Gray Steel and Black Oil: Fast Tankers and Replenishment at Sea in the U.S. Navy, 1912-1992

by Thomas Wildenberg

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This is the first full-length treatment of the development of the fleet oiler concept in the U.S. Navy. The author addresses the logistics of how fleets are able to stay at sea in an operational mode and charts the concept from World War I onward, examining the benefits of underway replenishment.
  • ISBN10 1557509344
  • ISBN13 9781557509345
  • Publish Date 1 December 1995
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 7 October 2009
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Naval Institute Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 224
  • Language English