| Autore |
Bulkley Jr Captain Robert J
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| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
San Francisco : , : Verdun Press, , 2015
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (666 pages)
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| Altri autori (Persone) |
EllerRear Admiral Earnest McNeill
KennedyPresident John F
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| Soggetto topico |
Naval history
Military history, Modern - 20th century
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| ISBN |
9781786252067
1786252066
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- Introduction -- In Memoriam -- Preface -- Part I - Into Action-Pearl Harbor and the Philippines -- 1. THE LINEUP -- 2. "THEY LOOK LIKE JAPS" -- 3. MANILA BAY -- 4. THE FLEET WITHDRAWS -- 5. SS "CORREGIDOR" -- 6. "MOTOR TORPEDO BOATS ARE RAPIDLY DETERIORATING" -- 7. VISIT TO BINANGA -- 8. END OF THE 31 -- 9. GUNNERY ACTIONS -- 10. RETURN TO SUBIC -- 11. THE 32 IN ACTION -- 12. SUBIC AGAIN -- 13. THE GENERAL DEPARTS -- 14. THE 32 -- 15. PRESIDENT QUEZON -- 16. ENGAGEMENT OFF CEBU -- 17. "WE COULD NO LONGER FIGHT" -- 18. AND THEN THERE WERE NONE -- 19. END OF THE SQUADRON -- 20. "TWO HUNDRED BOATS IF POSSIBLE" -- Part II - Development-A New Type Emerges -- 1. WHAT IS A PT? -- 2. ANCIENT HISTORY -- 3. WORLD WAR I AND AFTER -- 4. SCOTT-PAINE AND VOSPER -- 5. RENEWED INTEREST -- 6. THE DESIGN CONTEST -- 7. PT 9 -- 8. THE ELCO CONTRACT -- 9. THE SQUADRONS -- 10. THE 77-FOOT BOAT -- 11. SOUTHERN WATERS AND LEND-LEASE -- 12. PTC's -- 13. THE PLYWOOD DERBIES -- 14. STANDARDIZATION -- 15. RESHUFFLING THE SQUADRONS -- 16. THE TRAINING CENTER -- 17. TABOGA -- 18. SHAKEDOWN -- 19. COMMISSIONING DETAILS -- 20. FERRYING COMMAND -- 21. TENDERS -- 22. BASES -- 23. HELLCAT AND ELCOPLANE -- Part III - Guadalcanal and Beyond-The Solomons Campaign -- 1. MIDWAY: BETWEEN TWO CAMPAIGNS -- 2. TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC -- 3. THE STRUGGLE FOR GUADALCANAL -- 4. MEETING THE TOKYO EXPRESS -- 5. THE BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL -- 6. AFTER TASSAFARONGA -- 7. EVACUATION -- 8. A LULL IN OPERATIONS -- 9. LOSS OF THE "NIAGARA" -- 10. THE "STANVAC MANILA" -- 11. THE "McCAWLEY" -- 12. TRANSITION -- 13. FIRST ACTION AT RENDOVA -- 14. COSTLY ERRORS -- 15. THEY DIDN'T PASS THE WORD -- 16. THE 109 -- 17. BARGE HUNTING -- 18. VELLA LAVELLA -- 19. DAYLIGHT STRIKES -- 20. END OF THE NEW GEORGIA CAMPAIGN -- 21. TREASURY AND BOUGAINVILLE.
22. A BRUSH WITH TORPEDO BOMBERS -- 23. DESTROYERS AGAIN -- 24. SHORE BATTERIES -- 25. TO GREEN ISLAND -- 26. COLLISION -- 27. ACTION IN EMPRESS AUGUSTA BAY -- 28. RABAUL -- 29. MARCH AND APRIL 1944 -- 30. THE RUGGED LIFE -- 31. TASK GROUP 30.3 -- 32. A TRAP -- 33. TASK GROUP 70.8 -- Part IV - Southwest Pacific-Conquest of New Guinea -- 1. TO THE BUNA CAMPAIGN -- 2. THE CRUISE OF THE "HILO" -- 3. TUFI -- 4. TASK GROUP 70.1 -- 5. BATTLE OF THE BISMARCK SEA -- 6. SOME BARGES AND A FIRE -- 7. DOUGLAS HARBOR AND MOROBE -- 9. KIRIWINA, WOODLARK, AND NASSAU BAY -- 10. ACTIONS IN HUON GULF -- 11. LAE, SALAMAUA, AND FINSCHHAFEN -- 12. MOROBE: OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER -- 13. A LETTER FROM GENERAL BERRYMAN -- 14. TENDERS, STAFF, AND LOGISTICS -- 15. KIRIWINA -- 16. DREGER HARBOR -- 17. ACTION ON A REEF -- 18. A SUBMERSIBLE -- 19. PLANES AT ARAWE -- 20. ACTIONS ALONG THE NEW GUINEA COAST -- 21. EXPANSION -- 22. DESTRUCTION IN HANSA BAY -- 23. THE ADMIRALTIES -- 24. REIN BAY AND TALASEA -- 25. NEW BRITAIN: SOUTH COAST -- 26. SAIDOR -- 27. AITAPE -- 28. MIOS WOENDI -- 29. OPERATIONS IN GEELVINK BAY -- 30. AMSTERDAM ISLAND -- 31. END OF THE NEW GUINEA CAMPAIGN -- Part V - The Aleutians-A Battle Against Weather -- 1. A RACE FOR ISLANDS -- 2. MTB DIVISION 1 -- 3. SQUADRON 13 -- Part VI - The Mediterranean-Torpedo War -- 1. SQUADRON 15 -- 2. NORTH AFRICA -- 3. BIZERTE -- 4. SICILIAN INVASION -- 5. PALERMO -- 6. INVASION OF ITALY -- 7. MADDALENA AND BASTIA -- 8. WINTER OPERATIONS -- 9. COLLISION WITH A MINESWEEPER -- 10. ANZIO -- 11. TB DESTROYERS -- 12. FUN WITH ROCKETS -- 13. OPERATION GUN -- 14. EXPANSION -- 15. CORVETTES AND DESTROYERS -- 16. ELBA -- 17. CAPTURE OF AN MAS -- 18. THE THUNDERBOLT -- 19. SOUTHERN FRANCE -- 20. THE ADVANCE LANDINGS -- 21. DIVERSIONARY OPERATIONS -- 22. MINES -- 23. PORQUEROLLES -- 24. THE GULF OF FOS.
25. EXPLOSIVE BOATS AND HUMAN TORPEDOES -- 26. LAST DAYS AT BASTIA -- 27. LEGHORN -- 28. TORPEDOING THE HARBORS -- 29. THE LAST PATROLS -- Part VII - The English Channel-D-Day and After -- 1. D-DAY AND THE MASON LINE -- 2. THE CHANNEL ISLANDS -- 3. THE EASTERN FLANK -- 4. END OF THE CAMPAIGN -- Part VIII - South-West Pacific-Return to the Philippines -- 1. MOROTAI -- 2. RESCUE IN WASILE BAY -- 3. LOSSES -- 4. CONTAINING AND HARASSING -- 5. BATTLE OF SURIGAO STRAIT -- 6. AIR ATTACKS -- 7. LEYTE AND CEBU -- 8. FIRST DAYS AT MINDORO -- 9. A JAPANESE TASK FORCE -- 10. MINDORO CONVOY -- 11. TASK GROUP 77.11 -- 12. MINDORO PATROLS -- 13. BASES AND LOGISTICS -- 14. LINGAYEN GULF -- 15. RETURN TO MANILA BAY -- 16. PALAWAN -- 17. ZAMBOANGA -- 18. PANAY -- 19. EAST TO DAVAO -- 21. TAWI TAWI -- 22. BRUNEI BAY -- 23. BALIKPAPAN -- 24. MTBRONSPAC -- 25. SURRENDER -- 26. THE END AND THE BEGINNING -- Postscript -- Appendix A - Composition of the Squadrons -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 1 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 2 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 2(2) -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 3 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 3(2) -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 4 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 5 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 6 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 7 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 8 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 9 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 10 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 11 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 12 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 13 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 14 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 15 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 16 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 17 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 18 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 19 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 20 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 21 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 22 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 23 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 24 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 25.
MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 26 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 27 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 28 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 29 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 30 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 31 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 32 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 33 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 34 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 35 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 36 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 37 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 38 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 39 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 40 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 41 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 42 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 43 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 44 -- MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 45 -- MOTOR TORPEDO SUBMARINE CHASER SQUADRON 1 -- PT's NOT PLACED IN SQUADRON SERVICE -- BPT -- Appendix B - PT Losses -- PT -- RECAPITULATION -- Appendix C - Awards and Citations -- I. UNIT CITATIONS -- II. INDIVIDUAL AWARDS -- Appendix D - Casualties -- KILLED IN ACTION -- WOUNDED -- A Note on Sources -- A. GENERAL DISCUSSION -- B. SPECIFIC CITATIONS -- Part 1. INTO ACTION-PEARL HARBOR AND THE PHILIPPINES -- Part II DEVELOPMENT-A NEW TYPE EMERGES -- Part III. GUADALCANAL AND BEYOND THE SOLOMONS CAMPAIGN -- Part IV. SOUTHWEST PACIFIC-CONQUEST OF NEW GUINEA -- Part V. THE ALEUTIANS-A BATTLE AGAINST WEATHER -- Part VI. THE MEDITERRANEAN-TORPEDO WAR -- Part VII. THE ENGLISH CHANNEL-D-DAY AND AFTER -- Part VIII. SOUTHWEST PACIFIC-RETURN TO THE PHILIPPINES.
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