Aboard the Farragut Class destroyers in World War II
Subtitle: a history with first-person accounts of enlisted men
By: Leo Block.
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780786442225
Subjects: United States. -- Navy -- Sea life; Destroyers (Warships) -- United States -- History -- 20th century; World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American
Description: "This book describes the life of the enlisted man aboard a Farragut class destroyer during the pre-war years; the war preparation period in 1941; and the wartime years. It features first-person narrations collected from interviews and correspondence with the remaining Farragut class destroyer sailors, and describes the Farragut class destroyers, five which survived the war"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The ship; title: The ship's company; title: The Dungaree Navy; title: The Hawaiian detachment; title: Condition II-underway; title: December 7, 1941; title: The South Pacific; title: The aleutians; title: The Central Pacific and the Typhoon of December 1944; title: The uniform; title: Liberty; title: The Farragut finishing school; title: Ship histories.