Bibliograph

U.S. Navy by the numbers, by Amie Jane Leavitt ; consultant: Raymond L. Puffer, PhD, Historian, retired, Edwards Air Force Base History Office

Type

Label

U.S. Navy by the numbers, by Amie Jane Leavitt ; consultant: Raymond L. Puffer, PhD, Historian, retired, Edwards Air Force Base History Office

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

resource.interestGradeLevel

3-9

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

U.S. Navy by the numbers

Nature of contents

bibliography

resource.readingGradeLevel

3-4

Responsibility statement

by Amie Jane Leavitt ; consultant: Raymond L. Puffer, PhD, Historian, retired, Edwards Air Force Base History Office

Series statement

Edge books

Summary

Did you know that an aircraft carrier is as long as a 75 story building is tall? That a Navy Seal can swim 500 yards in 8 minutes? Or that a submarine offers only 15 square feet of living space for each member of its crew? Discover these and more amazing high impact stats and numbers that define the U.S. Navy."--, Publisher's website

Table Of Contents

World class personnel and fleet -- Aircraft carriers: rulers of the sea -- Aircraft Carrier Strike Group -- On land and at sea -- Flying high in the U.S. Navy -- Boot camp! Training soldiers -- Becoming a SEAL -- Life at sea -- Into the deep: submarines -- Naval weapons -- Counting by 11s -- Attack on Pearl Harbor -- Midway: a decisive battle

Target audience

adolescent

resource.variantTitle

United States Navy by the numbers

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