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Availability:In StockContributor:Susan CosentinoSeries:Bluejacket BooksPublish date:2000-06-09Pages:198
Language:EnglishPublisher:US Naval Institute PressISBN-13:9781557502285ISBN-10:1557502285UPC:9781557502285Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Wars & Conflicts, MilitaryBook Topic:World War II, NavalSize:9.04 x 6.05 x 0.67 inchesWeight:0.7408Product ID:SCSH136R8N
More than eight hundred sailors served aboard the Sterett during her hazardous and demanding duties in World War II. This is the story of those men and their beloved ship, recorded by a junior officer who served on the famous destroyer from her commissioning in 1939 to April 1943, when he was wounded at the Battle of Tulagi. Peppered with the kind of vivid, authentic details that could only be provided by a participant, the book is the saga of a gallant fighting ship that earned a Presidential Unit Citation for her part in the Third Battle of Savo Island, where she took on a battleship, cruiser, and destroyer and was the last to leave the fray. Calhoun's gripping and colorful account tells what it was like to be there during those furiously fought, close-range engagements. When published in hardcover in 1993, the book was widely praised as a good read loaded with rich and interesting details.
Language:EnglishPublisher:US Naval Institute PressISBN-13:9781557502285ISBN-10:1557502285UPC:9781557502285Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Wars & Conflicts, MilitaryBook Topic:World War II, NavalSize:9.04 x 6.05 x 0.67 inchesWeight:0.7408Product ID:SCSH136R8N
Calhoun, C. Raymond: - After World War II, C. Raymond Calhoun (1913-2015) served as executive officer on the flagship of the Atlantic Fleet and had command of the destroyer USS Moale. He also served as deputy chief of staff for U.S. Naval Forces Europe and as director of research at the National War College, where he earned the Legion of Merit. He was vice chancellor of the Minnesota state university system from 1968 until his retirement ten years later. He also authored Typhoon: The Other Enemy, published by the Naval Institute Press.
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press

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Susan Cosentino

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