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Thomas A. Adam, MBE. Dictionary of Royal Fleet Auxiliary Ships from 1905. Dunbeath, Scotland: Whittles Publishing, www.whittlespublishing.com, 2025. 280 × 210mm, liberally illustrated with 190 b/w photos and 40 drawings softback xii+440 pp., illustrations, notes, index. UK £35, paper;  ISBN 978-1-84995-575-1.  

Tyler R. Bamford and Richard A. Hulver, eds. Best Beloved. The Wartime Letters of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz to his Wife, Catherine. Washington, CD: Naval History and Heritage Command, www.history.navy.mil, 2024.  vii+219 pp., illustrations, maps, tables, notes, bibliography.  Free download, paper; ISBN 978-1-943604-92-0. (E-book available.) 

Dan Black, Oceans of Fate: Peace and Peril Aboard the Steamship Empress of Asia Hamilton, ON: Dundurn Press, www.dundurn.com, 2025. 434 pp., illustrations, etc. CDN $28.99, paper; ISBN 978-1-45975-2511. (E\-book available.) 

David Doyle. USS Arizona (BB-39): From Keel Laying to Pearl Harbor Memorial, Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military History, https://www.schiffermilitary.com/ 2025. 144 pp., 310 color and b/w photos, US $24.99, hardback. ISBN 9780764368868. 

Steve R. Dunn. Steam Yachts at War. The Naval Deployment of British & American Armed Yachts 1898-1918. Barnsley, S. Yorks: Pen & Sword History, Seaforth Publishing, www.pen-and-sword.org, 2024. 272 pp., illustrations, notes, index. UK £25, US$42.95, paper; ISBN 978 1 3990 5972 5 7. 

Ivan P. Cooper. Arming the Warship: Naval Weapons Technology and Gunnery from the Spanish Armada to the Cold War Jefferson, NC: McFarland Publishing, www.mcfarlandbooks.com, 2024.  ? pp., illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. US $49.95, paper; ISBN 978-1-4766-9499-3.  (E-book available.)  

Thomas J. Cutler & Edward J. Marolda (eds.). The Brown Water War at 50: A Retrospective on the Coastal and Riverine Conflict in Vietnam. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2023. 272 pp. Illus. Photos. Maps. Index. $34.95; ISBN 978-1557507839.  

Bruce A. Elleman, The ABCs of Cold War History. Anglo-America, Bloc Sovietique and China, 1919-1994. New York: First Hill Books. 2025. 83 pp, US$ 25.21. ISBN, 978-1-83999-227-8.  

Bill Ferguson. C/O Cunard House: 88 Leadenhall Street London EC3. Dunbeath: Whittles Publishing, V + 193 pp., 2025, US$24.95, 978-1-84885-582-9. 

Stan Grayson. Boat Crazy: The Collected Wooden Boat Stories of Stan Grayson. Lanham, MD. Rowman & Littlefield, www.globepeyquot.org, 2024. 272 pp., illustrations, tables. US $29.95, UK £25.00, cloth; ISBN 978-1-4930-7897-4. (E-book available.) 

Timothy Heck, B. A. Friedman, and Walker D. Mills, eds. On Contested Shores: The Evolving Role of Amphibious Operations in the History of Warfare volume 2. Quantico Virginia: Marine Corps University Press, WWW.USMCU.EDU/MCUPRESS, 2024, 365 pp. ISBN, 979-8-9862595-8-1. 

James F. Hancock. From Ponce De Leon to Sir Walter Raleigh. Early European Arrivals in Southeastern North America Jefferson, NC: McFarland, www.mcfarlandbooks.com, 2025.  185 pp., Format: softcover (8.5 x 11), 525 photos, glossary, notes, bibliography, index.  US $39.95, paper; ISBN: 978-1-4766-9578-5.  (E-book available).  

Erik S. Hinckley. ed., Merchant and Naval Ship, 1764-1799. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, www.mcfarlandbooks.com, 2025.  247 pp., Format: softcover (8.5 x 11), 525 photos, glossary, notes, bibliography, index.  US $65.00, paper; ISBN: 978-1-4766-9785-7.  (E-book available). 

Thomas N. Layton and James P. Delagdo. Wreck Divers and Archaeologists: A History of Maritime Archaeology in California Germantown MD: Society for Historical Archeology, 2024, 409 pp. 26,99$ 978-1-957402.  

Peter Luebke, ed. Foreword by Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro. The U.S. Navy and Innovation. Twentieth-Century Case Studies. Washington, DC: US Naval History & Heritage Command, www.history.navy.mil/research/publications, 2024.  158 pp.,  illustrations, etc.  ISBN 978-1-943604-91-3. (Free Digital Download https://www.history.navy.mil/research/publications/publications-by-subject/logistics/ ) 

DaNiel C. Marvin. Francis H. Leggett: Unravelling the Mystery Behind Oregon’s Worst Maritime Disaster Astoria Oergon, Samandi Publishing, www.samandi.net, ISBN 979-8-218-47828-5, 53 pp.

Tara Moss and Rebecca Love. Nantucket : The Ultimate Playground Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, https://schifferbooks.com/ 9780764364761 $50. Size: 9.0in x 9.0in; 272 pp, 26 color and b/w photos Binding: Hardback.  

Abigail G. Mullen.  To Fix a National Character: The United States in the First Barbary War, 1800–1805. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, www.jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu, 2024. xiii+234 pp., illustrations, maps, abbreviations, notes, bibliography, index; US $54.95, cloth; ISBN 978-1-42144-926-5. (E-book available.) 

Colin Partridge, Jean de Préneuf and Andrew Lambert. The Channel Islands in Anglo-French Relations, 1689-1918 Rochester, NY: Boydell & Brewer, www.boydellandbrewer.com, 9781783276554 January 2024  £95.00 / $130.00. 

Rod Scher. Ship of Lost Souls: The Tragic Wreck of the Steamship Valencia Essex, CT: Lyons Press, www.lyonspress.com, 2024.  256 pp, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $32.95, 978-1493081356.  

Jonathan Rayner, Screening the Fleet: The Royal Navy on Television 1973–2023 Leed: Sheffield and York: White Rose University Press, White Rose University Press, 2025, 278 pp, 978-1-912482-41-2. E-Book available (priority for digital version) 

Vice Admiral B.B. Schofield and Victoria Schofield (ed.), The Rescue Ships and the Convoys Saving Lives During The Second World War. Barnsley, S. Yorks: Pen & Sword History, www.pen-and-sword.org, 2024. 224 pp., illustrations, notes, index. UK £25, US$42.95, paper; ISBN 978 1 03610 266 1. 

Mark Stille. (Illustrated by Adam Tooby) Midway-Class Aircraft Carriers 1945-92. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, www.ospreypublishing.com, 2024.  96 pp., illustrations, bibliography, index. UK £12.99, US $20, CDN $27.00paper; ISBN 978-1-4728-6048-4. 

Randall Sullivan. Graveyard of the Pacific, Shipwreck and Survival on America’s Deadliest Waterway, Grove Atlantic.  978-0-8021-6337-0, 272 pp, 2024 Paperback, 5.5" x 8.25", US$18. 

Shelley Wachsmann. Late Bronze-Age Metal Artifacts off Hahotrim, Israel College Station: Texas A&M University Press, www.tamupress.com, Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology Series, 2024. 978-1-64843-212-5. Hardcover (Printed Case) 8.5 x 11 x 0 in 186 pp. 22 color, 67 b&w photos. 77 line art. 12 maps. 4 appendixes. Glossary. Bib. Index. US $70.00.