Sweet Pea at War (eBook)

A History of USS Portland

William Thomas Generous (Autor)

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2010
312 Seiten
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-2823-8 (ISBN)

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Few ships in American history have had as illustrious a history as the heavy cruiser USS Portland (CA-33), affectionately known by her crew as 'Sweet Pea.' With the destructionof most of the U.S. battleship fleet at Pearl Harbor, cruisers such as Sweet Pea carried the biggest guns the Navy possessed for nearly a year after the start of World War II. Sweet Pea at War describes in harrowing detail how Portland and her sisters protected the precious carriers and held the line against overwhelming Japanese naval strength. Portland was instrumental in the dramatic American victories at the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Battle of Midway, and the naval battle of Guadalcanal--conflicts that historians regard as turning points in the Pacific war. She rescued nearly three thousand sailors from sunken ships, some of them while she herself was badly damaged. Only a colossal hurricane ended her career, but she sailed home from that, too. Based on extensive research in official documents and interviews with members of the ship's crew, Sweet Pea at War recounts from launching to scrapping the history of USS Portland, demonstrating that she deserves to be remembered as one of the most important ships in U.S. naval history.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.9.2010
• Zusatzinfo: photos, maps
• Verlagsort: Lexington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schiffe
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: American film noir • battle of leyte gulf • Battle of Midway • battle of okinawa • battle of Surigao strait • Battle of the Coral Sea • Battleship • battle stars • CA-33 • Caper films • cinema criticism • cinema history • cinema studies • crime movies • Cruiser • detective movies • detective thrillers • film criticism • film genres • Film History • filmmaking • Film Studies • film techniques • Fleet • frank jack fletcher • French Cinema • french film noir • French New Wave • German Cinema • german film noir • Guadalcanal • Guadalcanal campaign • Heavy Cruiser • History • Hollywood crime films • hollywood films • Japan • japanese navy • Japanese Surrender • military history • naval battles • naval cruisers • Naval History • Navy • noir sexuality • noir violence • operation magic carpet • pacific theater • Pacific War • pacific war battles • Pearl Harbor • PTO • rear admiral fletcher • suspense films • suspense mopvies • Sweet Pea • thriller movies • treaty cruisers • US naval history • US Navy • USS Portland • war ships • World War II • WWII • wwii cruisers • wwii history
• ISBN-10: 0-8131-2823-4 / 0813128234
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-2823-8 / 9780813128238