A Strange Whim of the Sea : The Wreck of the USS Macaw /

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On January 16, 1944, the submarine rescue vessel USS Macaw ran aground at Midway Atoll while attempting to tow the stranded submarine USS Flier. The Flier was pulled free six days later but another three weeks of salvage efforts plagued by rough seas and equipment failures failed to dislodge the Mac...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Loughman, Tim (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 2022.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Flier (Submarine)
Macaw (Rescue ship : ARS-11)
Submarine rescue vehicles.
Shipwrecks.
Search and rescue operations.
Military operations, Naval > Submarine.
Military operations, Naval > American.
Military campaigns.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Ocean.
Shipwrecks > Sulu Sea > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Search and rescue operations.
Submarine rescue vehicles > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations > Submarine.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, American.
Pacific Ocean > Sulu Sea.
Pacific Ocean.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo

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