The Last Days of the United States Asiatic Fleet
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7248-9 (ISBN)
Many books have been written about the ships of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet, yet few look into the experiences of the common sailor. Drawing on official reports, past research, personal memoirs and the writings of war correspondents, the author tells the story of those who never came home in 1945.
Greg H. Williams served four years in the Navy, including duty on the converted Liberty ship USS Granville S. Hall (YAG–40). He was one of 27 volunteer crewmen who made the entire five month voyage from San Francisco to Europe on the Jeremiah O’Brien in 1994 for the 50th anniversary of the Normandy Invasion. He lives near Noti, Oregon.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
I. The U.S. Navy in the Pacific
Planting the Flag
The Philippines
China
II. Setting the Stage for War
The Naval Disarmament Conference
Petroleum
Borneo
Manchuria
III. Japan on the Move
The Response
“Asia for the Asians”
American Missions and the Panay
Uncertainty at Home
A New Commander in the Far East
The Fleet Moves to Pearl Harbor
French Indo-China
Admiral Hart Relocates
Plans Evolve
Americans Evacuate
IV. Fateful Decisions
V. The Asiatic Fleet on the Eve of War
The Cruisers
The Destroyers
The Yangtze Patrol
The Submarines
The Air Patrol Wing
The Minesweepers
The Motor Torpedo Boats
The 16th Naval District
Cavite Navy Yard
Olongapo Naval Station
Mariveles Section Base
VI. Preparations for War
A Visit to Pearl Harbor
Army Bombers Go East, the Marines Go South
Admiral Hart’s Proposal
Army vs. Navy
Fleet Reorganization
The War Warning
Columbus Smith at Shanghai
Major Ship Movements Detected
The Boise Shanghaied
The Riverboats Go South
Preparing for the Worst
British Plans
VII. Who Knew What?
VIII. Japan Attacks
The Wake
The President Harrison
Cavite Ships
Army Air Bases Attacked
The William B. Preston
Early News
IX. The Asiatic Fleet at War
The Tutuila Trapped
Manila Bombings
December 10—A Rough Day for the Allies
The Invasion Convoy Arrives
Capt. Colin Kelly
The Prince of Wales and the Repulse
Cavite Bombed
delete X. The Retreat Begins
The Air Wing Heads South
General Ship Movements
The Corregidor
Ambon Island
Admiral Hart Moves South
Christmas 1941
Mistaken Identity
The Canopus
deleteXI. The Fleet’s Last Year
The Borneo Oil Fields
A Trip to Washington
A False Alarm
Destroyers off Balik Papan
The Mariveles Naval Defense Battalion
Policy Opinions
The Flores Sea
A Sub Commander and a Flight on a PBY
The Asiatic Fleet Disbanded
A Visit with the Troops
Admiral Hart Replaced
Timor
A New Source of Oil
Port Darwin
Badung Strait
Aircraft to Java
The Java Sea
Sunda Strait
The Stewart Captured
Ships Ordered to Australia
XII. Stranded Up North
Token Relief
The Abandoned
The Surrender and the Quail
XIII. Individual Group Operations
The PT Boats
The Submarine Patrols
Patrol Wing 10 Operations
XIV. The Disposition of Asiatic Fleet Ships
XV. Irish Pennants
A Tale of Two Quail Survivors
The Arisan Maru
Joseph Henry Bangust
The Houston Survivors
Charley Lawrence Thomas
A Few Commanders
Those Adrift
The End at the Beginning
Navy Items of Interest
Civil Authorities
Ratings
Fast Forward
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 23.07.2018 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 13 photos, bibliography, index |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 708 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4766-7248-2 / 1476672482 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-7248-9 / 9781476672489 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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