Museum-Quality, Three-Dimensional Cutaways Born in Toledo in 1867, Beach grew up in the fi nal years of the age of sail. He trained at the Naval Academy on the sloop-of-war Constellation and then served on Richmond, a Civil War-era, wooden-hulled steam-sail warship with smoo th bore guns. His nextto-las t to ur of d uty wo uld be as commanding officer of the dreadnought New York. He retired with the rank of captain in 1922. Interwoven into this tale of technological change is the story of a growing American role on the wo rld scene from the perspective of an increasingly senior naval officer. T he Battle of M anila (which he dubbed "the Battle of Irwin's Boots" as that was all he could see looking up from his engine roo m post on the cruiser Baltimo re ), the slaughter of Arm enians in Asia Minor, American intervention in M exico, U S actions to stabilize H ai ti and San to Domingo, and W orld W ar I are covered. M any of his accounts had been incorporated into thirteen novels he wrote from 1907 to 1922. T his auto biography, written mostly in the 1930s, however, lay do rmant fo r m ore than sixty years un til his son, Edward L. Beach, Jr. , brough t it to the attention of the Naval Institute Press. The junior Beach, having had an outstanding career with the submarine fleet, is also well known as an author of such works as Run Silent, Run D eep and Salt and Steel: Reflections ofa Submariner. In bringing his fa th er's memoir to the Naval Institute's attention for publication , Beach agreed to provide commentary, which places many of the passages in context. Sadly, the junior Beach passed away a mon th befo re the book's publication. W ith their overlapping life spans covering 13 5 years of American naval history, the publication of From Annapolis to Scapa Flow is a fine tribute to these two men and a tes timonial to how far we have come in a mere two generations. DAVID F. W INKLER, PHD Naval Historical Foundation
Whether ocean liners, battleships. or subs, our cutaways showcase the maritime technology of the 20th centu ry. Constructed with six layers of hardwood, each laye r corresponds to a slice of the ship or plane. The layers are based on painstakingly created line draw in gs from hund reds of blueprints and photographs. The laye rs are then melded into an acc urate cuta way of th e mac hine. The model is then placed in a museum quali ty frame.
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