Building the Mosquito Fleet
Subtitle: The U.S. Navy's First Torpedo Boats  (RI)
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: November 20, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780738505084
Subjects: History: American; History; History - General History; General; United States - State & Local - General
First sentence: When boat lover John Brown Herreshoff accepted a commission to design and build a yacht for Thomas Clapham, he began an industry that thrived beyond all expectations and brought international fame to himself and to Bristol, Rhode Island.