Tidewater's Navy: An Illustrated History Review

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(More customer reviews)On New Year's Day 1776 a small British fleet entered the Tidewater, sailed to the harbor and opened fire. It was just another incident of the history of Norfolk, Hampton Roads. Five years later, with Cornwallis trapped on the Yorktown penninsula, Admiral deGrasse and the French navy intercepted the Royal Navy fleet coming to rescue them and drove them off. Eventually Cornwallis was forced to surrender and was instrumental in ending the American Revolutionary War.
This was just the beginning of the Navy's involvment in the area, perhaps the best natural harbour on the Eastern Seaboard. It was in these waters that the Virginia (aka Merrimack) fought the 'Cheesebox on a raft' aka Monitor to a stalemate, but a stalemate that marked the end of centuries of wooden ships.
Today, the base is as busy as ever, sending ships and planes out to Iraq and to everywhere else that the Navy goes.
This book is the history of the Navy in the Tidewater. And that's almost the history of the Navy itself. Profusely illustrated, this book is a well earned tribute to all that has happened there.

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There are few places in the world more at ease with the steady march of naval history than Norfolk and Tidewater Virginia.Bruce Linder's detailed history and exciting images of the U.S. Navy in Hampton Roads provide a comprehensive portrayal of how a region that still likes to think of itself as a small southern city has helped mold nearly every facet of today's modern Navy.From privateers, enemy ships-of-the-line, and ironclads to aircraft carriers, nuclear-powered submarines, and the role of special forces, his compelling history traces the colorful and sometimes subtle nexus between expanding American naval prowess and regional dreams.This balanced chronicle of the distinctive naval character of Hampton Roads encompasses war at sea, courage, genius, leadership, and command entwined within a sometimes-stormy relationship between the Navy and its civic hosts.Some of the most identifiable names in American naval history--Decatur, Truxtun, Dale, Farragut, Buchanan, Halsey--have all made their indelible mark on Norfolk's legacy and some of the signature events of American history--the British surrender at Yorktown, the Battle of the Monitor and Virginia, and the defeat of the German U-boat--have all had a Hampton Roads focus. This work proves anew that the cities where American naval might is concentrated can influence it in fascinating and unique ways.

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