Baker, William Avery
Bath, Maine, 1973

by Vice-Admiral G.A. Ballard

Duckworth, 1923.

America’s influence on Atlantic history from the coming of the first Europeans to the end of the 19th century.

Lenton, H.T.
MacDonald, 1970

Kendall, William Converse
Washington, Government Printing Office, 1910

its history and romance from 1620 to 1902

by  Winthrop L. Marvin

New York, Charles Scribner, 1902.

a good scholarly history of the first three centuries of American shipping.

by Jack Sweetman

Naval Institute Press, 1984.

a very useful and detailed chronology of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, from 1775 to the late 20th century.

by Bard Kolltveit

Oslo, 1984.

a history of the passenger ships of the Norwegian America Line.

Norwegian text with brief English summary at the end.

Flodin, John
New York, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 1919.
29 page article from the Transactions of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, plus a series of 8 plates of folding plans, etc.