Like it says in the title, I want to make a thread like the
LOGISTICS thread, but with a much more narrow scope, focused upon defining various things to do with ships, from both geographical and infrastructural points of view. My own interests are going to be from say 1900 on, but that shouldn't preclude stuff from earlier times being mentioned.
I would like to know what are:
Harbors, as in what makes a good one, why are they important, and good sources for reading up about them, and of course, their influence and effect of military campaigns.
Ports, as in what the heck are they, why are they important, and what makes up a port, so basically, everything that one would find in a port, what water depth/tides have on their usefullness etc...
Shipyards, as ports above.
Naval Bases, as above.
So for this thread, can anyone post good books, websites and such that could give me an idea on what to learn, so that when I learn enough to make the thread posited, I ccan at least have some idea where to start and what questions to ask?