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LEADER: 01793cam a2200301 a 4500
001 2009009451
003 DLC
005 20090706100818.0
008 090304s2009 ncuab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009009451
015 $aGBA937366$2bnb
016 7 $a015110118$2Uk
020 $a9780786442225 (softcover : alk. paper)
020 $a0786442220 (softcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn261400312
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDXCP$dBTCTA$dUKM$dC#P$dBWX$dDLC
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aV825.3$b.B55 2009
100 1 $aBlock, Leo,$d1920-
245 10 $aAboard the Farragut class destroyers in World War II :$ba history with first-person accounts of enlisted men /$cLeo Block.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland & Co.,$cc2009.
300 $aix, 230 p. :$bill., map ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 223) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- The ship -- The ship's company -- The Dungaree Navy -- The Hawaiian detachment -- Condition II : underway -- December 7, 1941 -- The South Pacific -- The Aleutians -- The Central Pacific and the Typhoon of December 1944 -- The uniform -- Liberty -- The Farragut finishing school -- Ship histories.
520 $a"This book describes the life of the enlisted man aboard a Farragut class destroyer during the pre-war years; the war preparation period in 1941; and the wartime years. It features first-person narrations collected from interviews and correspondence with the remaining Farragut class destroyer sailors, and describes the Farragut class destroyers, five which survived the war"--Provided by publisher.
650 0 $aDestroyers (Warships)$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xNaval operations, American.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bNavy$xSea life.