200,000 miles aboard the destoyer Cotten / C. Snelling Robinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robinson, C. Snelling (Charles Snelling), 1922-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Warships.

Voyages and travels.

Cotten (Destroyer).

United States. Navy--Biography.

United States.

Robinson, C. Snelling (Charles Snelling), 1922-.

Robinson, C. Snelling.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Place of Publication:

Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In mid-June 1943, Snelling Robinson, a 20-year-old Harvard graduate and newly commissioned ensign in the U.S. Naval Reserve, joined the pre-commissioning crew of the Fletcher class destroyer USS Cotten. The new crew trained for the remainder of the summer and t hen sailed to Pearl Harbor in time to join the newly established Fifth Fleet. Under t he command of Admiral Raymond Spruance, the Fifth Fleet was given orders to invade Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands in November 1943. This offensive, along with naval battles in the Philippine Sea, the Leyte Gulf, and the invasion of Iwo Jima in February 1945, is chronicled from the perspective of a young deck officer and is integrated with the background of the larger conflict, including the politics of command. After Japan?s surrender, the Cotten became a part of the Occupation Force anchored in Tokyo Bay. Robinson deftly narrates how he and his friends took advantage of their good luck and brought their roles in the war to a fitting conclusion.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""1. Fitting Out""; ""2. Shakedown Cruise""; ""3. To Pearl Harbor and the Pacific Fleet""; ""4. Tarawa: Operation Galvanic""; ""5. Independent Duties in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands""; ""6. Operation Flintlock""; ""7. To Espiritu Santo""; ""8. Fifth Fleet Operations in the Southwest Pacific""; ""9. Majuro""; ""10. Personnel Changes""; ""11. Operation Forager and the Battle of the Philippine Sea""; ""12. Task Force 58 Returns to Saipan""; ""13. The Cotten and Destroyer Squadron 50 Screen the Battle Line""

""14. Command Changes""""15. Admiral Halsey Trains the Battle Line""; ""16. Third Fleet Operations Prior to the Battle of Leyte Gulf""; ""17. The Battle of Leyte Gulf""; ""18. Action off Cape Engafio""; ""19. Kamikazes Enter the Pacific War""; ""20. Kamikazes: Midget Subs and More Planes""; ""21. The Great Pacific Typhoon, December 1944""; ""22. In the South China Sea""; ""23. Air Strikes against Tokyo: Iwo lima D Day""; ""24. A Second Strike against the Tokyo Area""; ""25. Iwo Jima: March 5-13, 1945""; ""26. Encounter with Japanese Patrol Vessels""; ""27. Iwo Jima Secured""

""28. Shore Leave""""29. Hunters Point""; ""30. Stateside Duty Comes to an End""; ""31. The War Ends""; ""32. Transition""; ""33. The Tokyo Bay Occupation Force""; ""34. Tokyo""; ""35. The Cotten Acquires a Kamikaze Speedboat""; ""36. The Tokyo Bay Roadstead""; ""37. Atami""; ""38. The House of the Golden Wave""; ""39. Squadron 50 Leaves the Occupation Force""; ""Epilogue""; ""Appendix A""; ""Appendix B""; ""Appendix C""; ""Glossary""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 26, 2013).

ISBN:

9781612772868

1612772862

9781612772875

1612772870

OCLC:

922995024