The Ship That Wouldn T Die
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The Ship That Wouldn T Die
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Author : Don Keith
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2015-04-07
The Ship That Wouldn T Die written by Don Keith and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-07 with History categories.
An acclaimed naval historian tells one of the most inspiring sea stories of World War II: the Japanese attack on the American oiler USS Neosho and the gutsy crew’s struggle for survival as their slowly sinking ship drifted—lost, defenseless, and alone—on the treacherous Coral Sea. In May 1942, Admiral Jack Fletcher’s Task Force 17 closed in for the war’s first major clash with the Japanese Navy. The Neosho, a vitally important tanker capable of holding more than 140,000 barrels of fuel, was ordered away from the impending battle. Minimally armed, she was escorted by a destroyer, the Sims. As the Battle of the Coral Sea raged two hundred miles away, the ships were attacked by Japanese dive bombers. Both crews fought valiantly, but when the smoke cleared, the Sims had slipped beneath the waves, and the Neosho was ablaze and listing badly, severely damaged from seven direct hits and a suicide crash. Scores of sailors were killed or wounded, while hundreds bobbed in shark-infested waters. Fires on board threatened to spark a fatal explosion, and each passing hour brought the ship closer to sinking. It was the beginning of a hellish four-day ordeal as the crew struggled to stay alive and keep their ship afloat, while almost two hundred men in life rafts drifted away without water, food, or shelter. Only four of them would survive to be rescued after nine days. Working from eyewitness accounts and declassified documents, Keith offers up vivid portraits of Navy heroes: the Neosho’s skipper, Captain John Phillips, whose cool, determined leadership earned him a Silver Star; Lieutenant Commander Wilford Hyman, skipper of the Sims, who remained on his vessel’s bridge throughout the attack and made the ultimate sacrifice to try to save his ship; Seaman Jack Rolston, who pulled oil-soaked survivors out of the water and endured days adrift in an open life raft; and Chief Watertender Oscar Peterson, whose selflessness saved the lives of innumerable shipmates and earned him a posthumous Medal of Honor. A tale of a ship as tough and resilient as its crew, The Ship That Wouldn’t Die captures the indomitable spirit of the American sailor—and finally brings to the surface one of the great untold sagas of the Pacific War.
Ship That Wouldn T Die
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Author : Don Keith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
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Uss Franklin Cv 13
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Uss Franklin Cv 13 written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Sailors categories.
The Ship That Won T Die The U S S Franklin
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Author : David Davidson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
The Ship That Won T Die The U S S Franklin written by David Davidson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with categories.
The Ship That Would Not Die
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Author : F. Julian Becton
language : en
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Release Date : 1980
The Ship That Would Not Die written by F. Julian Becton and has been published by Prentice Hall this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The Ship That Would Not Die
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Author : Stephen Curley
language : en
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Release Date : 2011-09-01
The Ship That Would Not Die written by Stephen Curley and has been published by Texas A&M University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-01 with History categories.
Starting its life as an attack transport in World War II—and one of the last five left afloat by war’s end—the USS Queens saw action at Iwo Jima and other hot spots in the Pacific theater. After the war, the ship became the SS Excambion, one of the “Four Aces” of American Export Lines: the only fully air-conditioned ships in the world at the time. In 1965, the versatile Excambion underwent yet another transformation—into a floating classroom. Recommissioned as the USTS Texas Clipper, the ship began a third life as a merchant marine training vessel with its home port in Galveston. For the next three decades the Texas Clipper would be home to merchant marine cadets, and by the time it was retired in 1996, it was the oldest active ship in the U.S. merchant marine fleet. Finally, the Texas Clipper, after protracted bureaucratic wrangling, was designated to be sunk in the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef to provide habitat for marine life. In 2007, the ship was towed to its final resting place, seventeen nautical miles off the coast of South Padre Island. Now, 136 feet below the surface, the venerable Texas Clipper lives on as the home to a wide variety of underwater species. Filled not only with meticulously researched technical and historical data about the ship’s construction, service record, crew procedures, and voyages, The Ship That Would Not Die also features lively anecdotes from crew members, passengers, and officers. More than 140 color and black-and-white photos illustrate the ship’s construction, its wide variety of shipboard life, the exacting process of making the Texas Clipper ready to become an artificial reef, and its final sinking in the Gulf of Mexico.
The Ship That Died Of Shame
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Author : Nicholas Monsarrat
language : en
Publisher: House of Stratus
Release Date : 2014-04-22
The Ship That Died Of Shame written by Nicholas Monsarrat and has been published by House of Stratus this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-22 with Fiction categories.
Crime, Mystery, Adventure, Thrills – all to be found in this short story collection commencing with ‘The Ship that Died of Shame’, where a former Navy gunboat is used for smuggling by ex-servicemen down on their luck in post-war society. A further nine stories complete a volume which contains many twists and turns and hard hitting drama.
Hell From The Heavens
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Author : John Wukovits
language : en
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Release Date : 2015-04-07
Hell From The Heavens written by John Wukovits and has been published by Da Capo Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-07 with History categories.
Looking toward the heavens, the destroyer crew saw what seemed to be the entire Japanese Air Force assembled directly above. Hell was about to be unleashed on them in the largest single-ship kamikaze attack of World War II. On April 16, 1945, the crewmen of the USS Laffey were battle hardened and prepared. They had engaged in combat off the Normandy coast in June 1944. They had been involved in three prior assaults of enemy positions in the Pacific-at Leyte and Lingayen in the Philippines and at Iwo Jima. They had seen kamikazes purposely crash into other destroyers and cruisers in their unit and had seen firsthand the bloody results of those crazed tactics. But nothing could have prepared the crew for this moment-an eighty-minute ordeal in which the single small ship was targeted by no fewer than twenty-two Japanese suicide aircraft. By the time the unprecedented attack on the Laffey was finished, thirty-two sailors lay dead, more than seventy were wounded, and the ship was grievously damaged. Although she lay shrouded in smoke and fire for hours, the Laffey somehow survived, and the gutted American warship limped from Okinawa's shore for home, where the ship and crew would be feted as heroes. Using scores of personal interviews with survivors, the memoirs of crew members, and the sailors' wartime correspondence, historian and author John Wukovits breathes life into the story of this nearly forgotten historic event. The US Navy described the kamikaze attack on the Laffey "as one of the great sea epics of the war." In Hell from the Heavens, the author makes the ordeal of the Laffey and her crew a story for the ages.
The Ship That Would Not Die
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Author : Thomas E. Lightburn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
The Ship That Would Not Die written by Thomas E. Lightburn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Fiction categories.
A tempestuous wartime romance between Rob, a navy medic, and Helen, an ATS girl stationed in London, is interrupted when he is sent to HMS Fury, a destroyer. During Russian convoy duty, Rob is not only faced with a series of emergencies that tax his medical skills, but also sub zero temperatures and constant attacks by the enemy. After taking part in The Battle of North Cape and the sinking of the German battleship Scharnhorst, Fury returns home. The two lovers meet again but as D-Day approaches Fury sails and to Rob's dismay, letters from Helen stop arriving. After D-Day, Fury is badly damaged in the most ferocious storm seen in the English Channel for twenty years. Some weeks later, still without news, Rob finally returns home desperate to find Helen. Using official reports from Kew Gardens and personal accounts, this novel is meticulously researched and is based on fact. Many of the men named are still alive. Some characters are fictitious but the actions are real. This is a gripping tale which the reader will want to finish. Tom Lightburn paints a clear picture of what life was like for those involved in the war, whether on active service or just keeping the home fires burning.
The Ship To Nowhere
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Author : Rona Arato
language : en
Publisher: Second Story Press
Release Date : 2016-10-04
The Ship To Nowhere written by Rona Arato and has been published by Second Story Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-04 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Rachel Fletcher is eleven years old when she, her mother and sister are crammed on board the Exodus, a dilapidated vessel smuggling 4500 Jewish refugees risking their lives to reach Palestine, their biblical homeland. Despite all they had suffered during the Holocaust, Jewish refugees are still not wanted in many countries. Even a Canadian immigration officer famously said at the time "None is too many" when asked how many refugees Canada would take in. Nonetheless, Rachel and the other refugees refuse to give up hope when war ships surround them. Their fight, and the worldwide attention it brought, influenced the UN to vote for the creation of the state of Israel. Made famous by the Paul Newman film "Exodus", this is the first book for young people about the ship that helped make history.