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020 $a155750136X (alk. paper)
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082 00 $a940.54/5973$221
100 1 $aCrenshaw, Russell Sydnor,$d1920-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94053120
245 10 $aSouth Pacific destroyer :$bthe battle for the Solomons from Savo Island to Vella Gulf /$cRussell Sydnor Crenshaw, Jr.
260 $aAnnapolis, Md. :$bNaval Institute Press,$c[1998], ©1998.
300 $aviii, 283 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 267-269) and index.
520 $aRussell Crenshaw's riveting account of the savage yet largely unknown night battles for the Solomon Islands in early 1943 offers readers a unique insider's perspective from the decks of one of the destroyers that bore the brunt of the struggle.
520 8 $aNot content to rely on his memory as a gunnery officer and later as executive officer of the USS Maury (DD-401), the author conducted extensive searches of official U.S. and Japanese records in pursuit of the unvarnished truth. The result is a vivid, balanced, and detailed narrative of the destroyer's experiences in the Pacific that earned the warship a Presidential Unit Citation and sixteen battle stars.
520 8 $aCaptain Crenshaw focuses on the bloody campaign from the Battle of Tassafaronga in November 1942 to Vella Gulf in August 1943, and then completes the picture by chronicling the Maury's actions from Pearl Harbor through the Philippines. In conclusion, armed with facts not known until after the war, Crenshaw discusses the impact of the new technologies of radar and voice radio, the shortcomings of U.S. torpedoes and gunfire, and the devastating effectiveness of Japan's supertorpedo.
610 20 $aMaury (Ship)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98017663
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xNaval operations, American.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148452
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zSolomon Islands.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002005425
852 00 $bglx$hD772.M38$iC74 1998