Description: I COMBINE SHIPPING $1.50 per book. FREE SHIPPING for orders over $60. Send books to your check-out cart. E-Bay will automatically adjust shipping costs. PACKAGING & SHIPPING RULES: 1. Individual books Under $18.00 are shipped in padded poly envelopes. 2. Individual books Over $18.00 are shipped in a poly envelope inside a box. 3. Buy Three or more books and the order is shipped in a box.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS LISTING:A spirited account of one man’s varied service in defense of New England’s shoreline during World War II – the Inshore Patrol, minesweeping, and the surrender of German U-Boats in Northeast waters. From a book review: "A Navy Maverick Comes of Age, 1939-1945" is Alexander W. Moffat's second book of naval memoirs; the first was "Maverick Navy" about his experiences in World War I. This volume provides a glimpse into a backwater of World War II naval operations - the coastal areas off New England. Moffat was a naval reservist and accomplished yachtsman recalled to the colors in 1939 to help the northern sector of the Eastern Sea Frontier move to a war footing. He went on to serve with distinction in several capacities - minesweeping development, maritime salvage operations, the Inland Patrol, and as Officer in Tactical Command (OTC) of the flotilla receiving four surrendered German U-boats in New England waters in 1945. Eagle Boat information copied from the internet: The Eagle-class patrol craft were anti-submarine vessels of the United States Navy that were built during World War I using mass production techniques. They were steel-hulled ships smaller than contemporary destroyers but having a greater operational radius than the wooden-hulled, 110-foot (34 m) submarine chasers developed in 1917. The submarine chasers' range of about 900 miles (1,400 km) at a cruising speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) restricted their operations to off-shore anti-submarine work and denied them an open-ocean escort capability; their high consumption of gasoline and limited fuel storage were handicaps the Eagle class sought to remedy.They were originally commissioned USS Eagle Boat No.1 (or 2,3..etc.) but this was changed to PE-1 (or 2,4.. etc.) in 1920. They never officially saw combat in World War I. PE-19, 27, 32, 38, 48 and 55–57 survived to be used in WW II
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Book Title: Navy Maverick Comes of Age, 1939-1945
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Item Length: 8.5in.
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Intended Audience: Adults
Modified Item: No
Subject: History
Vintage: No
Publication Year: 1977
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Era: 1940s
Author: Alexander w. Moffat
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Genre: Biographies & True Stories, History, Military, War & Combat, Biography & Autobiography
Topic: Combat, Memoir, Military History, Navy, Ships, Submarines, True Military Stories, World War II, Military / World War II
Subjects: History & Military
Item Width: 5.5in.
Number of Pages: 160 Pages
