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United States PT-boats of World War II in action / by Frank D. Johnson.
LIBRA D773 .J63 1980
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, Frank D.
- Series:
- In action
- In action series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Navy.
- Torpedo-boats.
- History.
- United States.
- United States. Navy--History--World War, 1939-1945--Pictorial works.
- World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American--Pictorial works.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Torpedo-boats--United States--Pictorial works.
- Military operations, Naval--American.
- Genre:
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Nilsson, William F., Jr. (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 159 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
- regular print
- Other Title:
- United States P.T.-boats of World War II in action
- Place of Publication:
- Poole, Dorset, UK : Blandford Press, 1980.
- Summary:
- An account of the development of American motor-torpedo boats and their important role in naval operations during World War II.
- Contents:
- Origins
- The first American boats
- The myth of the United States PT-boat
- Production and modification
- The Solomons test
- Wild nights in the Med.
- Barge busting to victory
- To the Philippines with a vengeance.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Ex Libris Nautica copy presented to the Penn Libraries by LT. CMDR. William F. Nilsson, Jr., USNR (Ret.).
- ISBN:
- 071371025X
- 9780713710250
- OCLC:
- 6697444
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