Hunters of the Steel Sharks: The Submarine Chasers of WWI
Publisher: Signal Light Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Bowdoinham, ME
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780978919207
First sentence: When the United States resolved to enter the arena of the Great War, the submarine menace was regarded as a serious threat to the Allies.
Description: This is the history of the submarine chasers of the Great War, extensively illustrated with period photographs and diagrams, and rich with personal anecdotes, an up-close account of the early days of ASW based on rare, unpublished documents.
Table of contents: value: Author’s Remarks; value: Prologue; value: Chapter 1 – Building the Chaser Fleet; value: Chapter 2 – Antisubmarine Warfare; value: Chapter 3 – Crossing the Atlantic; value: Chapter 4 – American Bay; value: Chapter 5 – On the Otranto Barrage; value: Chapter 6 – Post-War Diplomacy and Travels; value: Chapter 7 – The Northern Russia Expedition; value: Chapter 8 – Mine Sweeping in the North Sea; value: Chapter 9 – Homeward Bound; value: Epilogue – The Impact of the Submarine Chasers; value: Appendix I – Distribution of Submarine Chasers; value: Appendix II – Submarine Chaser Service at Plymouth, England; value: Appendix III – Submarine Chaser Service at Queenstown, Ireland; value: Appendix IV – Submarine Chaser Service on the Atlantic Coast; value: Appendix V – Submarine Chaser Service on the Pacific Coast; value: Bibliography; value: Notes; value: Index