The USS Astoria (CA-34) and the Men Who Sailed Her ~ WWII Pacific Theater Ship History ~ Guadalcanal campaign ~ Battle of Savo Island
$225.00
Title: The USS Astoria (CA-34) and the Men Who Sailed Her
Author: Compiled and Annotated by Pat Jones
Publication: [Hillsboro, Oregon / Clackamas, Oregon: Premier Press], 1992
Description: First Edition. Inscribed by Pearl Harbor survivor Isabelle Prater, whose husband Belma D. Prater was assigned to the USS Astoria, on front free endpaper. Fine in a very good jacket. Dust jacket shows some wear and creasing along the top edge of the front panel; rubbed at corners; in an archival mylar sleeve. iv, [6], 222 pages. Scarce. Four copies located on OCLC (Library of Congress, US Naval War College, Columbia River Maritime Museum, Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center).
First-hand accounts and a biography of the USS Astoria (CA-34), a New Orleans-class cruiser of the U.S. Navy that participated in both the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway, but then sunk in August 1942, at the Battle of Savo Island. Includes a bibliography, a chart of Navy ranks and rates, and lists of both the officers and enlisted personnel who were KIA, MIA, and those who died from wounds.
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Keywords: Savo Island, World War II, WWII, Pacific Theater, Guadalcanal campaign, Guadalcanal, Coral Sea, Midway
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