Name/Title
Steaming as BeforeEntry/Object ID
D773b681994Description
Chronicle of crew of YMS 353, minesweeper, in closing years of World War II, from Miami, Florida, through South Pacific to liberation of Palau in Phillipines, by young biologist turned naval Captain. Boredom at sea, kamikaze attacks, stone age tribes of South Pacific, shore leave in pre-revolutionary Cuba, creative solutions for suvival of Navy bureaucracy, tropical typhoons, mines, uncharted reefs.
xiv, 259 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Includes index.Collection
Library Circulating CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
BookNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Book, Bovbjerg, Richard V., World War, 1939-1945 --Naval operations, American., World War, 1939-1945 --Personal narratives, American.Book Details
Author
Bovbjerg, Richard V.Place Published
City
San Francisco, CARegion
Northern CaliforniaState/Province
CaliforniaCountry
USAContinent
North AmericaDate Published
1994Call No.
D773.B68 1994