Black submariners in the United States Navy, 1940-1975 / Glenn A. Knoblock ; foreword by Melvin G. Williams, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Knoblock, Glenn A., author.

Williams, Melvin G., author of introduction, etc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Navy--African Americans--History--20th century.

United States.

United States. Navy--Submarine forces--History--20th century.

United States. Navy--African Americans--Biography--Dictionaries.

United States. Navy--Submarine forces--Biography--Dictionaries.

United States. Navy--Stewards--History--20th century.

United States. Navy--Stewards--Biography--Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (495 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina ; London, [England] : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For as long as an American naval force has existed, black sailors have served it with bravery, distinction, and little or no recognition. They have since earned praise for service in the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Civil War, and more recently, they were integral to the development of the U.S. Submarine Service. Their roles limited by segregation, black submariners nonetheless were a key element of the ""Silent Service"" throughout World War II. With desegregation came expanded opportunities, and black submariners witnessed the birth and evolution of the nuclear-powered subma

Contents:

Cover; Table of Contents; Foreword by Melvin G. Williams, Jr., Rear Admiral, United States Navy (Ret.); Acknowledgments; Preface; I. Black Sailors and the Evolution of the Steward's Branch in the United States Navy from 1775 to 1939; II. Overview of the Steward's Branch of the United States Navy During World War II; III. Becoming a Steward; Joining the Navy: Voluntary Enlistment; Joining the Navy via the Draft; The Navy Boot Camp Experience; Black Sailors and the Navy's Rating System During the War; IV. Becoming a Submariner; From Boot Camp to Submarines

From the Surface Navy to the Silent ServiceTransfer from a Tender, Relief Crew, or Shore Duty; V. Life as a Wartime Submariner; The Daily Routine of a Submarine Steward; Qualifying as a Submariner; Battle-Station Action; The Men of the O-, R-, and S-Class Boats; Other Shipboard Activities; Crew Relations Aboard the Boat; Rest and Relaxation Ashore; Leaving the Boat; At War's End; VI. The Submarine Navy During the Postwar Years; The End of the 1940s and President Truman's Desegregation Order; The 1950s: Enter the Nuclear Age; The 1960s: Boomers and Fast Attacks

1970-1975: An End and a BeginningVII. Histories of Black Submariners; Carroll Louden Allen; Jesse Allen; William Allison; Bruce Anderson; Dave Ball; George Bracey; Arthur Brown; Mack Butler; Wallace Coleman; Robert Coley; David Collier; Clark Cooper; Tyree Cornish; Joseph Cross; Earnest Danford; Alonza Davis; Everett Davis; Lewis Davis; Shirley Day; Jesse Debro; Nathan Dogan; Russell Donan; Donald Fenner; LC Fisher; Robert Goens; John Gray; William Green; Harold Hale; Alfred Hall; Leslie Hamilton; L.T. Hammond; John Harris; Arthur Haynes; Curtis Hill; Lonnie Jackson; Zedell Jackson

Willie JamesIsaac Johnson; Woodrow Wilson Jones; Carl Kimmons; William Knight; Richard Lucas; George Washington Lytle; Sammie Major; Elvin Mayo; Hosey Mays; Edward McNair; Bert Minor; Eugene Mosley, Jr.; R.D. Mosley; William Murray; Edward Neely; Killraine Newton; Claude Palmer, Jr.; Walter Patrick; Roscoe Pennington; William Perry; John Phillips; Paul Ragland; Charles Richardson; Anderson Royal; Albert Rozar; Leonard Rozar; Harry Senior; Spaulding Settle; Mason Smith; Albert Soles; Jake Spurlock; Jim Stallings; Lacey Stevenson; Ezell "Tommy" Strong; O'Neal Thaxton; Hadwick Thompson

Otha TolerMagnus Wade; Sam Wallace; Strauther Wallace; James Washington; Rufus Weaver; Carl White; John Wesley Whitehead; Walter Wilson; Appendix A. The Steward Rating System, 1939-1974; Appendix B. Black Submarine Stewards Killed or Lost During World War II; Appendix C. Top Stewards During World War II by Number of War Patrols; Appendix D. Black Stewards of World War II; Bibliography; Published Works; Internet Sources; Unpublished Personal Manuscripts, Documents, and Letters; Unpublished Government Documents, Citations, and Commendations; Personal Accounts; National Archives Source Material

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7864-8300-8