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Strike able-Peter : the stranding and salvage of the USS Missouri

Title: Strike able-Peter : the stranding and salvage of the USS Missouri / John A. Butler.
Author: Butler, John A., 1927-2017.
Publication: Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, [1995], ©1995.

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xv, 220 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

In January 1950, shortly after leaving Norfolk, Virginia, the USS Missouri ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay. The mishap captured the curiosity of Americans from coast to coast, and as the nation looked on an embarrassed Navy frantically tried to refloat the warship - for two weeks. The eventual recovery set lasting records in the history of organized marine salvage. This book provides a minute-by-minute account of the grounding, the root cause of which has never before been made public.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-216) and index.

ISBN

1557500940 (alk. paper)

LCCN

95018391

OCLC

32431054
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Columbia University Libraries