Richard P. Klobuchar

The USS Ward

An Operational History of the Ship That Fired the First American Shot of World War II

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Produktbeschreibung

In 1940, the threat of war in the Pacific forced the United States to expand its fleet quickly. This effort included reconditioning and recommissioning "four stackers" from the navy's reserve fleet. Built in 1918 to fight German submarines, the USS Ward earned at Pearl Harbor the distinction of firing the first shot in America's war against Japan. In the three years that followed, it was bombed, shelled, strafed, and finally sunk (on December 7, 1944), yet none of her crew of 125 men ever lost a life in combat. Information is drawn from naval records as well as from interviews with surviving crewmen. Appendices provide Ward technical data, a chronology of major events, listings of citations earned in World War II and of amphibious landings, and a roster of personnel.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 536g
• ISBN-13: 9780786464296
• ISBN-10: 0786464291
• Artikelnr.: 32466600

Autorenporträt

World War II historian Richard P. Klobuchar is a retired civil engineer in transportation. He frequently lectures on Pearl Harbor and is the author of Pearl Harbor: Awakening a Sleeping Giant. He lives in Rochester, Minnesota.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Foreword by Kenneth C. Swedberg      
Foreword by Guy E. Thompson      
Preface     
Introduction     
Poems by Orville S. Ethier     
1. A Fighting Ship Is Born     
2. Too Late for War     
3. A Ship and Crew Prepare for War     
4. Ward Goes to Sea     
5. First Shot of the War     
6. Assault from the Sky     
7. A Difficult December     
8. Liberty     
9. First Year at War     
10. Ward Becomes an APD     
11. In the South Pacific at Last     
12. Amphibious Operations Begin     
13. New Britain and New Guinea     
14. Leyte     
15. Destiny's Date Repeated     
16. Epilogue     
Appendices     
Roster of Personnel     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index