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| Item Call Number |
D 767 .W5 1982 |
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Available |
| Barcode |
13566 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 870211889 (hardbound)
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| Language Code |
- Language code of text/sound track or separate title - eng
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - D 767 .W5 1982
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Winslow, Walter G.,
- Dates associated with a name - 1912-
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| Title Statement |
- Title - The Fleet the gods forgot :
- Remainder of title - The U.S. asiatic fleet in world war II /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - by W.G. Winslow
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Annapolis, Maryland :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - United States Naval Institute,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1982.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xvi, 327 p. :
- Other physical details - ill., maps ;
- Dimensions - 24 x 17 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - An overview history of the Asiatic Fleet, by an officer who saw much of the action. Capt. Winslow was pilot of one of the observation planes of the USS Houston, flagship of the Asiatic Fleet, and survived his ship's sinking in March 1942. (For his own account, see "The Galloping Ghost of the Java Sea" - the Houston was sunk in Indonesian waters). Details the history of the fleet, composed mainly of aged ships and a fleet in name, no match to the Japanese Navy, specifically its operations in the early part of 1941-1942, when the fleet was destroyed. Based on official operations and action reports, as well as conversations with many of the surviving officers and men while in prison camp. Goes into ship types and composition of the fleet, and then details wartime operations in the defense of the Philippines and the Netherlands East Indies (now Indonesia). Includes the operations of the USS Canopus, subtender, PT boats, minesweepers, gunboats and other ships of the Asiatic Fleet left behind in Manila Bay in the Bataan and Corregidor campaign. Also discusses attempts to run the Japanese blockade and supply Bataan. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - United States. Navy. Asiatic Fleet
- General subdivision - History.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Naval operations, American.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- Geographic subdivision - Pacific Ocean.
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