South Pacific destroyer : the battle for the Solomons from Savo Island to Vella Gulf / Russell Sydnor Crenshaw, Jr.

Author/creator Crenshaw, Russell Sydnor
Format Book
Publication InfoAnnapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, ©1998.
Descriptionviii, 283 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents USS Maury (DD-401) -- ComSoPac -- The light forces -- Rebuilding -- Noumea -- The tide turns -- The last gasps -- Sharpening our weapons -- The Russell Islands -- Tropical paradise -- Intermission -- New ships, new plans -- Return to Noumea -- Invasion of Munda -- Kula Gulf -- A night of hell -- The best laid plans -- Kolombangara -- The Gwin saga -- Cactus striking force -- Commodore Burke -- Blackett Strait -- Vella Gulf -- End of the trail -- Looking back -- Appendix A. Japanese ships sunk or damaged -- Appendix B. U.S. and allied ships sunk or damaged -- Appendix C. Charts.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 267-269) and index.
LCCN 98014265
ISBN155750136X (alk. paper)
ISBN9781557501363 (alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks D772.M38 C74 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold