Title:
Tin can titans : the heroic men and ships of World War II's most decorated Navy destroyer squadron / John F. Wukovits.
ISBN:
9780306824302
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Boston : Da Capo Press, [2017]
Physical Description:
xiii, 320 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contents:
Origins of a squadron -- Prologue -- The destroyers go to war -- Initiation at Guadalcanal -- Naval slugfest off Guadalcanal -- Desron 21 holds the line in the South Pacific -- Blunting the Tokyo Express -- Birth of a squadron -- Struggle for the slot -- Kula Gulf confrontations -- Desron 21 sweeps to victory -- Climbing the New Guinea ladder -- The Philippine whirlwind -- Kamikaze carnage -- Eyewitnesses to victory -- Epilogue -- Chronology -- Appendix I: Battle stars awarded -- Appendix II: Location of ships at war's end.
Corporate Subject:
OCLC Number:
ocn952369729
Availability:
Rosemount - Robert Trail~1
