About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 71. Chapters: German submarine U-1195, German submarine U-1200, German submarine U-1206, German submarine U-3505, German submarine U-3506, German submarine U-3508, German submarine U-3519, German submarine U-434, German submarine U-438, German submarine U-441, German submarine U-442, German submarine U-443, German submarine U-450, German submarine U-735, German submarine U-736, German submarine U-741, German submarine U-744, German submarine U-745, German submarine U-750, German torpedo boat T-25, German torpedo boat T-26, German torpedo boat T-36, HNoMS Valkyrjen, Japanese cruiser Suzuya (1904), Muavenet-i Milliye, RMS Homeric (1922), Russian cruiser Novik (1900), SMS Baden, SMS Cormoran (1909), SMS Elbing, SMS Elsass, SMS Gefion, SMS Kaiser Barbarossa, SMS Kolberg, SMS Konig Albert, SMS Lothringen, SMS Lutzow, SMS Oldenburg (1910), SMS Pillau, SMS S113, SMS S36, SMS Schlesien, SMS Wettin, SM U-115, SM U-116, SS Badenia (1912), SS Bremen (1897), SS Columbus (1924), SS Heinrich Arp, SS Jean Marie (1922), SS Masuren, SS Uskudar, USS Aeolus (ID-3005), USS Conecuh (AOR-110), USS Covington (ID-1409), USS Somers (TB-22). Excerpt: SMS Oldenburg ("His Majesty's Ship Oldenburg") was the second vessel of the Helgoland class of battleships of the German Imperial Navy. Oldenburgs keel was laid in October 1908 at the Kaiserliche Werft dockyard in Wilhelmshaven. She was launched on 30 September 1909 and was commissioned into the fleet on 1 May 1912. The ship was equipped with twelve 30.5-centimeter (12.0 in) guns in six twin turrets, and had a top speed of 21.2 knots (39.3 km/h; 24.4 mph). Oldenburg was assigned to the I Battle Squadron of the High Seas Fleet for the majority of her career, including World War I. Along with her three sister ships, Helgoland, Ostfriesland, and Thuringen, Oldenburg participated in all of the major fleet...