Trapped at Pearl Harbor: Escape from Battleship Oklahoma (Bluejacket Books)

NEW and Factory Sealed!. . . . . . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) Turret no. 4 -- 2.) Air raid, Pearl Harbor! This is no drill! -- 3.) Abandon ship -- 4.) Keep silence about the decks -- 5.) Out of the darkness -- 6.) Postscript: The salvage and loss of the Oklahoma -- 7.) What happened to the men of Turret no. 4 -- Appendix A: Plans of the Oklahoma -- Appendix B: A 14-inch, three-gun turret. . . . . . . . Author Stephen Young was a seaman first class assigned to gunnery duty in turret no. 4 on the battleship Oklahoma when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The battleship was struck by several torpedoes and began to sink, trapping Young and others when it overturned. With incredible realism, Young recounts this terrifying experience, recalling the frantic search for an escape route, the horror of finding the exit blocked, and such unforgettable detail as the water's inexorable rise, the sickening taste of fuel oil, the foul smell of the air, the nervous wisecracks, and finally the silence as the possibility of rescue became ever more remote.

Product Info

ISBN: 1557509921

ISBN-13: 9781557509925

Publisher: Naval Institute Press

Year: 2013

Type: New

Binding: Softcover

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