Year: 1987 Language: english Author: David H. Grover Genre: History Publisher: Naval Institute Press Format: PDF Quality: Scanned pages Pages count: 304 Description: This unique reference work provides the first comprehensive documentation of the U.S. Army's extensive World War II fleet. It confirms beyond doubt that the army collectively had more ships and craft than the U.S. Navy during the war years. In fact, at least 127,793 vessels, including 1,665 ships weighing more than 1,000 tons, were in the army's service — nearly twice as many as in the navy. The result of a massive research project, this book treats the army's fleet in its entirety, incorporating information about the vessels operated by the Corps of Engineers, the Army Air Forces, the Coast Artillery Corps, and the Signal Corps, as well as the more commonly recognized army transportation commands. Because there is no central recordkeeping facility for army vessels, the author, David H. Grover, had to piece together information scattered throughout the military establishment, an enormous task that has long deterred researchers. In cases where official records were nonexistent, he contacted former army personnel to help reconstruct the halcyon days of army ship operations. Here the reader will find the most complete and accurate listing available of World War II army vessels and their characteristics and specifications. Here, too, are brief summaries of the army's involvement with each class of vessel and photographs of all representative types. Troopships, freighters, hospital ships, passenger vessels, tankers, tugs, minecraft, dredges, repair ships, barges, landing craft, communication ships, and tenders are just a few of those included. By revealing for the first time the full scope of the army's waterborne activities from 1941 to 1945, this study will prove invaluable as a research tool for scholars. In addition, it will be a lasting source of enjoyment and fascination to ship buffs and the thousands of crewmen who manned the army's "navy" in World War II.
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US Army Ships and Watercraft of WWII
Language: english
Author: David H. Grover
Genre: History
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned pages
Pages count: 304
Description: This unique reference work provides the first comprehensive documentation of the U.S. Army's extensive World War II fleet. It confirms beyond doubt that the army collectively had more ships and craft than the U.S. Navy during the war years. In fact, at least 127,793 vessels, including 1,665 ships weighing more than 1,000 tons, were in the army's service — nearly twice as many as in the navy.
The result of a massive research project, this book treats the army's fleet in its entirety, incorporating information about the vessels operated by the Corps of Engineers, the Army Air Forces, the Coast Artillery Corps, and the Signal Corps, as well as the more commonly recognized army transportation commands. Because there is no central recordkeeping facility for army vessels, the author, David H. Grover, had to piece together information scattered throughout the military establishment, an enormous task that has long deterred researchers. In cases where official records were nonexistent, he contacted former army personnel to help reconstruct the halcyon days of army ship operations.
Here the reader will find the most complete and accurate listing available of World War II army vessels and their characteristics and specifications. Here, too, are brief summaries of the army's involvement with each class of vessel and photographs of all representative types. Troopships, freighters, hospital ships, passenger vessels, tankers, tugs, minecraft, dredges, repair ships, barges, landing craft, communication ships, and tenders are just a few of those included.
By revealing for the first time the full scope of the army's waterborne activities from 1941 to 1945, this study will prove invaluable as a research tool for scholars. In addition, it will be a lasting source of enjoyment and fascination to ship buffs and the thousands of crewmen who manned the army's "navy" in World War II.
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