Cdr. Thomas B. Buell, USN (Ret.) was a noted naval historian the author of several books, most notably Master of Seapower: A Biography of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King and The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance. He died in 2003.

Articles by Thomas Buell

PAINTING BY ARTHUR BEAUMONT

When the Birds Didn't Fly

By Commander Thomas B. Buell, U.S. Navy (Retired)
January 1999
Even though artist Arthur Beaumont depicted her as a mighty Cold Warrior, the guided-missile frigate King and her sister surface ships in the 1960s struggled with a missile technology that ...

Guadalcanal: Neither Side Would Quit

By Commander Thomas B. Buell, U.S. Navy (Retired)
April 1980
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To Build a Better Ship . . . On Time

by Lieutenant Thomas B. Buell, U.S. Navy
July 1966
When any new, complicated system, whether a ship, airplane, or guided missile, is first subjected to an evaluation by one of the military services, a number of design deficiencies become ...

The DEG Tartar Missile System

by Lieutenant Thomas B. Buell, U. S. Navy Weapons Officer, USS Brooke (DEG-1)
May 1966
The first of a unique class of surface missile ships, the guided missile escort ship, has joined the Pacific Fleet. The ship is the USS Brooke (DEG-1), similar in many ...

Books by Thomas Buell