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- catalog abstract ""In the one short year of life allotted to it, the carrier Hornet placed itself in the illustrious company of such ships as the Constitution, the Merrimac, the Monitor, Admiral Dewey's Olympia, and the iron-clad Oregon. Untried and still on her shake-down cruise, the Hornet was plunged into the Battle of the Pacific with orders to defend by attack while the main power of the Pacific fleet was being resurrected from Pearl Harbor. How she did it is attested by her casualty lists at Midway, her raids on Japanese supply lines, her breathless ferrying job to within 800 miles of Japan with Doolittle's bombers. She left the wreckage of 18 enemy ships and countless enemy planes behind her in the course of her short career. Alexander R. Griffin tells this throbbing story with restraint and true affection. It is an adventure narrative that out-thrills fiction." --Book jacket.".
- catalog contributor b7218309.
- catalog created "[1943].".
- catalog date "1943".
- catalog date "[1943].".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "[1943].".
- catalog description ""In the one short year of life allotted to it, the carrier Hornet placed itself in the illustrious company of such ships as the Constitution, the Merrimac, the Monitor, Admiral Dewey's Olympia, and the iron-clad Oregon. Untried and still on her shake-down cruise, the Hornet was plunged into the Battle of the Pacific with orders to defend by attack while the main power of the Pacific fleet was being resurrected from Pearl Harbor. How she did it is attested by her casualty lists at Midway, her raids on Japanese supply lines, her breathless ferrying job to within 800 miles of Japan with Doolittle's bombers. She left the wreckage of 18 enemy ships and countless enemy planes behind her in the course of her short career. Alexander R. Griffin tells this throbbing story with restraint and true affection. It is an adventure narrative that out-thrills fiction." --Book jacket.".
- catalog description "A note to the reader -- Genesis -- No honeymoon -- Why Army planes? -- Tight squeeze -- Scratch one flat-top -- This is it! -- Midway -- The men of Torpedo 8 -- "Those in peril on the sea" -- Interlude -- Big rendezvous -- Death of the wasp -- A ball of weather -- Job at Guadalcanal -- Grim horizon -- Gus Widhelm speaking -- The kill -- Farewell to a happy ship -- Appendix.".
- catalog extent "xi, 288 p.".
- catalog hasFormat "Ship to remember.".
- catalog isFormatOf "Ship to remember.".
- catalog issued "1943".
- catalog issued "[1943].".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, Howell, Soskin".
- catalog relation "Ship to remember.".
- catalog subject "D774.H6 G7".
- catalog subject "Hornet (Aircraft carrier : CV8)".
- catalog subject "Hornet (Aircraft carrier)".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations.".
- catalog tableOfContents "A note to the reader -- Genesis -- No honeymoon -- Why Army planes? -- Tight squeeze -- Scratch one flat-top -- This is it! -- Midway -- The men of Torpedo 8 -- "Those in peril on the sea" -- Interlude -- Big rendezvous -- Death of the wasp -- A ball of weather -- Job at Guadalcanal -- Grim horizon -- Gus Widhelm speaking -- The kill -- Farewell to a happy ship -- Appendix.".
- catalog title "A ship to remember; the saga of the Hornet, by Alexander T. [sic] Griffin.".
- catalog type "text".