Patrol and rescue boats on Puget Sound
By: Chuck Fowler, Dan Withers, and Combatant Craft of America
Contributors: Withers, Dan; Combatant Craft of America
Series: Images of America
Publisher: Arcadia Pub.; Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Charleston, S.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9780738575810
Subjects: Search and rescue boats; Fast attack craft; United States. Coast Guard; Naval History; United States. Navy; United States. Army Air Forces; Combat patrols; United States; Pictorial works; History
Description: "The history of impressive battleships, aircraft carriers, and submarines on Puget Sound has been well chronicled. However, the story of the smaller, fast patrol and rescue boats that have protected its vast inland waters is largely unknown. This book, through more than 200 rare images and engaging text, reveals the fascinating story. It covers Navy, Coast Guard, and Army Air Force craft in the sound, including the famed patrol torpedo boats of World War II. Featuring evocative photographs from the National Archives, as well as veterans' personal collections, this book highlights these military craft, their proud crews, and essential wartime and peacetime operations"--P. 4 of cover.
Table of contents: title: Beginnings : patrolling the Sound; title: Prohibition through World War II : 1920-1945; title: The Cold War era : 1946-1991; title: A patrol boat rescued : the CG-83527 story; title: Terrorism and Sound security : 1992-2010.