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The USS Ward
An Operational History of the Ship That Fired the First American Shot of World War II
Udgivet af McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN
9780786464296
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In 1940, the threat of war in the Pacific forced the United States to expand its fleet quickly. This effort included reconditioning and recommissioning "four stackers" from the navy''s reserve fleet. Built in 1918 to fight German submarines, the USS Ward earned at Pearl Harbor the distinction of firing the first shot i…
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Forfatter
Richard P. Klobuchar
Forlag
McFarland & Co Inc
Kategori
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ISBN-13
9780786464296
EAN
9780786464296
Format
Hæftet
Sprog
Engelsk
sider
280
Undertitel
- An Operational History of the Ship That Fired the First American Shot of World War II
Produktbeskrivelse
In 1940, the threat of war in the Pacific forced the United States to expand its fleet quickly. This effort included reconditioning and recommissioning "four stackers" from the navy''s reserve fleet. Built in 1918 to fight German submarines, the USS Ward earned at Pearl Harbor the distinction of firing the first shot in America''s war against Japan. In the three years that followed, it was bombed, shelled, strafed, and finally sunk (on December 7, 1944), yet none of her crew of 125 men ever lost a life in combat. Information is drawn from naval records as well as from interviews with surviving crewmen. Appendices provide Ward technical data, a chronology of major events, listings of citations earned in World War II and of amphibious landings, and a roster of personnel.
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