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Author Gleaves, Albert, 1858-1937.

Title A history of the transport service : adventures and experiences of United States transports and cruisers in the World War / by Vice Admiral Albert Gleaves ... with 123 illustrations and diagrams.

Published New York : George H. Doran Company, [c1921]
LOCATION CALL # STATUS
 McFarlin Special Collections D (Fifth Floor)  D570.72 .G6 1921     LIB USE ONLY
Descript xviii, 1 ℓ., 17-284 p. : ill., front., plates, ports., map ; 23 cm.
Contents Introduction - the crisis of 1917 -- The navqal mission - summary of transport operations -- The first expedition -- The stay in France - the return voyage -- Lessons learned from experience of first voyage - repairing the German ships -- Safeguarding the troopships -- Development of transport force - returning the Army -- Sinking on Antilles - Finland torpedoed -- Loss of President Lincoln - Covington torpedoed -- U-boats bring war to American shores - San Diego sunk by a mine -- Mount Vernon topedoed -- The work of the cruises -- Contacts of transports and cruisers with enemy submarines -- Orizaba depth bomb explosion - Great Northern collides with British freighter Brinkburn - fire on board the Henderson -- Sidelights of transport life -- The loss of the U.S.S. Ticonderoga -- Foreign transports in the U.S. convoy - loss of Dwinsk - adventures of Lieutenant Whitemarse -- Adventures of Lieutenant Isaacs.
Subject United States. Navy -- Transport service.
United States. Army -- Transportation.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations, American.
Guerre mondiale 1914-1918. Etats-Unis.