Warship Under Sail: The USS Decatur in the Pacific West
(Part of the Emil and Kathleen Sick Series in Western History and Biography Series)
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Ordered to join the Pacific Squadron in 1854, the sloop of war Decatur sailed from Norfolk, Virginia, through the Strait of Magellan to Valparaiso, Honolulu, and Puget Sound, then on to San Francisco, Panama, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, while serving in the Pacific until 1859, the eve of the Civil War. Historian Lorraine McConaghy presents the ship, its officers, and its crew in a vigorous, keenly rendered case study that illuminates the forces...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0295989556
ISBN13:9780295989556
Release Date:October 2009
Publisher:University of Washington Press
Length:344 Pages
Weight:1.90 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 8.8" x 10.4"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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