BOOK INFORMATION

 

Wooden Ships and Iron Men:
The U.S. Navy’s Coastal and Inshore Minesweepers, and the Minecraft That Served in Vietnam, 1953–1976
,

by Cdr. David D. Bruhn, USN (Ret.)
2011, 5½ x 8½, paper, index, 372 pp. 49 photos, 14 maps
B5345
ISBN: 0788453459

     

Wooden Ships and Iron Men:
The U.S. Navy’s Coastal and Motor Minesweepers, 1941–1953
,

by Cdr. David D. Bruhn, USN (Ret.)
2009, 5½ x 8½, paper, index, 368 pp. 25 photos, 27 maps
B4909
ISBN: 0788449095

   

Wooden Ships and Iron Men:
The U.S. Navy’s Ocean Minesweepers, 1953–1994,

by Cdr. David D. Bruhn, USN (Ret.)
5½" x 8½", paperback, 416 pp, 41 photos, 34 maps
B4325
ISBN: 0788443259
   

The above three books may be ordered online at www.heritagebooks.com, www.amazon.com or www.barnesandnoble.com, or from the publisher by mail, phone, or fax:
Heritage Books, Inc.
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Westminster, MD 21157
Phone: 800-876-6103 • 231-537-4021
Fax: 410-558-6574

Ready to Answer All Bells: A Blueprint for Successful Naval Engineering (ISBN 1557502277) is available from the U.S. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, or from www.amazon.com or www.barnesandnoble.com.
 
    

LINKS

FINE ART WORK, COPYEDITING, AND TYPESETTING

Book cover paintings by Richard W. DeRosset. To view more of his work, visit his website. Contact the artist at (619) 581-8199 or 1914 El Prado, Lemon Grove, CA 91945 to inquire about a reproduction of a painting or to commission an original painting.

For complete typesetting, copyediting, and proofreading services visit jo-annparks.com.

 

MINE WARFARE ORGANIZATIONS

Australia:
The RAN 16th Minesweeping Squadron: http://sixteenthnavalsquadaus.org/

United Kingdom:
Algerines Association: http://www.minesweepers.org.uk/
Halcyon Class Minesweepers: http://www.halcyon-class.co.uk/
Minewarfare Association: http://mwassociation.co.uk/
Minewarfare & Clearance Diving Officers' Association: http://www.mcdoa.org.uk/
Royal Naval Patrol Service: www.harry-tates.org.uk
Royal Naval Patrol Service Association: http://www.rnps.lowestoft.org.uk/
Ton Class Association: http://www.tca2000.co.uk/

United States:
Association of Minemen: http://minemen.org
Naval Minewarfare Association: http://www.navalminewarfareassociation.com/
Navy MSO Association: http://www.nmsoa.org
The Mine Warfare Association: http://www.minwara.org/

   

INDIVIDUAL SHIP SITES

For mine warfare–related information, visit the USS Constant (MSO 427) site hosted by Don Tigges.
Visit the USS Adroit (MSO 509) site hosted by Al Hines.