Blood On The Sea American Destroyers Lost In World War II

by Parkin, Robert Sinclair

• ISBN13: 9780306810695
• ISBN10: 0306810697
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-15
• Publisher: Da Capo Press

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