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The U.S. Merchant Marine at war, 1775-1945
- Title
- The U.S. Merchant Marine at war, 1775-1945 / edited by Bruce L. Felknor.
- Publication
- Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, ©1998.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Felknor, Bruce L.
- Description
- xviii, 362 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- "As the U.S. Merchant Marine has declined over the last several decades, so too has the memory of the countless acts of unflinching courage and patriotism performed by its civilian officers and seamen in America's armed struggles. Scouring long-out-of-print books and dusty archives, veteran writer and merchant marine officer Bruce Felknor has collected the most dramatic of these stories from all of America's wars through World War II into a single comprehensive illustrated volume." "Excerpts from such authors as Winston Churchill, Samuel Eliot Morison, and Lowell Thomas are combined with eyewitness accounts - many never before published - by heroes, victims, and survivors."--Jacket.
- Alternative Title
- United States Merchant Marine at war, 1775-1945
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Naval history
- Books.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-348) and index.
- Contents
- Pt. 1. The American Revolution. 1. Maine Men and Boys Take a British Schooner. 2. Naval Battles, Private Ships. 3. Bravado and Battles and Traitorous Swabs -- Pt. 2. The War of 1812. 4. Provocations and Privateers. 5. Privateers and Privateersmen. 6. An 1812 Privateer Captures a British Letter of Marque. 7. The Incredible Captain Thomas Boyle -- Pt. 3. The Civil War. 8. Effective Blockades, Devastating Raids. 9. Building the Ships. 10. Semmes and the Alabama.
- 11. The Death of the Alabama -- Pt. 4. World War I. 12. The "European War" and American Trade. 13. The "European War" and American Victims. 14. A Vigorous Response. 15. Coping with War at Sea. 16. The Dread German Surface Raiders -- Pt. 5. World War II. 17. Who Were the Merchant Marine? 18. This Is War, But ... 19. Inside Battles. 20. "Wolf Packs" and the Battle of the Convoys. 21. The Murmansk Run. 22. War in Warmer Climes.
- 23. Mulberries, Gooseberries, and Bombs. 24. Life and Death in Lifeboats.
- ISBN
- 1557502730
- 9781557502735
- LCCN
- 97049860
- OCLC
- ocm38024291
- 38024291
- SCSB-9539850
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library