Download or read book Black Shoes and Blue Water written by Malcolm Muir and published by Department of the Navy. This book was released on 1996 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributions to Naval History No. 6. Presents Professor Muir's account of the thirty-year development of surface warfare capabilities, especially within the Navy's cruiser and destroyer force. Pays particular attention to the development of weapons, the evolution of sensors and command and control systems, and the institutional steps taken to professionalize the surface warfare community.