The amazing story of George Lansing Fox (Methodist minister), Alexander D. Goode (Rabbi), Clark V. Poling (Minister of the First Reformed Church), and Father John P. Washington (Catholic priest) who sacrificed their lives when an American troopship was sunk in World War 2. Dorchester was a coastal passenger steamship requisitioned and operated by the War Shipping Administration (WSA) in January 1942 for wartime use as a troop ship allocated to United...

On September 4, 1939, Admiral Creighton, who had retired from the Navy five years earlier, reported again to the Admiralty for service as a Commodore of Ocean Convoys. In the following three years he conducted 24 convoys to various parts of the world. The greater part of this time was spent on the North Atlantic route with its violent storms and the continual menace of U-boat attack. But there were other destinations, such as Suez via the Cape of...

One night in December 1941, a young Italian sat shivering on a buoy in Alexandria Harbour. Four hours later two British battleships blew up and settled on the muddy bottom. Luigi De La Penne had successfully completed one of the most fantastic surprise attacks of the war. This and many other extraordinary attacks showed great resourcefulness, courage and daring. The cost in lives and material was small, the stakes dazzlingly high. First published...

An outline of the principles and methods of naval warfare, comprehensive and excellently organized, this book will interest the general public as well as naval personnel. Intended for the general reader, Fundamentals of Naval Warfare is a plea for better understanding of the facts about naval warfare in order to support security measures. Ships and bases need trained personnel-the cost of unpreparedness is high. Here is a summary of the history of...

Admiral Daniel V. Gallery boarded and captured a German U-Boat at sea in June, 1944-the first American officer to so capture an enemy warship since 1815! U-505 is Admiral Gallery's own story of his extraordinary feat-and also a gripping narrative of the fierce Allied war against the German U-Boat fleet.

Hitler's U-Boats-German submarine aces tell their own stories of war and death under the sea. THEY LIVE WITH DEATH The silent death they deal to the ships above them...and the dark death that waits for them in the depths of the sea. These authentic reports by the top U-Boat commanders of World War II tell the vivid story of the terrors and triumphs of the war under the waves-its heroics and horrors, and the final defeat of Germany's most effective...

Here is one of the most authoritative, thoroughly documented accounts of Allied naval action in the Atlantic and Mediterranean theaters of World War II. Normandy, Salerno, Operation Neptune, Morocco-this is the story of naval warfare such as the world had never before seen. TRIUMPH IN THE ATLANTIC presents the exciting narrative of Atlantic Surface Operations in all its dramatic detail, from the sinking of the British liner Athenia in 1939 to the...

East of Farewell, first published in 1942, is a realistic novel of life aboard a U.S. Navy destroyer in the North Atlantic during World War II. The book centers on the officers and crew, their interactions, their routine tasks aboard ship and as part of a larger convoy, the tensions between "regular navy" men and those serving for just the duration of the war, encounters with German U-boats, and the harsh weather and sea. Author Howard Hunt (1918-2007)...

Long Voyage, first published in 1944 as Nor Death Dismay is the moving account of the unsung heroes of America's Merchant Marine during the Second World War-those brave seamen who sailed the vital cargo-ships, facing unseen submarines and enemy aircraft. This well-written book focuses on the fleet of a large steamship company-the American Export Lines-whose ship's plied the world's oceans, and whose crews reported on their experiences at sea. Many...

Now Hear This!, first published in 1947, is an account of the combat actions of representative ships of the U.S. Navy during World War II in all theaters of the War. Included are accounts of historic battleships such as the Missouri and Iowa, aircraft carriers such as the Hornet and Saratoga, cruisers, destroyers, and submarines, as well as the exploits of lesser known, but vital to the war effort, merchant marine ships, transport ships, landing craft,...