Senkan Battleship and Junyokan Cruiser Troms Bibliography

Senkan! - Battleship

and

Junyokan! - Cruiser

Bibliographies

Compiled by Robert D. Hackett and Sander Kingsepp

English Language Sources:

Adams, Henry. 1942: The Year that Doomed the Axis. Paperback Library.

Agawa, Hiroyuki. The Reluctant Admiral: Yamamoto and the Imperial Navy. Tokyo: Kodansha, 1979.

Air Force Historical Foundation. Impact: The Army Air Forces' "Confidential" Picture History of World War II. 8 Vols. New York. James Parton and Co., 1980.

Alden, John D. U. S. Submarine Attacks During World War II. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1989.

Associated Press. "Jap Atom Test Ship Sabotaged By U.S. Sailors." Pearl Harbor, HI. May 6, 1946.

Ballard, Robert D. The Lost Ships of Guadalcanal. New York: Warner, 1993.

Barker, A.J. Midway:The Turning Point. New York: Ballantine Books, 1971.

__________ Pearl Harbor. New York: Ballantine Books, 1969.

Beach, Edward, Capt. Submarine! Coronet.

Bergamini, David. Japan's Imperial Conspiracy. London, Panther, 1971.

Belote, James and and William. Titans of the Seas. Harper & Row.

Blair, Clay, Jr. Silent Victory. 2 vols. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1975.

________ Hitler’s U-Boat War: The Hunted, 1942-1945. Random House, 1998.

Blair, Clay, Jr. & Joan. Return from the River Kwai. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979.

Boyd, Carl & Akihiko Yoshida. The Japanese Submarine Force In World War II. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1996.

Boyne, Walter J. Clash of Titans. Simon & Schuster.

Breuer, William. Devil Boats: The PT War Against Japan. Novato, CA: Presidio, 1987.

Buell, Harold L., Dauntless Helldivers. New York: Orion Books, 1991.

Calvert, James F, VAdm. Silent Running. Wiley.

Chambliss, William T. The Silent Service. Signet.

Costello, John. The Pacific War. New York: Rawson Wade. 1981.

Cunningham, A. B. FAdm. A Sailor's Odyssey. Dutton.

Davis, Burke. Get Yamamoto. Bantam Books.

Delgado, James P., Lanihan, Daniel J. and Murphy, Larry E. The Archeology of the Atomic Bomb: A Submerged Cultural Resources Assessment of the Sunken Fleet of Operation Crossroads at Bikini and Kwajalein Atoll Lagoons. U. S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1991.

Dull, Paul S. A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy (1941-1945). Naval Institute Press, 1978.

Evans, David. The Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II. Annapolis:Naval Institute Press.

Enright, Joseph F. Shinano! The Sinking of Japan's Secret Supership. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987.

Falk, Stanley. Decision at Leyte. New York: W.W. Norton, 1966.

________Liberation of the Philippines. New York: Ballantine Books, 1971.

Fitzsimons, Bernard, Ed. Weapons & Warfare: Illustrated Encyclopedia of the 20th Century. Columbia House.

Fluckey, Eugene B, RAdm. Thunder Below! USS Barb Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1992.

Frank, Bemis M. Okinawa: Touchstone to Victory. New York: Ballantine Books, 1969.

Frank, Richard B. Guadalcanal. New York: Random House, 1990.

Fuchida, Mitsuo & Masatake Okumiya. Midway: The Battle That Doomed Japan. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1955.

Galantin, I.J. Take Her Deep! A Submarine Against Japan in World War II. Pocket Books.

Gailey, Harry. The War in the Pacific: From Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay. Presidio.

Garfield, Brian. The Thousand-Mile War. Bantam.

Garzke, William H. Jr. and Dulin, Robert O., Jr. Battleships: Axis and Neutral Battleships in World War II. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1985.

Garzke, William H. Jr., Dulin, Robert O., Jr. and Sumrall, Robert F. Battleships: United States Battleships in World War II. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1985.

Goldstein, Donald M. & Katherine V. Dillon, ed. Fading Victory: The Diary of Admiral Matome Ugaki 1941-1945. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1991.

Grider, Capt George with Lydel Sims. War Fish. Ballantine Books.

Grove, Eric. Sea Battles in Close-up, WWII. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.

Gray, Edwyn. Submarine Warriors. Bantam.

Hailey, Foster and Milton Lancelot. Clear for Action. Bonanza Books.

Hamel, Eric. Guadalcanal - The Carrier Battles. Crown.

___________Guadalcanal - The Surface Battles. Crown.

Hamilton, John. War at Sea. Blandford Press.

Hara, Tameichi, Saito, Fred and Pineau, Roger. Japanese Destroyer Captain. New York: Ballantine, 1961.

Hashimoto, Mochitsura Cdr. Sunk - The Story of the Japanese Submarine Fleet 1941-1945. Avon Books,1955.

Hata, Ikuhiko & Yasuho Izawa. Japanese Naval Aces and Fighter Units of World War II. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1989.

Holmes, Wilfred J. Double-Edged Secrets. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1979.

_______________Underseas Victory. 2 vols. New York: Zebra, 1979.

Hough, Richard.The Longest Battle: The War at Sea, 1939-1945. Morrow.

Hough, S.W. H.M.S. VIGILANT, 1945. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stan.hough/Vigilant.htm

Hoyt, Edwin P. Blue Skies and Blood: The Battle of the Coral Sea. Jove.

_______________The Battle of Leyte Gulf. Playboy Press.

_______________Bowfin. Burford Books.

_______________The Destroyer Killer. Pocket Books.

_______________Guadalcanal. Jove.

_______________The Lonely Ships. Pinnacle.

_______________War in the Pacific: Stirrings. Avon.

_______________Storm Over the Gilberts. Avon.

_______________Submarines at War. Stein & Day.

_______________To The Marianas: War in the Central Pacific. Van Nostrand.

_______________War in the Pacific: 1945. Avon.

Humble, Richard. The Japanese High Seas Fleet. New York: Ballantine, 1973.

Inoguchi, Rikihei, Capt, Nakajima, Tadashi, Cdr & Pineau, Roger. The Divine Wind. Bantam.

Ireland, Bernard. Jane's Naval History of World War II. Harper Collins.

Ito, Masanori. The End of the Imperial Japanese Navy. New York: Jove Books, 1984.

Jensen, Oliver. Carrier War. Simon and Schuster.

Jentschura, Hansgeorg & Dieter Jung & Peter Mickel. Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1992.

Kilduff, Peter. U.S. Carriers at War. Stackpole Books.

Kimmet, Larry & Margaret Regis. U.S. Submarines in WWII. Seattle: Navigator, 1996.

Kuwahara, Yasuo & Gordon Allred. Kamikaze. Ballantine.

Lacroix, Eric & Linton Welles II. Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1997.

Lockwood, Charles A. Sink'em All! Bantam Books, 1961.

Lord, Walter. Day of Infamy. New York: Henry Holt & Co.

___________Incredible Victory. New York: Pocket Books, 1968.

Lorelli, John A. The Battle of the Komandorski Islands. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. 1984.

Lowder, Edwin P. & E. Hughston & Jack Scott. Batfish: The Champion Submarine Killer Submarine of World War II. New York: Prentice-Hall

MacIntyre, Donald. Aircraft Carrier: The Majestic Weapon. New York: Ballantine Books, 1969.

___________ Leyte Gulf: Armada in the Pacific. New York: Ballantine Books, 1969.

Mansfield Jr., John G. Cruisers for Breakfast: War Patrols of the USS Darter and USS Dace. Tacoma: Media Center, 1997.

Mayer, S. L., Ed. The Japanese War Machine. Chartwell Books.

Mendenhall, Corwin, RAdm. Submarine Diary. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.

Miller, Nathan. The Naval Air War, 1939-1945. Zebra.

Miller, Thomas C., Jr. The Cactus Air Force. New York: Harper & Row, 1969.

Millot, Bernard. Divine Thunder. Mayflower, 1972.

Morrison, Samuel Eliot. History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. 15 vols. Boston: Little, Brown. 1947-1962.

Morrison, Wilbur H. Above and Beyond. 1941-1945. Bantam Books, 1983.

Newcomb, Richard F. The Battle of Savo Island. New York: Henry Holt, 1961.

Nevitt, Allyn D. Long Lancers. Website. www.combinedfleet.com/lancers.htm

O'Kane, Richard H, RAdm. Clear the Bridge! Presidio.

___________Wahoo! Presidio.

Okumiya, Masatake & Horikoshi, Jiro & Martin Caidin. Zero! New York: Ballantine Books, 1971.

Orita, Zenji, Joseph D. Carrington. Japanese I-boat Captain. Canoga Park: Major Books, 1976.

Parillo, Mark P. The Japanese Merchant Marine in World War II. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1993.

Potter, E. B., and Nimitz, Chester W., Ed. The Great Sea War. New York: Bramhall House, 1960.

Prados, John. Combined Fleet Decoded. New York: Random House, 1995.

Prange, Gordon. Miracle at Midway. New York: Penquin, 1981.

________________At Dawn We Slept. New York: Penquin.

Preston, Antony. Navies of World War II. London: Hamlyn, 1976.

Reynolds, Clark G. The Carrier War. Time Life Books.

__________________ The Fast Carriers: The Forging of an Air Navy. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1992.

Rohwer, J. and G. Hummelchen. Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1992.

Roscoe, Theodore. United States Destroyer Operations in World War II. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1953.

______________United States Submarine Operations in World War II. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1949.

Roskill, S.W., Captain, RN. White Ensign: The British Navy at War, 1939-1945.Annapolis: Naval Institute Press,

Ruhe, William J. War in the Boats: My WWII Submarine Battles. Brassey's.

Rutherford, Ward. Fall of the Philippines. New York: Ballantine Books, 1971.

Sakai, Saburo & Martin Caidin. Samurai! New York: Bantam Books, 1979.

Sakaida, Henry. Imperial Japanese Navy Aces 1937-45. Osprey Aircraft of the Aces No. 22. London, Osprey Publishing, 1998.

Salamone,Victor A. & Charles E. Pfannes. The Great Admirals of WW II: The Americans. Zebra.

_________________The Great Commanders of WW II: The Japanese. Zebra.

Sanford, Donald S. Midway. Bantam Books.

Sasgen, Peter T. Red Scorpion: The War Patrols of the USS Rasher. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.

Schratz, Paul R., Capt. Submarine Commander. Pocket books.

Schultz, Duane. Wake Island. Playboy Press.

Sherman, Frederick C. Combat Command. Bantam Books.

Skulski, Januz. Anatomy of the Ship:The Battleship Yamato. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1988.

________________Anatomy of the Ship: The Battleship Fuso. Conway Maritime Press, 1998.*

Spector, Ronald H. Eagle Against the Sun. New York: Vintage, 1985.

Spurr, Russell. A Glorious Way to Die. Newmarket Press, 1981.

Stafford, Edward P., Cdr. Little Ship, Big War. Jove.

Steinberg, Rafael. Island Fighting. Time Life Books.

Stephen, Martin. Sea Battles in Close-up, WWII. Annapolis:Naval Institute Press

Sulzberger, C. L. World War Two. American Heritage.

Swinson, Arthur. Defeat in Malaya, the Fall of Singapore, New York: Ballantine Books, 1969.

Toland, John. Infamy: Pearl Harbor and its Aftermath. Berkeley.

__________The Rising Sun. New York: Random House, 1970.

Thomas, David. Battle of the Java Sea. London: Pan, 1971.

Trumbull, Robert. Silversides: Hunter-Killer Attack Sub of WWII. Henry Holt.

Tully, Anthony. Total Eclipse - The Last Battles of the IJN: 1944-1945. Unpublished manuscript.

______________Solving Some Mysteries of Leyte Gulf: The Fate of the Chikuma and Chokai. Toledo, Ohio: Warship International, Vol No. XXXVII, No. 3, 2000.

______________Naval Alamo: The Heroic Last Months of the Asiatic Fleet. Dec 1941-March 1942. http://www.asiaticfleet.com/javasea.html

U. S. Strategic Bombing Survey. Campaigns of the Pacific War. Washington: GPO, 1946.

___________________Interrogations of Japanese Officials. 2 Vols. Washington: GPO, 1946.

Van Der Vat, Dan. The Pacific Campaign. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1991.

Vasko, Jim. U.S.S. CURRENT, ARS-22. http://www.geocities.com/jimvasko_94555/index.htm

Warren, C.E.T. & James Benson. The Midget Raiders. Ballantine

Warshofsky, Fred. War under the Waves. Pyramid Books.

Wheeler, Keith. The Road to Tokyo. Time Life Books.

______________War under the Pacific. Time Life Books.

Whitley, M. J. Battleships of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Arms and Armour Press. 1998.

______________ Cruisers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Arms and Armour Press. 1995.

Winton, John. The War at Sea, 1939-1945. London: Arrow Books Ltd, 1967.

______________The Forgotten Fleet: The British Navy in the Pacific, 1944-1945. New York: Coward, McCann, 1970.

Woodward, C. Vann. The Battle for Leyte Gulf. New York, McMillan, 1947.

Y'Blood, William T. Red Sun Setting. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1981.

Yataka, Yokota & Joseph Harrington. Suicide Submarine. Ballantine.

Yoshimura, Akira and Murphy, Vincent. Build the Musashi! The Birth and Death of the World's Greatest Battleship. Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1991.

Yoshida, Mitsuru. Requiem for Battleship Yamato. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1985.

Japanese Language Sources:*

Agawa, Hiroyuki. Gunkan Nagato no Shogai (The Long Life of the Battleship Nagato, 3 volumes). Shincho Bunko.

Amekura Takayuki. Musashi no Senshi-tachi--Shibuyan-kai no Tatakai (The Warriors from the MUSASHI--the Battle in the Sibuyan Sea) in Taiheiyo Senshi Shiriizu (Pacific War History Series) Vol. 20, Tokyo, Gakken.

_________________ Senkan Nagato no Rekidai Kancho (The Commanding Officers of the Nagato) in Taiheiyo Senshi Shiriizu, (Pacific War History Series) Vol. 15, Tokyo, Gakken.

_________________ Senkan Mutsu no Rekidai Kancho (The Commanding Officers of the Mutsu), ibid.

_________________ Yamato no Senshi-tachi--Okinawa Suijo Tokko (The Warriors from the Yamato--the Okinawa Suicide Sortie), ibid.

Date Hisashi. Yamato no Subete (All About Yamato), Rekishi To Tabi (magazine). Tokyo: Akita Shoten No. 8/1988.

Gen, Kiyama. Operation Kita. Whole View of Pacific War. Tokyo: Akita Shoten, 1991.

Hando, Kazutoshi. Nippon Gunkan Senki (Battle Records of Japanese Warships). Tokyo: Bunshun Bunko Bijuaruhan, 1996.

Hara, Katsuhiro. Kyodai Kubo Shinano no Saigo, (The Last Hours of the Giant Carrier Shinano), Taiheiyo Senshi Shiriizu, (Pacific War History Series) Vol. 11, Tokyo, Gakken.

_________________ Nagato, Reite-oki no Funsen (NAGATO at Leyte), Taiheiyo Senshi Shiriizu, (Pacific War History Series) Vol. 15, Tokyo, Gakken.

_________________ Musashi Chimbotsu no Kensho, (The Analysis of the Sinking of the MUSASHI), Taiheiyo Senshi Shiriizu (Pacific War History Series), Vol. 20, Tokyo, Gakken.

_________________ Musashi Shibuyan-kai no Shito (The Last Battle of the Musashi in the Shibuyan Sea), Taiheiyo Senshi Shiriizu, (Pacific War History Series) Vol. 11, Tokyo, Gakken.

_________________ Shito Nijikan, Yamato Bakuchin Su (Two Hours of Fight and the Demise of Yamato), Taiheiyo Senshi Shiriizu, (Pacific War History Series), ibid.

Hiyama Yoshiaki. Senkan Yamato no Okinawa Tokko (Battleship Yamato’s Special Sortie to Okinawa), Rekishi To Tabi (magazine), Akita Shoten, No. 8, 1988.

Ishiwata Koji. Kyokan Yamato no Tanjo (The Birth of Yamato), Rekishi To Tabi (magazine) Tokyo: Akita Shoten No. 8, 1988.

Iwasawa Ryo. Saikyo No Kantai. (The Strongest Navy). Tokyo: Futami Bunko, 1995.

Kaku Kozo. Rengo Kantai 99 no Nazo (99 Mysteries of the Combined Fleet). Tokyo: Futami Bunko, 1995.

Kamei Hiroshi. Musashi Rekidai Kancho Rekiden (The Commanding Officers of the Musashi), Taiheiyo Senshi Shiriizu, (Pacific War History Series) Vol. 11, Tokyo, Gakken.

Yamato Rekidai Kancho Rekiden (The Commanding Officers of the Yamato), ibid.

Katagiri Daiji. Rengo Kantai Gunkan Meimeiden (The Famous Warships of the Combined Fleet).

Kawamata Chiaki. Juni Senkan Monogatari (The Saga of the 12 Battleships). Tokyo: Gakken Bunko, 2000.

Kawashima Hiroshi, Editor. Shashin Nippon no Gunkan. (The Imperial Japanese Navy, Vol. 1 - Yamato, Musashi, Nagato, Mutsu, Fuso, Yamashiro, Ise, Hyuga). Tokyo: Kojinsha 1994.

_____________________ Shashin Nippon no Gunkan. (The Imperial Japanese Navy, Vol. 2 (Kongo, Hiei, Haruna, Kirishima). Tokyo: Kojinsha, 1995.

Kimata Jiro. Senkan no Monogatari. (The Japanese Battleship Story). Shuppan Kyodosha, 1983.

Kiyama Gen. Middoue Kaisen (The Battle of Midway), Rekishi To Tabi (magazine) Tokyo: Akita Shoten No. 8, 1988.

Kojima Noboru. Senkan Yamato, Vol. II. Tokyo: Bunshun Bunko, 1998.

Minakami Kazuo and Naito Tomohiko. Etajima no Kyogo-tachi. (The Champions of Etajima). Tokyo: Shueisha, 1999 (Vol. 1), 2000 (Vol. 2).

Mizutani Kiyotaka. Zu to Shashin de Tadoru Nagato-Mutsu no Hensen-shi (The Development and Refits of the Nagato and the Mutsu in Drawings and Photos),Taiheiyo Senshi Shiriizu, Vol. 15. Tokyo: Gakken, 1997.

_______________Nagato-gata Senkan. (Nagato Class Battleships)

Nishida Hiroshi. Imperial Japanese Navy at http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/index.htm

Taiheiyo Senshi Shiriizu, Vol. 15. Tokyo: Gakken, 1997.

Omi Heijiro. Watakushi no Yamato/Musashi Kannai Seikatsu (My Life as Orderly aboard the Yamato and the Musashi), Taiheiyo Senshi Shiriizu, Vol. 11. Tokyo, Gakken, 2000.

Ships of the World (magazine), August 1961. (Article on ASHIGARA's visit to Kiel, 1937). Tokyo: Kodansha International.

Taga Kazushi. Senkan Yamato no Rekidai Kancho-tachi. (Commanding Officers of Yamato) in Rekishi To Tabi (magazine) Tokyo: Akita Shoten No. 8, 1988.

Tashiro Gunjuro. Nagato Fuku-hoshashu ga Mita Mutsu no Higeki (The Tragedy of the Mutsu as Seen Through the Eyes of a Gunner’s Mate), Taiheiyo Senshi Shiriizu, Vol. 15. Tokyo: Gakken, 1997.

Tokuda Hachiroe. Kansai-yo Dentan (reda) to Gyakutan (IJN Naval Radars and Radar Detectors), Taiheiyo Senshi Shiriizu, Vol. 11. Tokyo, Gakken 2000.

Watanabe Shinichi. Rei-Sen Bikkuri Deta 99 no Nazo (99 Mysteries of the Zero Fighter). Tokyo: Futami Bunko, 1995.

________________Shiden-kai Bikkuri Deta 99 no Nazo (99 Mysteries of Shiden-Kai). Tokyo: Futami Bunko, 1995.

Yamato-gata Senkan (Yamato Class Battleships I), Taiheiyo Senshi Shiriizu, Vol. 11. Tokyo, Gakken 2000.

Yamato-gata Senkan (Yamato Class Battleships II). Taiheiyo Senshi Shiriizu, Vol. 20. Tokyo, Gakken 2000.

Yoshimura Akira. Mutsu Bakuchin! (The Mutsu Blew up!). Tokyo: Shincho Bunko, 1970.

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*Contributed by Sander Kingsepp

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