Uncommon warriors
Subtitle: two centuries of the of the most unusual American naval vessels
By: Ken W. Sayers
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Annapolis, MD
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781591147602
Subjects: Warships; Technological innovations; History
Other titles: Two centuries of the of the most unusual American naval vessels
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Two momentous days in the Pacific: Antares (AG 10); title: The leader of the "ghost fleet": Utah (AG 16); title: "Chesapeake raider": Wyoming (AG 17); title: Miscellaneous auxiliaries fit for a president; title: and a king: Sequoia (AG 23) and Potomac (AG 25); title: Three "mysterious" queen ships: Anacapa (AG 49), Big Horn (IX 207), and Irene Forsyte (IX 93); title: Terrier tester: Mississippi (AG 128); title: Cinema celebrity: Hewell (AG 145); title: Steaming demon: Richard E Kraus (AG 151); title: The checker of sins: Compass Island (AG 153); title: Three lives of a "mariner": Observation Island (AG 154); title: Satellite communicator: Kingsport (T-AG 164); title: The navy's secret snooper ships: Belmont (AG 167), Georgetown (AG 165), Jamestown (AG 166), Liberty (AG 168), Lt. James R. Robinson (T-AG 170), Oxford (AG 159), Pvt. Jose F. Valdez (T-AG 169), and Sgt. Joseph E. Muller (T-AG 171); title: Sub snatcher: Glomar Explorer (AG 193); title: Versatile specialist: Vanguard (T-AG 194); title: ABCDs to IX: Alton (IX 5) and Despatch (ix 2); title: One U.S. battleship sunk by another: Coast Battleship no. 4 (IX 6); title: Farragut's fighting flagship: Hartford (IX 13); title: Crane ship no. 1: Kearsarge (IX 16); title: The last of her kind: Constellation (IX 20); title: Old Ironsides: Constitution (IX 21); title: Naval academy "brig" from the Spanish Navy: Reina Mercedes (IX 25); title: A half century of national service: Wheeling (IX 28); title: The Navy's oldest steel-hulled warship afloat: Olympia (IX 40); title: International racing champion purchased for one dollar: America (ix 41); title: Sidewheel freshwater flattops: Wolverine (IX 64) and Sable (IX 81); title: "CIC University": Moosehead (IX 98); title: From yacht to pioneering warship and back again: Sea Cloud (IX 99); title: German cruiser meets the atomic bomb: Prinz Eugen (IX 300); title: The ship with the surreal silhouette: Atlanta (ix 304); title: Mother ship to deep divers: Elk River (IX 501); title: The Navy's smallest "aircraft carrier": Baylander (IX 514); title: And now for something different: Sea Flyer (IX 515); title: Now you see it, now you don't: Sea Shadow (IX 529); title: One fast cat: joint venture (IX 532); title: Directory of "miscellaneous" vessels in the U.S. fleet; title: Appendix A:  List of miscellaneous auxiliary vessels; title: Appendix B: List of unclassified miscellaneous vessels; title: Appendix C: List of miscellaneous related vessels.