Strike Able-Peter: Stranding and Salvage of the USS "Misouri"
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In January 1950 the Missouri ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay and for the next two weeks the nation looked on as an embarrassed Navy tried to refloat her. This book provides a minute-by-minute account of the grounding, the root cause of which has never before been made public.
Author: John A. Butler
Format: Hardback, 216 pages
Published: 1995, Naval Institute Press, United States
Genre: Transport Technology
In January 1950 the Missouri ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay and for the next two weeks the nation looked on as an embarrassed Navy tried to refloat her. This book provides a minute-by-minute account of the grounding, the root cause of which has never before been made public.