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Tin Cans and Greyhounds: The Destroyers that Won Two World Wars by Clint Johnson
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781621576471
- Book Title
- Tin Cans and Greyhounds : the Destroyers That Won Two World Wars
- Publisher
- Regnery Publishing
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.2 in
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Military / World War II, Military / Naval, Military / World War I
- Item Weight
- 18.2 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Regnery Publishing
ISBN-10
1621576477
ISBN-13
9781621576471
eBay Product ID (ePID)
15038632619
Product Key Features
Book Title
Tin Cans and Greyhounds : the Destroyers That Won Two World Wars
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War II, Military / Naval, Military / World War I
Publication Year
2019
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
18.2 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2019-007384
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
623.8254
Synopsis
This action-packed narrative history of destroyer-class ships begins with destroyers' first incarnation as torpedo boats in 1898 through the last true combat service of the ships in the Vietnam War. Nicknamed "tin cans" or "greyhounds," destroyers were quick naval ships used to defend larger battleships--and they proved indispensable in America's military victories. In Tin Cans and Greyhounds , author Clint Johnson brings readers inside the quarter-inch hulls of destroyers to meet the men who manned the ships' five-inch guns and fought America's wars from inside a "tin can"--risking death by cannon shell, shrapnel, bomb, fire, drowning, exposure, and sharks., "Mr. Johnson has ... produced a technical history of destroyers as all-around naval weapons. Anyone interested in these ships will value his efforts." -- The Wall Street Journal A "well-written" and "enjoyable history of destroyer class warships" filled with "memorable sea battles in which destroyers played prominent roles." --Publishers Weekly For men on destroyer-class warships during World War I and World War II, battles were waged "against overwhelming odds from which survival could not be expected." Those were the words Lieutenant Commander Robert Copeland calmly told his crew as their tiny, unarmored destroyer escort rushed toward giant, armored Japanese battleships at the Battle off Samar on October 25, 1944. This action-packed narrative history of destroyer-class ships brings readers inside the half-inch-thick hulls to meet the men who fired the ships' guns, torpedoes, hedgehogs, and depth charges. Nicknamed "tin cans" or "greyhounds," destroyers were fast escort and attack ships that proved indispensable to America's military victories. Beginning with destroyers' first incarnation as torpedo boats in 1874 and ending with World War II, author Clint Johnson shares the riveting stories of the Destroyer Men who fought from inside a "tin can"--risking death by cannons, bombs, torpedoes, fire, and drowning. The British invented destroyers, the Japanese improved them, and the Germans failed miserably with them. It was the Americans who perfected destroyers as the best fighting ship in two world wars. Tin Cans & Greyhounds compares the designs of these countries with focus on the old, modified World War I destroyers, and the new and numerous World War II destroyers of the United States. Tin Cans & Greyhounds details how destroyers fought submarines, escorted convoys, rescued sailors and airmen, downed aircraft, shelled beaches, and attacked armored battleships and cruisers with nothing more than a half-inch of steel separating their crews from the dark waves.
LC Classification Number
V825.3.J64 2019
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