The Reminiscences of Capt. Grayson Merrill, USN (Ret.)

Lingua: inglese

Editore: Naval Institute Press, US, 2019

1682691705 / 9781682691700

Da: Rarewaves USA United, HEBRON, KY, U.S.A.Rarewaves USA United

Venditore con 5 stelle

Venditore AbeBooks dal 20 giugno 2025

Rilegato

Condizione: Nuovo

EUR 96,38

EUR 44,68 spedizione 
Spedito in U.S.A.

Quantità: Più di 20 disponibili

Aggiungi al carrello
Resi gratuiti per 30 giorni

Descrizione dell’articolo da parte del venditore

Following graduation from the Naval Academy in 1934, Merrill served in the battleship West Virginia (BB-48) and destroyers USS Brooks (DD-232) and USS Dorsey (DD-117). In 1937 he became a naval aviator, subsequently serving in Torpedo Squadron Three in the carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) and in Utility Squadron One. In early 1942, after Merrill took an abbreviated postgraduate course in electrical engineering, Commander Delmar S. Fahrney selected him for the Special Design Branch of the Bureau of Aeronautics, where the Navy's first guided missiles were being developed. Throughout the war they were involved in a number of pilotless aircraft projects, including assault drones. After the war, Merrill traveled to Germany and brought back a number of rocket scientists to aid postwar U.S. development. Merrill was instrumental in the late 1940s in the establishment of the Naval Air Missile Test Center at Point Mugu, California, w he re a building is now named in his honor. Early tests included the Loon, a copy of the German V-1 buzz bomb, and the Lark, a surface-to-air missile developed by the Bureau of Aeronautics. In the mid-1950s Merrill was selected as the first technical director for the Polaris program. His oral history offers candid comments on the difficulties he had in working for Rear Admiral "Red" Raborn, who headed the Polaris program. Following his 1957 retirement from the Navy, Merrill worked in the defense industry and edited a series of books on guided missiles.…

Codice articolo LU-9781682691700

Titolo
The Reminiscences of Capt. Grayson Merrill, USN (Ret.)
Autore
Grayson Merrill USN (Ret.)
Editore
Naval Institute Press, US
Anno di pubblicazione
2019
Condizione
New
Rilegatura
Hardback
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
1682691705
ISBN 13
9781682691700
Peso dell'articolo
811 grammi

Rarewaves USA United

HEBRON, KY, U.S.A.

Venditore con 5 stelle

Venditore AbeBooks dal 20 giugno 2025

Tariffe di spedizione nazionale per U.S.A.

ArticoloDa 30 a 30 giorni lavorativiDa 14 a 14 giorni lavorativi
Primo articoloEUR 44,68EUR 59,87
I tempi di consegna sono stabiliti dai venditori e variano in base al corriere e al paese. Gli ordini che devono attraversare una dogana possono subire ritardi e spetta agli acquirenti pagare eventuali tariffe o dazi associati. I venditori possono contattarti in merito ad addebiti aggiuntivi dovuti a eventuali maggiorazioni dei costi di spedizione dei tuoi articoli.

Metodi di pagamento

  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • American Express
  • Carte Bleue
  • Apple Pay
  • Google Pay

Informazioni sull’azienda del venditore

Rarewaves USA

10100 West Sample Road, Ste 101
Coral Springs, FL U.S.A. 33065