Hunter-KillerBased on recently declassified materials and scores of interviews with combat participants, this riveting book takes readers onto carrier flight decks and into fighter cockpits during the longest engagement of World War II--The Battle of the Atlantic. |
Contents
THE LORD LOOKS OUT FOR DRUNKS LITTLE | 1 |
THE CVES GO TO WAR | 16 |
ENTER THE BOGUE 33 | 33 |
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Hunter-Killer: U.S. Escort Carriers in the Battle of the Atlantic Carolyn C Y'Blood Limited preview - 2012 |
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Action Report aircraft antisubmarine ASW Bulletin Atlantic attack August Avenger Azores B.d. U. War Diary Battle began Block Island boat Bogue Bogue's Borie British Captain Card Casablanca conning tower convoy crew Croatan cruise damaged depth bombs depth charges destroyer escorts dive Doenitz dropped enemy escort carriers explosion feet Fido fighters fliers flight deck flying Frisky fuel Gallery Germans Guadalcanal guns hedgehog History Huff-Duff Ibid Isbell July June Kapitanleutnant Kasaan Bay knots landing later Lieutenant Commander Lieutenant jg miles Mission Bay Morison Navy night Norfolk operations Osmond Ingram patrol pilots planes port radar contact radio rendezvous Reports-various rockets Santee Serial ship sinking sonar sonar contact sonobuoys sound contact squadron starboard stern strafing sub's submarine sunk surface survivors task group Tenth Fleet torpedo Tulagi U-boat U-boat Command VC-9 ASW Report vessels Wake Island Wildcats yards