THE FIGHTING LADY: THE NEW YORKTOWN IN THE PACIFIC WAR
Written by Clark Reynolds
Published by Pictorial Histories Publishing Company
in 1986
ISBN: 0933126786
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- MILITARY VEHICLES
- AIRCRAFT CARRIER
- MARITIME
- AVIATION
- PACIFIC
THE FIGHTING LADY: THE NEW YORKTOWN IN THE PACIFIC WAR
Written by Clark Reynolds.
Stock no. 1830069
1st.
1986.
Softcover.
Large format.
Nearly fine condition.
An intimate day-by-day account of the life of The Fighting Lady - the epic aircraft carrier which dominated the greatest sea war of all time - the new Yorktown, named for the 'OldYorky' sunk at the Battle of Midway early in World War II. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w and a few colour photos. viii and 355 pages. ISBN: 0933126786. Old price-label to inside front cover. Else a lovely copy.
Front cover
Contents
- CHAPTER ONE Jocko's Ship, Jocko's Team
- CHAPTER TWO To the Wars
- CHAPTER THREE First Blood
- CHAPTER FOUR Fire in the Gilberts
- CHAPTER FIVE Truk!
- CHAPTER SIX Just One More Raid
- CHAPTER SEVEN The Big Battle
- CHAPTER EIGHT Marianas Dirty Work
- CHAPTER NINE Philippine Storms
- CHAPTER TEN Formosa to Saigon
- CHAPTER ELEVEN Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo
- CHAPTER TWELVE Bomb Sunday
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN Zootsuiter Seige
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN Bull Come
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN Last Tallyho
- APPENDIX A US Navy Abbreviations and Terms
- APPENDIX B Airplane Names
- CHAPTER C Senior Officers of the Yorktown
- SOURCES
- INDEX