editor,
Prescott Palmer ; with fifteen contributors, 1989.
Weapons and shipbuilding industry
Guns, sails and empires; technological innovation and the early phases of European
expansion, 1400-1700. / by Carlo M. Cipolla, 1966.
Western Pipe and Steel Company
Steel ships and iron pipe : Western Pipe and Steel Company of California : the
company, the yard, the ships. / by Dean L. Mawdsley, 2002.
Whaling ships, see separate research guide under Shipping.
Wooden ships
The Colonial schooner 1763-1775. / by Harold Hahn, 1981.
The evolution of the wooden ship / Basil Greenhill ; illustrations by Sam
Manning, 1988.
How wooden ships are built : a practical treatise on modern American wooden
ship construction with a supplement on laying off wooden vessels / by H. Cole
Estep, 1984.
Rules for building and classing wood vessels, 1942. / American Bureau of
Shipping, 1942.
Wood: a manual for its use as a shipbuilding material. / U.S. Bureau of Ships, 1957-1962.
Wooden ship : the art, history, and revival of wooden boatbuilding / by Peter H.
Spectre and David Larkin ; principal photography by Paul Rocheleau, chief
contributing photographers Fred Hoogervorst, Benjamin Mendlowitz, Allan
Weitz, 1991.
Yachts, design and construction
Technical yachting, 1971.
Yachting’s book of plans, 1968, c1966.
Yachting under power. / Yachting Publishing Corporation, 1966.
If you do not see what you are looking for, please call the Library for more information at
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Contemporary scale models of vessels of the seventeenth century… prepared for the Ship
Model Society of New York. / By Henry Brundage Culver, 1926.
Down-easter: building a model of the Benjamin F. Packard. / by Roger Weare Bragdon, 1954.
Modeling the Cutty Sark. / by Edward Bowness. 1976.
Modeling Tudor ships. [By] R. K. Battson. 1955
Models of American sailing ships; a handbook of the ship model collection. Addison Gallery of American Art. With a descriptive text by Robert E. Peabody. c1961
Models in bottles. / Richard Frederick Charles Bartley, 1951.
The national watercraft collection. / by Howard Irving Chapelle. 1960
The neophyte shipmodeler’s jackstay./ by George F. Campbell 1975.
Period ship modeling. Constructional notes, with sixty-five diagrams on the making of an
Elizabethan galleon / by R. K. Battson. 1955.
The rigging of ships in the days of the spritsail topmast, 1600-1720 / R.C. Anderson. 1927
The ship modeler’s workshop./ by R.K. Battson 1954.
Ship modeling hints and tips. / Craine, John Henry, 1973.