The Greatest U.S. Navy Stories Ever Told; Unforgettable Stories of Courage, Honor, and Sacrifice

by Edited by Iain C. Martin

• ISBN13: 9781592288595
• ISBN10: 1592288596
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2006-06-01
• Publisher: Lyons Press

Summary

From Joe Rochefort's contributions during the miraculous and pivotal victory at Midway, and the terrifying experience of a tooth-rattling depth-charge attack deep beneath the waves in the Silent Service, to the capture of the U-505 by Dan Gallery, and the tense cat-and-mouse games between submarines in the Cold War, The Greatest U.S. Navy Stories Ever Told recounts the most remarkable characters of the U.S. Navy, and the unforgettable stories they lived.

Author Biography

Iain C. Martin is a freelance writer and historian, with an MA in history from Southern Connecticut State University. He lives with his family in Connecticut.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION: ORIGINS	1	(3)
CAPTURE OF HBM SERAPIS AND COUNTESS OF SCARBROUGH	4	(14)
John Paul Jones
PROUD NEW FRIGATES	18	(15)
Nathan Miller
GLORY, FROM A RAGE FOR GLORY	33	(14)
James Tertius de Kay
THE BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE	47	(12)
Cecil Scott Forester
THE USS CONSTITUTION	59	(9)
James Fenimore Cooper
FROM WHITE JACKET	68	(8)
Herman Melville
THE MERRIMACK AND THE MONITOR	76	(10)
Captain Van Brunt, USN, and Franklin Buchanan, CSN
MOBILE BAY, FROM UNDER BOTH FLAGS	86	(24)
Capt. H.D. Smith
THE BATTLE OF MANILA BAY, FROM AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF GEORGE DEWEY	110	(21)
George Dewey
FROM THE TERRIBLE HOURS	131	(9)
Peter Maas
SOUND GENERAL QUARTERS, FROM AT DAWN WE SLEPT	140	(14)
Gordon W. Prange
THE GALLOPING GHOST OF THE JAVA COAST	154	(16)
Com. Walter G. Winslow
MIDWAY, FROM HOW THEY WON THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC	170	(22)
Edwin P. Hoyt
FIRST BLOOD, FROM THE MEN OF THE GAMBIER BAY	192	(11)
Edwin P Hoyt
HELL BELOW, FROM TAKE HER DEEP!	203	(13)
Adm. I.J. Galantin
THE CAPTURE OF U-505	216	(17)
Radm. Dan V. Gallery
KAMIKAZES, FROM THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA	233	(30)
George Feifer
THE WATER: GULF OF MAINE, FROM DUE TO ENEMY ACTION	263	(10)
Stephen Puleo
USS CONSOLATION, FROM QUIET HEROES	273	(12)
Com. Frances Omani
NINE DRAGONS, FROM BROWN WATER, BLACK BERETS	285	(11)
Thomas J. Cutler
THE BALLAD OF WHITEY MACK, FROM BLIND MAN'S BLUFF	296	(18)
Sherry Sontag and Christopher Drew
BECOMING A JEDI, FROM WARRIOR SOUL	314	(13)
Chuck Pfarrer
PERMISSIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	327