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'Mr. Johnson has ... produced a technical history of destroyers as all-around naval weapons. Anyone interested in these ships will value his efforts.' —The Wall Street Journal

A “well-written” and “enjoyable history of destroyer class warships” filled with “memorable sea battles in which destroyers played prominent roles.” —Publishers Weekly

For men on destroyer-class warships during World War I and World War II, battles were waged “against overwhelming odds from which survival could not be expected.” Those were the words Lieutenant Commander Robert Copeland calmly told his crew as their tiny, unarmored destroyer escort rushed toward giant, armored Japanese battleships at the Battle off Samar on October 25, 1944. 

This action-packed narrative history of destroyer-class ships brings readers inside the half-inch-thick hulls to meet the men who fired t

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    Publisher: Regnery History
    Publication Date: 5/28/2020
    ISBN13: 9781684510351, 978-1684510351
    ISBN10: 168451035X

    Non Fiction , Politics, Philosophy & Society

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    'Mr. Johnson has ... produced a technical history of destroyers as all-around naval weapons. Anyone interested in these ships will value his efforts.' —The Wall Street Journal

    A “well-written” and “enjoyable history of destroyer class warships” filled with “memorable sea battles in which destroyers played prominent roles.” —Publishers Weekly

    For men on destroyer-class warships during World War I and World War II, battles were waged “against overwhelming odds from which survival could not be expected.” Those were the words Lieutenant Commander Robert Copeland calmly told his crew as their tiny, unarmored destroyer escort rushed toward giant, armored Japanese battleships at the Battle off Samar on October 25, 1944. 

    This action-packed narrative history of destroyer-class ships brings readers inside the half-inch-thick hulls to meet the men who fired t

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