Escort Carrier of the Second World War : Combustible, Vulnerable and Expendable!

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wragg, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Destroyer escorts--History.

World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations.

World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations.

Local Subjects:

Destroyer escorts--History.

World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations.

World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (349 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

: Pen and Sword, 2005.

Summary:

To the US Navy they were CVEs! To the Royal Navy auxiliary carriers! To crews of endangered merchantmen in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans they were heaven-sent protection! To their crews they were Combustible, Vulnerable, Expendable!The need for air cover against enemy aircraft and submarines brought unprecedented demand for carriers. Over 100 vessels were converted on specially built for convoy duty. This is their story, warts and all.

Contents:

""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""I - A SHORTAGE OF FLIGHT DECKS""; ""Aircraft Transports and Hybrid Carriers""; ""Convoys""; ""The Merchant Aircraft Carriers""; ""Operating aboard the MAC-Ships""; ""Striking Back at the U-Boats""; ""Notes""; ""II - THE ESCORTS APPEAR""; ""Notes""; ""III - LIFE ABOARD""; ""Accommodation""; ""Life with the Merchant Navy""; ""Aboard the Escorts""; ""Notes""; ""IV - THE AIRCRAFT""; ""Fairey Barracuda""; ""Fairey Swordfish""; ""Grumman Avenger""; ""Grumman Hellcat""; ""Grumman Wildcat""

""Hawker Sea Hurricane""""Supermarine Seafire""; ""Supermarine Walrus""; ""Vought Corsair""; ""Note""; ""V - WINNING THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC""; ""The First Phase""; ""The Second Phase""; ""The Birth of Canadian Naval Aviation""; ""The Third Phase""; ""The Fourth Phase""; ""VI - HUNTER-KILLER FORCES""; ""The Capture of U-505""; ""Hunter-Killer Groups""; ""Vindex�s First U-Boat""; ""Notes""; ""VII - THE ARCTIC CONVOYS""; ""Convoy PQ18""; ""Keeping the Convoy Route Open""; ""Notes""; ""VIII - TAKING THE WAR TO THE ENEMY""; ""Onto the Mainland � The Salerno Landings""

""Landing in the South of France""""Attacking the German Convoys""; ""The Offensive against the Tirpitz""; ""Notes""; ""IX - TAKING THE WAR TO THE ENEMY""; ""Pressing towards Rabaul""; ""Leyte Gulf""; ""Royal Navy returns to the East""; ""Sink the Haguro""; ""Aboard the Escort Carriers""; ""Notes""; ""X - THE JAPANESE AUXILIARY CARRIERS""; ""The Japanese Auxiliaries""; ""XI - AFTER THE WAR""; ""Serving with the Dutch and the French Navies""; ""Searching for a Role Post-War""; ""The American Carriers""; ""XII - THE LIGHT CARRIERS""; ""Appendix I - STANDARD CONVOY AIR PATROL CODENAMES""

""Appendix II - MERCHANT AIRCRAFT CARRIERS � MAC-SHIPS""""Appendix III - ROYAL NAVY ESCORT CARRIERS""; ""Appendix IV - UNITED STATES NAVY ESCORT CARRIERS""; ""Appendix V - UNITED STATES NAVY ESCORT CARRIERS BY PENNANT NUMBER""; ""Appendix VI - JAPANESE AUXILIARY CARRIERS""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781783402045

1783402040

9781783409327

1783409320

OCLC:

854974550