In studying the history of America’s development from a colonial nation to the modern world power of today, it is necessary to pay special attention to the several major wars the United States was involved in. These wars varied in severity ranging from “minor” skirmishes such as the Spanish American war, to more costly conflicts. Costly in terms of money and loss of life, the Civil War, Vietnam, and both World Wars left lasting …showed first 75 words of 968 total…

…showed last 75 words of 968 total…the U-boats, who used speed and concentrated close range attacks to win the sea battles. Several changes were made in the traditional method of fighting these U-boats. Radar was used, new torpedoes that could be launched over the side of boats were utilized, and the battleships began aggressively pursuing U-boats, instead of waiting for attack. The Hambleton was one of the ships that was primarily used in the latter fashion, that is as an attacker.