American Amphibious Gunboats in World War II
Subtitle: A History of LCI and LCS Ships in the Pacific
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780786474226
Subjects: World war, 1939-1945, naval operations, american; World war, 1939-1945, campaigns, pacific ocean; World war, 1939-1945, amphibious operations
Description: "In the United States campaign against numerous Japanese-held islands in the Pacific, crucial to the assaults was a new group of amphibious gunboats that could deliver heavy fire close in to shore as American forces landed. They were important later against kamikaze threat. By the end of the war amphibious gunboats had proven their worth"--Provided by publisher.