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Author:

Hornfischer, James D.

Title:

Ship of ghosts : the story of the USS Houston, FDR's legendary lost cruiser, and the epic saga of her survivors / James D. Hornfischer.

Publisher:

Bantam Books

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

530 p. : ill., maps, [32 p. of plates] ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Houston (Cruiser : CA-30.)
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American.
Military operations, Naval - American.
Java Sea, Battle of the, Indonesia, 1942.
World War (1939-1945.)
Indonesia.

Notes:

Renowned as FDR's favorite warship, the heavy cruiser USS Houston entered the annals of naval legend when she was lost early in the Pacific war. Her cryptic final radio message gave no hint of the odds she'd faced - or of the fate of those who lived through her devastating last battle.

ISBN:

0553384503
9780553384505

LCCN:

2006047530

Locations:

BRPD251 -- Adel Public Library (Adel)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

CLPC792 -- Brooklyn Public Library (Brooklyn)

VTPD454 -- Cresco Public Library (Cresco)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

FVPB284 -- Hopkinton Public Library (Hopkinton)

AOPB937 -- Humeston Public Library (Humeston)

UGPF911 -- Indianola Public Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

ZXPC675 -- Fisher-Whiting Memorial Library (Mapleton)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

FFPC194 -- Nashua Public Library (Nashua)

BVPE851 -- Nevada Public Library (Nevada)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

WHPE115 -- Storm Lake Public Library (Storm Lake)

BWPD851 -- Bertha Bartlett Public Library (Story City)

SKPC094 -- Sumner Public Library (Sumner)

TRPE062 -- Vinton Public Library (Vinton)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)

VMPC334 -- West Union Community Library (West Union)