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The Second Pearl Harbor : the West Loch Disaster, May 21, 1944 / Gene Eric Salecker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Salecker, Gene Eric, 1957-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Hawaii--Pearl Harbor.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Marine accidents--Hawaii--Pearl Harbor--History--20th century.
- Marine accidents.
- Explosions--Hawaii--Pearl Harbor--History--20th century.
- Explosions.
- History.
- Hawaii--Pearl Harbor.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 277 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2014]
- Contents:
- Operation Forager
- Rehearsal for disaster
- The LST
- West Loch, Pearl Harbor
- A busy saturday morning
- A sunny sunday morning
- Prelude to disaster
- Explosion
- Hell
- Hell from afar
- Nowhere seemed safe
- The second big explosion
- Escape
- Inaction and indecision
- The rescuers
- The third explosion
- Another victim
- Safely ashore
- The drifting menace
- The last big hurrah
- The next twenty-four hours
- The Court of Inquiry
- Salvage
- Censored.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780806144764
- 0806144769
- OCLC:
- 871228263
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