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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.
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United States. Army -- Transportation.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations, American.
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Guerre mondiale 1914-1918. Etats-Unis. |
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