OUR NAVY IN THE WAR

by Perry, Lawrence

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NY: Scribner,, 1918. Hardcover; spine worn; cover tips bumped; otherwise good.. With 8 full-pg. b&w photos + one full-pg. b&w drawing. Likely issued between July 4, 1918 (photo of American Marines who fought at the Marne, parading in Paris)--& the Armistice, November 11, 1918 (`our Navy's course will be followed...as censorship will permit'). ||| Assures worried Americans the German U-boats that sank the Lusitania & other ships met their match with our sub-chasers, destroyers, merchant ship armed guards, & Navy seaplanes. ||| Includes enough factual material on gun crew battles, U.S. Marine Corps history, & use of civilian yachts as sub hunters, to be an interesting picture of the Navy dealing with the U-boat problem. ||| Part of a series, complete in itself.