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The U.S. Navy in World War I: Combat at Sea and in the Air
By A. B. Feuer
228 pages
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- Praeger Publishers
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- Westport, CT
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Synopsis
When the United States entered World War I in April 1917, the clamoring in the press for a strong army largely overshadowed the need for considerable naval contributions to the war effort. Although it was small at the time, the U.S. Navy transported thousands of doughboys to France, all the while battling the predatory German U-Boats. Henry Ford tried to put his mass-production techniques to work to produce hundreds of submarine chasers to patrol American coastlines. The fledgling Naval Air Service ...
When the United States entered World War I in April 1917, the clamoring in the press for a strong army largely overshadowed the need for considerable naval contributions to the war effort. Although it was small at the time, the U.S. Navy transported thousands of doughboys to France, all the while battling the predatory German U-Boats. Henry Ford tried to put his mass-production techniques to work to produce hundreds of submarine chasers to patrol American coastlines. The fledgling Naval Air Service was assigned the daunting task of dealing with enemy aircraft over France and in the Adriatic Sea. This is the personal account of men who served on the sea and in the air, as well as the captains of industry who made victory possible.
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Table of contents
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- Title Page iii
- Contents v
- Maps vii
- Photographs ix
- Foreword xi
- Foreword xv
- Acknowledgments xvii
- Introduction xix
- 1 - Ships, Ships, and More Ships 1
- 2 - Battleships to Scapa Flow and the North Sea Barrage 11
- 3 - Destroyers at War: Death in the Atlantic 17
- 4 - They Came to Fight: The U.S. Navy's Converted Yachts 25
- 5 - Sound Detectors, Y-Guns, and Subchasers 37
- 6 - The Luck of the Uss Von Steuben: Frederick Lemly's Story 47
- 7 - The Death of the Uss President Lincoln 55
- 8 - The Loss of the Uss Covington 63
- Title Page iii
- Contents v
- Maps vii
- Photographs ix
- Foreword xi
- Foreword xv
- Acknowledgments xvii
- Introduction xix
- 1 - Ships, Ships, and More Ships 1
- 2 - Battleships to Scapa Flow and the North Sea Barrage 11
- 3 - Destroyers at War: Death in the Atlantic 17
- 4 - They Came to Fight: The U.S. Navy's Converted Yachts 25
- 5 - Sound Detectors, Y-Guns, and Subchasers 37
- 6 - The Luck of the Uss Von Steuben: Frederick Lemly's Story 47
- 7 - The Death of the Uss President Lincoln 55
- 8 - The Loss of the Uss Covington 63
- 9 - Saving the Uss Mount Vernon: Roland H. Baker's Story 69
- 10 - The Tragedy of the Uss Ticonderoga 73
- 11 - Convoy Duty Aboard the Uss Huntington: Howard W. Winn's Story 91
- 12 - The Uss San Diego Story 103
- 13 - The Otranto Barrage 107
- 14 - War in the Pacific: The Yangtze Patrol 115
- 15 - The U.S. Navy Air Service: Squadrons to Europe 121
- 16 - The Homing Pigeon Goes to War 129
- 17 - Cleland Davis and His Amazing Invention 135
- 18 - Aerial Photo Reconnaissance and Balloons 141
- 19 - The Wings of Yale 149
- 20 - The Adventures of Artemus Gates 155
- 21 - The U.S. Navy's First Flying Ace 161
- 22 - The Sopwith Camel: Deadly Avenger 171
- 23 - The Northern Bombing Group 175
- 24 - Air War Over the Adriatic 179
- Epilogue 187
- Selected Bibliography 189
- Index 191
- About the Author 199