商品簡介
During WWII, many US Merchant Marine ships were attacked. Browning, chief historian for the US Coast Guard, provides year-by-year entries on these attacks from 1940 to 1946, illustrated with b&w historical photos of ships and crews on most pages. The ships included in the book are American-flagged merchant ships, including those of the Philippines. Entries give information on time of attack and position, owner and operator, details on the ship itself, and details on the attacks and the fates of the crews. The author draws on a number of sources: the US Navy's Survivors Statements, the US Coast Guard's War Action Casualty Reports, the Coast Guard's War Casualty Shipping Records, Cadet Voyage Reports of the US Merchant Marine Academy, and war journals of various U-boats. This revised edition draws on new scholarship on German U-boat and Japanese I-boat records. An appendix lists a number of attacks on Merchant Marine vessels that have not been thoroughly documented by any government agency. The book includes a bibliography of manuscript sources, published sources, newspapers, and websites, plus a glossary. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Robert M. Browning, Jr., has written numerous books and articles and served as chief historian for the Coast Guard for more than twenty years.
