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Book Synopsis The Fightin'est Ship by : Hugh B. Cave
Download or read book The Fightin'est Ship written by Hugh B. Cave and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Military history. The story of the World War II warship dubbed "The Fightin'est Ship" -- the cruiser "Helena."
Book Synopsis "The Fightin'est Ship" by : Colton G. Morris
Download or read book "The Fightin'est Ship" written by Colton G. Morris and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Sunk in Kula Gulf by : John J. Domagalski
Download or read book Sunk in Kula Gulf written by John J. Domagalski and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2012 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The early morning hours of July 6, 1943, found the USS "Helena" off the Solomon Islands in what would later be known as the Battle of Kula Gulf. But the ship s participation in the battle came to a swift end when three Japanese torpedoes suddenly struck. One hundred and sixty-eight sailors went down with the ship, many never surviving the initial torpedo hits. As the last of the "Helena" disappeared below the ocean s surface, the remaining crewmen s struggle for survival had only just begun."Sunk in Kula Gulf" tells the epic story of the "Helena" s survivors. Two destroyers plucked more than seven hundred from the sea in a night rescue operation as the battle continued to rage. A second group of eighty-eight sailors clustered into three lifeboats made it to a nearby island and was rescued the next day. A third group of survivors, spread over a wide area, was missed entirely. Clinging to life rafts or debris, the weary men were pushed away from the area of the sinking by a strong current. After enduring days at sea under the hot tropical sun, they finally found land. It was, however, the Japanese-held island of Vella Lavella and deep behind the front lines. The survivors organized and disappeared into the island s interior jungle. Living a meager existence, the group evaded the Japanese for eight days until the Marines and U.S. Navy evacuated the shipwrecked sailors in a daring rescue operation. Using a wide variety of sources, including previously unpublished firsthand accounts, John J. Domagalski brings to life this amazing, little-known story from World War II."
Download or read book USS Helena written by Ray J. Casten and published by Airleaf. This book was released on 2006-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the Life and Death Story of a famous ship, a very special ship that endured almost to the point of invincibility?until one dark night its luck ran out?or maybe it was only some diabolical twist of fate?long overdue?What better way to relate this Helena Story than from the inside as seen through the eyes of its crew-members; rather than following the usual stereotyped path of massaged battle reports based on after the fact access to analytically reconstructed data (even including that of the enemy)?Why not a first-hand narrative, a subjective one as viewed by a junior-officer reporting aboard his first ship: strangely?by coincidence, the very same ship his twin brother, as a plank-owner, had placed in commission only a short two years before Pearl Harbor?Why not a full accounting(?)?beyond that ?living-hell? of night encounters; of battles fought at point-blank range: in eerie, acrid smoke-filled darkness?sporadically interrupted by the blinding glare of searchlights and bursting starshells? billowing flashes of gunfire? exploding torpedoes, burning ships?those intermittent cries of distress and garbled transmissions?the scene beyond mere confusion and rampant disorder?as friend and foe alike become entangled in a single encircling mass!Yes?tell about the story of ships in the night, off Guadalcanal, patrolling the ?Slot?, intercepting the ?Tokyo Express?.And make it a story of feeling, of emotion; of life aboard ship; of shore-leave in San Francisco and Sydney, Australia during WW II?of the almost countless humorous daily incidents, personalities, and wartime vigils beneath distant southern stars.
Book Synopsis The Fightinest Ship the Story of the Cruiser Helena by : Lieutenant C G Morris
Download or read book The Fightinest Ship the Story of the Cruiser Helena written by Lieutenant C G Morris and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-09-05 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Book Synopsis The fightin'est ship by : Colton G. Morris
Download or read book The fightin'est ship written by Colton G. Morris and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Helena Crew's Book by : Helena (Heavy Cruiser)
Download or read book The Helena Crew's Book written by Helena (Heavy Cruiser) and published by . This book was released on 1952* with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis USS Helena (CL 50) by : Helena (Light Cruiser, CL-50)
Download or read book USS Helena (CL 50) written by Helena (Light Cruiser, CL-50) and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Rescue of the Helena Survivors in World War II by : Robert J. Richey
Download or read book Rescue of the Helena Survivors in World War II written by Robert J. Richey and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-11 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is written about a Light Cruiser that was heavily involved in the Solomon's in the far Pacific. It seemed that she was indestructable and possessed of a charmed life. Time after time when trouble struck and it seemed that disaster lurked in the wings the angel of death passed over her. But those who repeatedly tempt fate are destined to reap a bitter harvest. It happened after the Enemy had been driven off the Island of Guadalcanal and had retired to the Island of New Georgia to make a desperate stand. But the United States Military Forces were not to be denied the Fruits of Final Victory. Fierce nocturnal Fights erupted at Night in the Sea around the Island of New Georgia. And it was on one of these terrible nights in a God Forsaken stretch of Water the Natives called Kula Gulf that the Helena's charmed life came to an end. The first Torpedo tore off her bow; two more torpedoes broke her hull in two pieces and put her on the bottom. About 176 men perished in the sinking. Another 760 were cast into the sea. Two destroyer picked up about 500 of them and fled the scene to be out of reach of the Japanese dive bombers before dawn began to light up the eastern sky. This book is about the rescue of the remaining crew members who remained in the dark murky waters of Kula Gulf. These unfortunate men had no assurance that they would ever be rescued. Many of them spent what seemed to be endless hours tortured by thirst; plagued by the pain of burns and other injuries that exposed raw flesh to the Salt Water. It was a hellish situation if there ever was one. From time to time another and another gave up the fight to survive and sank below the sea to rise no more. Here they were cast into the dark waters right at the enemies doorstep. But their salvation was waiting in the wings as the valor and devotion to their fellow comrades decided the issue. Like the Cavalry of Old charging across the prairie with the Bugles Shrill notes blowing the Charge the remaining destoyers at Guadalcanal came to their rescue. This in the final analysis is the incredible Story of that Valiant Rescue.
Book Synopsis USS Helena, Far East Cruise 1956 by : Helena (Heavy Cruiser : CA-75)
Download or read book USS Helena, Far East Cruise 1956 written by Helena (Heavy Cruiser : CA-75) and published by . This book was released on 1956* with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Ship of Ghosts by : James D. Hornfischer
Download or read book Ship of Ghosts written by James D. Hornfischer and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2009-03-25 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Son, we’re going to Hell." The navigator of the USS Houston confided these prophetic words to a young officer as he and his captain charted a course into U.S. naval legend. Renowned as FDR’s favorite warship, the cruiser USS Houston was a prize target trapped in the far Pacific after Pearl Harbor. Without hope of reinforcement, her crew faced a superior Japanese force ruthlessly committed to total conquest. It wasn’t a fair fight, but the men of the Houston would wage it to the death. Hornfischer brings to life the awesome terror of nighttime naval battles that turned decks into strobe-lit slaughterhouses, the deadly rain of fire from Japanese bombers, and the almost superhuman effort of the crew as they miraculously escaped disaster again and again–until their luck ran out during a daring action in Sunda Strait. There, hopelessly outnumbered, the Houston was finally sunk and its survivors taken prisoner. For more than three years their fate would be a mystery to families waiting at home. In the brutal privation of jungle POW camps dubiously immortalized in such films as The Bridge on the River Kwai, the war continued for the men of the Houston—a life-and-death struggle to survive forced labor, starvation, disease, and psychological torture. Here is the gritty, unvarnished story of the infamous Burma–Thailand Death Railway glamorized by Hollywood, but which in reality mercilessly reduced men to little more than animals, who fought back against their dehumanization with dignity, ingenuity, sabotage, will–power—and the undying faith that their country would prevail. Using journals and letters, rare historical documents, including testimony from postwar Japanese war crimes tribunals, and the eyewitness accounts of Houston’s survivors, James Hornfischer has crafted an account of human valor so riveting and awe-inspiring, it’s easy to forget that every single word is true. BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from James D. Hornfischer's Neptune's Inferno.
Book Synopsis The USS Helena, CA-75 Presents by : Helena (Heavy cruiser : CA-75)
Download or read book The USS Helena, CA-75 Presents written by Helena (Heavy cruiser : CA-75) and published by . This book was released on 1953* with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis U.S.S. Helena, CA-75 by : Helena (Heavy cruiser : CA-75)
Download or read book U.S.S. Helena, CA-75 written by Helena (Heavy cruiser : CA-75) and published by . This book was released on 1959* with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Information Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Congressional Record by : United States. Congress
Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 1398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Shipmate's Memoirs, 1942-1943 by : Ray J. Casten
Download or read book Shipmate's Memoirs, 1942-1943 written by Ray J. Casten and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Battleship Nevada the Extraordinary Ship of Firsts by : Wayne Scarpaci
Download or read book Battleship Nevada the Extraordinary Ship of Firsts written by Wayne Scarpaci and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-11-10 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was written by noted naval artist, author and Nevadan Wayne Scarpaci to commemorate the centennial of the launching of Battleship Nevada in 1914. It is lavishly illustrated in full color with 13 original paintings and over 100 photographs and drawings. It offers a unique perspective of one of the most famous battleships to ever serve the US Navy. From her prewar 'show the flag' cruises, to her Pearl Harbor sortie, and her resurrection and triumphant return to the fleet. Served in both the Atlantic and the Pacific Theaters during WWII she acquired a reputation for extremely accurate gunnery that was next to none. She was also known as a ship that would not hesitate to sail at full speed into harms way to support the troops on the beach. After WWII when the clock ran out for Nevada, she was designated as target ship. As such, she was twice atomic bombed and then withstood the sustained gunfire from another battleship, three cruisers, and eleven destroyers, but she defiantly refused to sink. Nevada finally succumbed to two torpedoes. A complete chronology of Battleship Nevada is also included. As is a look at various models and memorabilia of the ship over the years. This book is for both those would just wish to learn more about this great ship, as well as the dedicated naval historian Also included are sections on the State of Nevada which is celebrating it's 150th anniversary in 2014 .
