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- catalog abstract ""Heroism, tragedy, devotion to duty, and scandal are just a few of the ingredients that make up this dramatic account of troopship losses in wartime. International in scope, the book offers a compilation of stories about historic troopship disasters caused by torpedoes, aerial attacks, mines, surface fire, foul weather, friendly fire, and poor planning by military decision makers ... Board of inquiry hearings, action reports, survivor debriefings, and personal correspondence collected from archives in Germany, Italy, Russia, Australia, Britain, and the United States help tell the stories of the fifty vessels described in the book. An introductory chapter provides an overview of troopship evolution and losses at sea, beginning with the age of galley warfare. The first to provide a sweeping survey of the subject, this book pays long overdue tribute to the soldiers who lost their lives in vast oceans far from home"--Dust jkt.".
- catalog contributor b13068753.
- catalog contributor b13068754.
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""Heroism, tragedy, devotion to duty, and scandal are just a few of the ingredients that make up this dramatic account of troopship losses in wartime. International in scope, the book offers a compilation of stories about historic troopship disasters caused by torpedoes, aerial attacks, mines, surface fire, foul weather, friendly fire, and poor planning by military decision makers ... Board of inquiry hearings, action reports, survivor debriefings, and personal correspondence collected from archives in Germany, Italy, Russia, Australia, Britain, and the United States help tell the stories of the fifty vessels described in the book. An introductory chapter provides an overview of troopship evolution and losses at sea, beginning with the age of galley warfare. The first to provide a sweeping survey of the subject, this book pays long overdue tribute to the soldiers who lost their lives in vast oceans far from home"--Dust jkt.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-265) and index.".
- catalog description "Part One. Introdution -- 1. The evolution of troopships -- Part Two. Troopship Disasters -- 2. The nineteenth century -- 3. World War I -- 4. World War II, 1940-1943 -- 5. World War II, 1943-1945 -- Part Three. The end of an era -- 6. 1950-2003 -- Appendix 1. Other lost troopships -- Appendix 2. Letter from midshipman Drewry to his father -- Appendix 3. List of equivalent commissioned officer ranks during World War II -- Appendix 4. Hospital ships used as troopships.".
- catalog extent "x, 280 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Soldiers lost at sea.".
- catalog identifier "1591149665 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Soldiers lost at sea.".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press,".
- catalog relation "Soldiers lost at sea.".
- catalog subject "940.54/5 21".
- catalog subject "D810.T8 W57 2004".
- catalog subject "Naval history, Modern 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Shipwrecks History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Transports Accidents.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Transportation.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Part One. Introdution -- 1. The evolution of troopships -- Part Two. Troopship Disasters -- 2. The nineteenth century -- 3. World War I -- 4. World War II, 1940-1943 -- 5. World War II, 1943-1945 -- Part Three. The end of an era -- 6. 1950-2003 -- Appendix 1. Other lost troopships -- Appendix 2. Letter from midshipman Drewry to his father -- Appendix 3. List of equivalent commissioned officer ranks during World War II -- Appendix 4. Hospital ships used as troopships.".
- catalog title "Soldiers lost at sea : a chronicle of troopship disasters / James E. Wise Jr. and Scott Baron.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".