Tin cans & greyhounds : the destroyers that won two World Wars
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Published
Washington, DC : Regnery History, [2019].
Format
Book
ISBN
9781621576471 (hardcover), 1621576477 (hardcover)
Physical Desc
xi, 307 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Paso Robles City Library - Adult Non-Fiction | 940.54597 JOHNSON | On Shelf |
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Published
Washington, DC : Regnery History, [2019].
Language
English
ISBN
9781621576471 (hardcover), 1621576477 (hardcover)
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-277) and indexes.
Description
"For men on destroyer-class warships during World War I and World War II, battles were waged "against overwhelming odds from which survival could not be expected." Those were the words Lieutenant Commander Robert Copeland calmly told his crew as their tiny, unarmored destroyer escort rushed toward giant, armored Japanese battleships at the Battle off Samar on October 25, 1944. This action-packed narrative history of destroyer-class ships brings readers inside the half-inch-thick hulls to meet the men who fired the ships' guns, torpedoes, hedgehogs, and depth charges. Nicknamed "tin cans" or "greyhounds," destroyers were fast escort and attack ships that proved indispensable to America's military victories. Beginning with destroyers' first incarnation as torpedo boats in 1874 and ending with World War II, author Clint Johnson shares the riveting stories of the Destroyer Men who fought from inside a "tin can"--risking death by cannons, bombs, torpedoes, fire, and drowning. The British invented destroyers, the Japanese improved them, and the Germans failed miserably with them. It was the Americans who perfected destroyers as the best fighting ship in two world wars. Tin Cans & Greyhounds compares the designs of these countries with focus on the old, modified World War I destroyers, and the new and numerous World War II destroyers of the United States. Tin Cans & Greyhounds details how destroyers fought submarines, escorted convoys, rescued sailors and airmen, downed aircraft, shelled beaches, and attacked armored battleships and cruisers with nothing more than a half-inch of steel separating their crews from the dark waves"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Johnson, C. (2019). Tin cans & greyhounds: the destroyers that won two World Wars . Regnery History.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Johnson, Clint, 1953-. 2019. Tin Cans & Greyhounds: The Destroyers That Won Two World Wars. Regnery History.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Johnson, Clint, 1953-. Tin Cans & Greyhounds: The Destroyers That Won Two World Wars Regnery History, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Johnson, Clint. Tin Cans & Greyhounds: The Destroyers That Won Two World Wars Regnery History, 2019.
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