Hunters in the Shallows

A History of the PT Boat

Curtis L. Nelson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

242 Seiten

2003
Potomac Books Inc (Verlag)
978-1-57488-601-6 (ISBN)

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Examines the development of the small torpedo boat in US naval history, from Lt. William Cushing's heroic Civil War attack on the Confederate ram Albemarle in a forerunner of the PT to the type's zenith in World War II. Hunter in the Shallows provides a comprehensive critical analysis of a valuable vessel long neglected by naval scholars.

Hunters in the Shallows examines the development of the small torpedo boat in U.S. naval history, from Lt. William Cushing's heroic Civil War attack on the Confederate ram Albemarle in 1864 in a forerunner of the PT to the type's zenith in World War II.

Author Curtis L. Nelson takes readers inside the scandalous 1939 Elco deal to manufacture PTs, describes Gen. Douglas MacArthur's dramatic escape from Corregidor via PT in 1942, and assesses the sinking of John F. Kennedy's PT-109 off the Solomon Islands in 1943.

Hunter in the Shallows provides a comprehensive critical analysis of a valuable vessel long neglected by naval scholars.

CURTIS L. NELSON has written for Naval History magazine and has been a consultant for historical documentaries relating to the PT. He lives in Eden Prairte, Minnesota.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.4.2023
Verlagsort	Dulles
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Militärfahrzeuge / -flugzeuge / -schiffe
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-57488-601-0 / 1574886010
ISBN-13	978-1-57488-601-6 / 9781574886016
Zustand	Neuware