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9780306810695

Blood On The Sea American Destroyers Lost In World War II

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  • ISBN13:

    9780306810695

  • ISBN10:

    0306810697

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-11-15
  • Publisher: Da Capo Press

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Summary

Seventy-one American destroyers went down during World War II, and this meticulously researched book describes the history of eachfrom launch to the ship's final hours. Through these stories we travel from the stormy North Atlantic to the calm Mediterranean, from the East Coast of the United States to the vast reaches of the Pacific, on destroyers from the USSReuben Jamesto the USSCallaghan.We join themand their crews of young soldiersas they engage the enemy and do pitched battle with German submarines, Japanese kamikaze pilots, or long-range cruisers. Filled with eyewitness accounts, precise statistics, and historical contexts for each battle and each ship sunk,Blood on the Seaserves as both a tribute to these lost ships and a critical reference guide for historians and veterans alike.

Author Biography

Robert Sinclair Parkin spent decades, both during and after his twenty-year career in the U.S. Navy, interviewing veterans and collecting data on the history of American destroyers.

Table of Contents

Author's Note xiii
USS Reuben James
1(6)
USS Truxtun
7(9)
USS Peary
16(6)
USS Jacob Jones
22(4)
USS Edsall
26(6)
USS Pope
32(11)
USS Stewart
43(7)
USS Pillsbury
50(4)
USS Sturtevant
54(3)
USS Sims
57(4)
USS Hammann
61(6)
USS Tucker
67(3)
USS Jarvis
70(5)
USS Ingraham
75(3)
USS Blue
78(5)
USS Duncan
83(5)
USS Meredith [I]
88(5)
USS O'Brien
93(3)
USS Porter
96(5)
USS Barton
101(4)
USS Laffey
105(3)
USS Monssen
108(3)
USS Cushing
111(4)
USS Preston
115(4)
USS Walke
119(4)
USS Benham
123(4)
USS Worden
127(4)
USS DeHaven
131(4)
USS Aaron Ward
135(5)
USS Strong
140(4)
USS Maddox
144(3)
USS Gwin
147(5)
USS Rowan
152(5)
USS Henley
157(4)
USS Chevalier
161(5)
USS Buck
166(5)
USS Bristol
171(6)
USS Borie
177(8)
USS Beatty
185(5)
USS Perkins
190(4)
USS Leary
194(3)
USS Brownson
197(3)
USS Turner
200(5)
USS Lansdale
205(3)
USS Parrott
208(6)
USS Corry
214(7)
USS Meredith [II]
221(4)
USS Glennon
225(5)
USS Warrington
230(7)
USS Hoel
237(6)
USS Johnston
243(5)
USS Abner Read
248(5)
USS Cooper
253(3)
USS Mahan
256(4)
USS Reid
260(3)
USS Spence
263(11)
USS Monaghan
274(7)
USS Hull
281(4)
USS Halligan
285(3)
USS Bush
288(4)
USS Colhoun
292(4)
USS Mannert L. Abele
296(4)
USS Pringle
300(4)
USS Little
304(3)
USS Luce
307(3)
USS Morrison
310(3)
USS Longshaw
313(4)
USS Drexler
317(2)
USS William D. Porter
319(4)
USS Twiggs
323(4)
USS Callaghan
327(4)
Appendix A: American Destroyer Classes of WWII 331(6)
Appendix B: The Honor Roll 337(2)
Appendix C: U.S. Destroyer Losses--Alphabetical Listing 339(2)
Appendix D: The ``Divine Wind'' 341(2)
Appendix E: Destroyer Escorts 343(2)
Glossary 345(2)
Bibliography 347(2)
Index 349

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