There have been quite a few fairly recent recommendations posted in the Book and Movie Review section specifically on the Navies. Also, try logging on to abebooks.com and do a search by subject.
Good hunting.
Ole
Good reference book: Civil War Naval Chronology published by the U. S. Government Printing Office. I paid $9.75 for mine (yep, I'm that old and that was a huge sum back then) when I was a young 'un.
I have "Divided Waters" by Ivan Musicant; "The Naval History of the Civil War" by Bern Anderson and "Duel Between the First Ironclads" by William Davis. All are pretty good reads and informative. Hope this helps
But what about this? I read this about the book, By Sea and by River : "This book stinks! I mean come on! The first submarine to ever sink an enemy ship is the H.L. Hunley, not the R.L. Huntly"
any answer somebody?