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Soldiers Lost at Sea: A Chronicle of Troopship Disasters in Wartime
Wise, James E., Baron, Scott
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Description for Soldiers Lost at Sea: A Chronicle of Troopship Disasters in Wartime
Hardcover. Heroism, tragedy, devotion to duty, and scandal are some of the elements making up this account of troopship losses in wartime. Board of Inquiry hearings, action reports, survivor debriefings, and archived personal correspondence from the US and across Europe tell the story of some 50 vessels that went down. Num Pages: 280 pages, 25ill. BIC Classification: JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 603.
Heroism, tragedy, devotion to duty, and scandal are just a few of the ingredients that make up this dramatic first-time account of troopship losses in wartime. International in scope, it offers a compilation of stories about historic troopship disasters caused by torpedoes, aerial attacks, mines, surface fire, foul weather, friendly fire, and poor planning by military decision makers. Some are well known, like the explosion of the steamship Sultana on the Mississippi while transporting 2,000 Union soldiers home from Confederate prisons. Others, like the June 1945 sinking of the Japanese cruiser Ashigara by a British submarine that resulted in the ... Read more
Heroism, tragedy, devotion to duty, and scandal are just a few of the ingredients that make up this dramatic first-time account of troopship losses in wartime. International in scope, it offers a compilation of stories about historic troopship disasters caused by torpedoes, aerial attacks, mines, surface fire, foul weather, friendly fire, and poor planning by military decision makers. Some are well known, like the explosion of the steamship Sultana on the Mississippi while transporting 2,000 Union soldiers home from Confederate prisons. Others, like the June 1945 sinking of the Japanese cruiser Ashigara by a British submarine that resulted in the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Annopolis, United States
ISBN
9781591149668
SKU
V9781591149668
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-3
About Wise, James E., Baron, Scott
JAMES E. WISE Jr., a former naval aviator, intelligence officer, and Vietnam veteran, retired from the U.S. Navy as a captain. His books include The Navy Cross, Stars in Blue and U-505: The Final Journey, among many others. He lives in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. Scott Baron, a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War and former law enforcement ... Read more
Reviews for Soldiers Lost at Sea: A Chronicle of Troopship Disasters in Wartime
Wise and Baron fill their book with fascinating bits of maritime history...compelling reading."- Northern Mariner/Le Marin du Nord