Raising the Fleet: The Pearl Harbor Salvage Operation 1941-1944 - Brossura

Arroyo, Ernest; Cohen, Stan

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ISBN 10: 0878426841 ISBN 13: 9780878426843

Casa editrice: Pictorial Histories Pub Co, 2018

Riassunto

One of the greatest maritime salvage operations in US history took place for three years after the devastating attack by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Raising the Fleet follows the operation on each ship sunk or damaged from refloating to moderate to intensive repairs to putting the ships back into the fleet, with hundreds of period photographs and extensive captions. The three ships not salvaged, the USS Arizona, Oklahoma, and Utah are also covered. Thousands of naval and civilian personnel worked on the ships, including over 20,000 hours of underwater diving.The authors have used Vice Admiral Homer N. Wallin’s book, Pearl Harbor, Why, How, Fleet Salvage and Final Appraisal for most of the text. A full-color chapter includes the results of an extensive nationwide search for remaining artifacts of the ships that are on display.

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L'autore:

ERNEST ARROYO, a retired production manager for a national printing firm, has been a student of US Naval history for more than 50 years. In 2001 he wrote the acclaimed book Pearl Harbor published by Pacific Historic Parks and is coauthor of Attack on Pearl Harbor, formally East Wind Rain, a highly popular pictorial account of the Pearl Harbor attack. He is also coauthor of My Pearl Harbor Scrapbook – 1941. Ernie lives and writes at his home in Stratford, Connecticut.STAN COHEN is a native of Charleston, West Virginia, and a graduate geologist. After many years as a geologist, in the ski business, and as director of a historical museum, he established Pictorial Histories Publishing Company in Missoula, Montana, in 1976, and has authored or coauthored 71 books and published over 350. He is the director of the Museum of Mountain Flying in Missoula and is involved with several other historical associations.

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• Editore: Pictorial Histories Pub Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0878426841
• ISBN 13: 9780878426843
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 284