Nautical Scribe Books

Name: Nautical Scribe Books
Address: 247 U.S. Route 1, Stockton Springs, ME, 04981, US
Telephone: +12075678111
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New and used maritime books, and nautical furnishings including ship models and art of the sea.

01/19/2024

On January 19, 1803, the Conquest class gun-brig HMS Fearless was wrecked on Redding Point at the north end of Cawsand Bay.A storm from the south-east hit Plymouth whipping up the sea into such a state that it carried 'water over the town... and deluged the streets in a sluice'. The Fearless was at anchor in the Bay waiting for the weather to clear so that she could es**rt a convoy of merchant ships to the Channel Islands. Instead, due to the worsening weather, Lt Williams, Captain of the Fearless, ordered the topmasts and yards to be lowered and for the crew to put out a second anchor. Despite the precautions the shank of the best bower anchor broke during the course of the afternoon and she began to drive across the bay. The crew fired guns to signal that they were in trouble and at 11pm she struck the shore under high cliffs near Redding Point, going broadside on. The attached image shows the profile plans of the Henslow Design Conquest class of 1794.

01/14/2024

On January 14 1945, five U.S. Navy submarines sink five different Japanese vessels in and around the Pacific Ocean. USS Albacore (SS 218) sinks Japanese destroyer Sazanami 300 miles off Yap; USS Scamp (SS 277) sinks the tanker Nippon Maru off Sorol Island; USS Guardfish (SS 217) sinks tanker Kenyo Maru southeast of Palau; USS Seawolf (SS 197) sinks tanker Yamazuru Maru off Okinawa, and USS Swordfish (SS 193) sinks transport Yamakuni Maru off Hachijo Jima.

01/13/2024

On January 13, 1943, PBY-5A aircraft from Patrol Squadron 83 (VP-83) sunk the German submarine U-507 off Brazil. The U-boat in four patrols had sunk 19 and damaged one Allied merchant vessels, including seven that were American. The PBY-5A dropped several depth charges on the boat. The site of the attack was 330 miles off the Brazilian coast at Cape São Roque (Cape of Saint Roch). The bomb camera took the picture of the successful strike.

01/12/2024

On January 12, 1945, Task Force 38, commanded by Vice Adm. John S. McCain, continues to bomb Japanese shipping, airfields and installations in French Indochina while also attacking three Japanese convoys, sinking approximately 30 Japanese vessels with numerous other vessels damaged.

01/05/2024

On January 5, 1945, a typhoon hits while Task Group 38.1 and Task Group 30.8 are off the coast of Okinawa. Task Group 38.1 passes through the eye of the storm at 7 a.m. that morning. Hurricane force winds of 70 knots (80.5 miles per hour), with gusts up to 100 knots (115 per hour) damage almost every ship in the task groups.

The cruiser USS Pittsburgh (CA-72) lost her bow in the hurricane. Her bow was thrust upward, then sheared off, but there were no casualties. Still fighting the storm, and maneuvering to avoid being hit by her drifting bow structure, Pittsburgh was held quarter-on to the seas by her engine power while the forward bulkhead was shored. After a seven-hour battle, the storm subsided, and Pittsburgh proceeded at 6 knots (11 km/h) to Guam, arriving on June 10. Her bow, nicknamed "McKeesport" (a suburb of Pittsburgh), was later salvaged by the tugboat USS 'Munsee' and brought into Guam.

USS Pittsburgh was photographed with her bow missing.

01/04/2024

On January 4, 1989, VF-32 F-14 Tomcats from USS 'John F. Kennedy'
shoot down two hostile Libyan MiGs with AIM-7 [Sparrow] and AIM-9 [Sidewinder] missiles in the central Med north of Tobruk in international waters. The attached image illustrates the "shoot-down"

12/14/2023

On December 14, 1814, under the command of Commodore Thomas Catesby Jones, U.S. gunboats, along with Sea Horse and Alligator, engage the British during the Battle of Lake Borgne, Louiiana. Though the American flotilla is defeated, the engagement delays the British attack on New Orleans for nine days, buying precious time for Gen. Andrew Jackson's successful defense of New Orleans. The attached image is a painting by Thomas Lyde Hornbrook of the Battle of Lake Borgne.

11/25/2023

On November 25, 1944, USS 'Hardhead' (SS 365) attacked a Japanese convoy 60 miles west of Manila and sank Coast Defense Vessel No.38 off Bataan Peninsula while USS 'Atule' (SS 403) sank Japanese freighter Santos Maru off Sabtang Island, Luzon. Also, USS 'Mingo' (SS 261) sank Japanese army transport Manila Maru.

The attached photo shows USS Hammerhead (SS-365).

11/22/2023

On November 22, 1718, Lt. Robert Maynard RN, commanding "Jane" and "Ranger" (shallow draft sloops on loan from Virginia merchants with crews drawn from Pearl and Lyme), battled the pirate Blackbeard (Edward Teach) in "Adventure" off Ocracoke Island, North Carolina. Blackbeard is killed.

11/20/2023

On November 20, 1759, the Battle of Quiberon Bay was fought. British fleet of 23 ships of the line, under Admiral Sir Edward Hawke, defeated a French fleet of 21 ships of the line, under Marshal de Conflans, near St Nazaire. 6 French ships were taken and many others foundered or ran ashore.

11/17/2023

On November 17, 1917, USS Fanning (DD 37) and USS Nicholson (DD 52) sink the first German submarine, U-58, off Milford Haven, Wales, upon entering World War I. The German u-boat was straddled by a pattern of depth charges. The attached image shows the hunt for U-58.

11/10/2023

On November 10, 1943, PB4Y-1 patrol bombers from VB-103, VB-105, and VB-110, along with British aircraft and a Czechoslovak-crewed 311 Squadron/D, sink the German submarine U-966 in the Bay of Biscay off northwest Spain. Spanish fishing trawlers rescue the survivors. The attached image shows the U-boat's nickname "Gut Holz" taken from a speech U-966's skipper referred to the slow response in training.

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Stockton Springs, ME
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