submarines (ships)

Explores the history of submarines and submersibles.

Photographs, illustrations, and easy-to-follow text explain how submarines work, describing their different parts and the responsibilities of the people who help control them.

Explores early navigation and shipbuilding and surveys the development of boats from Greek rowboats to the cruise ships of today.

Simple text and photos introduce a military submarine's basic parts and the jobs for which the navy uses submarines.

Photographs and brief text describe submarines, and the different types of jobs done by people who work on the underwater vessels.

Introduces the development, uses, possible weaponry, dangers, and locomotion of submarines.

Kenneth Mallory describes the week he spent in the Aquarius underwater laboratory off the Florida Keys, discussing the work he did, what it was like to live underwater, the marine creatures he encountered, and more.

During the Revolutionary War, fourteen-year-old Nathan joins forces with his older cousin, the inventor David Bushnell, to secretly build the first submarine used in naval warfare.

The story of how David Bushnell built the "Turtle," the world's first submarine, for use against British ships during the American Revolutionary War.

Ten true stories of maritime adventure, disaster, and recovery.