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Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, 1990, 1st US edition, 127 p. ill. b/w photographs and plans with lines and details. Very good, very good mylar. The destroyer Campbeltown is not only famous for her part in the commando raid on the St. Naziare drydock in 1942, but it also representative on an important type. Built as the USS Buchanan (DD131), she was one of the over 270 flush-decked destroyers put into service towards the end of World War I. When Britain appealed to American in 1940 for the transfer of fifty vessels for anti-submarine duty, Buchanan was one of the first of the 'gift horses' to be transferred. Renamed Campbeltown, she spent 18 arduous months on convoy duty, before being selected for her role as a blockship to deny Tirpitz the use of the repair facilities at St. Nazaire.