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001 2007886
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008 970107t19971997mduab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 97001519
020 $a1557501351 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm36241671
035 $9AMN4803CU
035 $a2007886
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dC#P$dOrLoB-B
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050 00 $aD774.J64$bC66 1997
082 00 $a940.54/5973$221
100 1 $aCooper, Sherod.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92050352
245 10 $aLiberty ship :$bthe voyages of the John W. Brown, 1942-1946 /$cSherod Cooper.
260 $aAnnapolis, Md. :$bNaval Institute Press,$c[1997], ©1997.
300 $axvi, 244 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [229]-235) and index.
520 $aThe only book devoted exclusively to a single merchantman's seagoing career during World War II, this work describes the activities of the Liberty ship John W. Brown and of the Merchant Marine and Navy Armed Guard crews who manned the ship.
520 8 $aAs the author demonstrates in this thoroughly researched account, Liberty ships carried about two-thirds of the vital cargoes transported overseas during the war and played an indispensable role in landing and supplying the troops that defeated the Axis powers in Europe and Asia.
520 8 $aThis book is based on logs, official documents, and reports in the National Archives, on the collection of unpublished Navy administrative histories in the Navy Department library, and on diaries, letters, and recollections of men who sailed on the Brown. The insights derived from the author's interviews and correspondence with a number of the Brown's wartime Merchant and Navy Armed Guard crewmen add a personal dimension to the narrative. A fine collection of photographs supplements the text.
610 20 $aJohn W. Brown (Ship)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83234297
650 0 $aLiberty ships$zUnited States.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xNaval operations, American.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148452
650 0 $aMerchant marine$zUnited States$xHistory.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008107696
852 00 $boff,glx$hD774.J64$iC66 1997