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"DYNAMITE" JOHNNY O'BRIEN

Sep 01, 2008; Peduto, Gregory J ... Despite his size, John O'Brien was one of those bigger-than-life real heroes whose outrageous adventures became the stuff of legend "Dynamite" Johnny O'Brien saw things that most people wouldn't believe. He witnessed the burning of the Merrimac off Craney Point and ships swallowed whole ...

GRIM FATE OF THE SUPER-LINER NORMANDIE

Sep 01, 2008; Harding, Stephen ... Undoubtedly one of the finest liners ever built, the Normandie fell victim to the ineptitude of New York City's Fire Department Tough the military history of the great passenger liners is Uttered with the wreckage of vessels that aid not survive their Naval service, none had as much ...

OUR COUNTRY, RIGHT OR WRONG: The Life & Times of Commodore Stephen Decatur

Sep 01, 2008; Lundquist, Edward ... OUR COUNTRY, RIGHT OR WRONG: The Life & Times of Commodore Stephen Decatur By Leonard F. Guttridge 304 Pgs, illustrated B&W, 7-in x 9-in, Hardcover. ISBN: 0-765-30701-4 $24.95. A Forge Book, NY, NY; (646) 307-5411 Here's a book we've just come across released late in 2006 that ...

REUNIONS

Sep 01, 2008; Anonymous ... 2008 PROPOSED USS Arnold J. Lisbell (DD-869). Fall 2008 at Boston, MA. Contact: Barry Dahlberg, 596 Grey St., Geneva, IL 60134; (708) 203-1445; evba@ameritech.net USS Braine (DD-630). Proposed 2008 at Pensacola, FL. Contact: Dale Burmeister, 7507 W 350 N, Michigan City, IN 46360; ...

CANOPUS' Last Stano!

Sep 01, 2008; Karig, Walter ... In the dark days before the fall of the Philippines, a lone American submarine tender fought a valiant one-ship war against the Japanese After the forced retirement of the American warships from the Philippines in late December 1941 the defense of Bataan and Corregidor had to be ...

THOMAS KINKAID AND THE BIRTH OF THE SEVENTH FLEET

Sep 01, 2008; Coppock, Mike ... Tough and tenacious, Tom Kinkaid was one of the few admirals who could work with autocratic Army General Douglas Mac Arthur There are times when history tries to forget the gruff first commander of the US Seventh Fleet. Thomas Cassin Kinkaid had the physical appearance of ...

Keeping the TORSK See-Worthy

Sep 01, 2008; Denton, Thomas ... A review of a routine weekend work schedule performed by volunteers offers a seldom- seen view of what it takes to keep a memorialized submarine both seaworthy and see-worthy The Torsk Volunteer Association is keeping the USS Torsk (SS-423) in Baltimore's Inner Harbor alive and well. The ...

WEATHERMEN AT SEA IN PEACE AND WAR

Sep 01, 2008; Ponti, Joseph T ... Little-remembered today are the fleet of ice-encrusted Coast Guard cutters who braved freezing storms and tropical hurricanes to remain "on station" in mid-ocean providing up-to-the-minute weather observations in the pre-satellite era It's been over 30-yrs since the last US Coast Guard ...

ATLANTIC ESCORTS: Allied Anti-Submarine Vessels

Sep 01, 2008; Lundquist, Edward ... ATLANTIC ESCORTS: Allied Anti-Submarine Vessels By David Owens 224 Pgs, 200 photos & maps, 8-in x 10-in, Hardback. ISBN: 978-1-59114-012-2 - $49.95. US Naval Institute Press, (800) 233-8764; www.usnj.org First published in 2007 by British historian David Owens, this reference book ...

THE GUNNER and THE U-BOAT

Sep 01, 2008; Perkins, Hugh ... A lone gunner on a small trawler dueled a German U-boat to the finish in a David and Goliath-type contest The story of the U-boat war against Allied merchant shipping during The Great War is one of enormous tragedy, incredible human suffering, sacrifice and bravery, Destruction of lives ...

USS JARVIS: Too Soon To Glory

Sep 01, 2008; Bonner, Kit ... Little did the veteran destroyer crew consider the consequences of leaving behind their damaged whaleboat and life rafts USS JARVIS (DO-393), A GRIDLEY-BAGLEY-CLASS PREWAR DESTROYER) The Congress categorically denied the US Navy any funds for new destroyers from 1916 until the ...

STEAM YACHT

Sep 01, 2008; Panaggio, Leonard ... A large and extremely rare steam yacht, the Cangarda, built in 1901, will be exhibited at Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Connecticut, for a short stay in July, followed by another brief visit in August and will return in September for the remainder of the year. Built at the beginning of the ...

SCRIMSHAW

Sep 01, 2008; Panaggio, Leonard ... The Whaling Museum, New Bedford, Massachusetts, had its annual Scrimshaw Collectors' Weekend 16-18 May. It ...


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