Post by The Phantom on Jan 3, 2009 21:09:20 GMT 8
FROM THE FOLLOWING BOOK:
" THE FLEET THE GODS FORGOT"
THE U.S. ASIATIC FLEET IN WORLD WAR II
BY W.G. WINSLOW, CAPTAIN U.S. NAVY (RET.)
COPYRIGHT 1982 BY
THE UNITED STATES NAVAL INSTITUTE, ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND.
THIS BOOK DESCRIBES THE ACTION OF ALL CLASSES OF SHIPS IN THE ASIATIC FLEET JUST BEFORE AND AFTER WAR BROKE OUT.
VERY INTERESTING AND DETAILED.
ONE PASSAGE DESCRIBES THE P.T. BOATS SQUADRON #3'S FIRST ACTION ON DECEMBER 10TH, 1941, AS THE CAVITE NAVY YARD IS BEING ATTACKED.
IT DESCRIBES HOW THE JAPANESE DIVE BOMBERS, IGNORED MANY BIGGER SHIPS AT ANCHOR, TO CONCENTRATE THEIR FURY ON THE SPEEDY, HIGHLY MANEUVERABLE P.T. BOATS AS THEY DODGED AND RACED AWAY UNSCATHED WHILE ENEMY BOMBS WERE WASTED ON OPEN WATER IN MANILA BAY. (THE P.T. BOATS SHOT DOWN 3 BOMBERS).
"WHEN THE RAID WAS OVER, THE BOATS RETURNED TO THE BOMB DEVASTATED YARD TO TRANSPORT THE WOUNDED TO THE NAVAL HOSPITAL AT CANACAO"?
WHERE WAS THIS?
ALSO THE BOOK DESCRIBES THAT SQUADRON # 3 MOVING TO
SISIMON BAY AFTER CAVITE NAVY YARD WAS DESTROYED.
SISIMON BAY?
THE BOOK DESCRIBES MANY HEROIC ACTIONS OF THE OLD AND OVER MATCHED SHIPS OF THE ASIATIC FLEET AGAINST THE MORE MODERN AND BETTER ARMED SHIPS OF THE JAPANESE NAVY.
THE BOOK DESCRIBES WHERE THE SHIPS CAME FROM, WHERE THEY ENDED UP AND THEIR USES DURING THE TERRIBLE FIRST MONTHS OF THE WAR, AND HOW MANY SHIPS, AND CREWS, WERE WASTED DUE TO BAD COMMUNICATIONS AND TO MANY PEOPLE IN CHARGE.
THE AMERICANS, THE BRITISH, AND THE DUTCH. ALL SQUABBLING FOR CONTROL OF SHIPS, AND BATTLES LOST BEFORE THEY STARTED.
SEVERAL SHIPS CAME FROM DUTY STATIONS ON CHINESE RIVERS AND FROM COASTAL DUTY THERE, AND HONG KONG.
SEVERAL OF THESE SERVED U.S. FORCES UNTIL THE SURRENDER OF CORREGIDOR.
" THE FLEET THE GODS FORGOT"
THE U.S. ASIATIC FLEET IN WORLD WAR II
BY W.G. WINSLOW, CAPTAIN U.S. NAVY (RET.)
COPYRIGHT 1982 BY
THE UNITED STATES NAVAL INSTITUTE, ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND.
THIS BOOK DESCRIBES THE ACTION OF ALL CLASSES OF SHIPS IN THE ASIATIC FLEET JUST BEFORE AND AFTER WAR BROKE OUT.
VERY INTERESTING AND DETAILED.
ONE PASSAGE DESCRIBES THE P.T. BOATS SQUADRON #3'S FIRST ACTION ON DECEMBER 10TH, 1941, AS THE CAVITE NAVY YARD IS BEING ATTACKED.
IT DESCRIBES HOW THE JAPANESE DIVE BOMBERS, IGNORED MANY BIGGER SHIPS AT ANCHOR, TO CONCENTRATE THEIR FURY ON THE SPEEDY, HIGHLY MANEUVERABLE P.T. BOATS AS THEY DODGED AND RACED AWAY UNSCATHED WHILE ENEMY BOMBS WERE WASTED ON OPEN WATER IN MANILA BAY. (THE P.T. BOATS SHOT DOWN 3 BOMBERS).
"WHEN THE RAID WAS OVER, THE BOATS RETURNED TO THE BOMB DEVASTATED YARD TO TRANSPORT THE WOUNDED TO THE NAVAL HOSPITAL AT CANACAO"?
WHERE WAS THIS?
ALSO THE BOOK DESCRIBES THAT SQUADRON # 3 MOVING TO
SISIMON BAY AFTER CAVITE NAVY YARD WAS DESTROYED.
SISIMON BAY?
THE BOOK DESCRIBES MANY HEROIC ACTIONS OF THE OLD AND OVER MATCHED SHIPS OF THE ASIATIC FLEET AGAINST THE MORE MODERN AND BETTER ARMED SHIPS OF THE JAPANESE NAVY.
THE BOOK DESCRIBES WHERE THE SHIPS CAME FROM, WHERE THEY ENDED UP AND THEIR USES DURING THE TERRIBLE FIRST MONTHS OF THE WAR, AND HOW MANY SHIPS, AND CREWS, WERE WASTED DUE TO BAD COMMUNICATIONS AND TO MANY PEOPLE IN CHARGE.
THE AMERICANS, THE BRITISH, AND THE DUTCH. ALL SQUABBLING FOR CONTROL OF SHIPS, AND BATTLES LOST BEFORE THEY STARTED.
SEVERAL SHIPS CAME FROM DUTY STATIONS ON CHINESE RIVERS AND FROM COASTAL DUTY THERE, AND HONG KONG.
SEVERAL OF THESE SERVED U.S. FORCES UNTIL THE SURRENDER OF CORREGIDOR.