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Author:

LaVO, Carl, 1944- author.

Title:

Pushing the limits : the remarkable life and times of Vice Adm. Allan Rockwell McCann, USN / Carl LaVO.

Publisher:

Naval Institute Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xiv, 256 pages : illustrated, maps ; 24 cm

Subject:

McCann, Allan R.--(Allan Rockwell),--1896-1978.
Submarine captains--United States--Biography.
United States.--Navy--Submarine forces--Biography.
United States.--Navy--Officers--Biography.
Admirals--United States--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Submarine.--Submarine.
World War, 1939-1945--Pacific Ocean.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Robot bombs -- Peculiar place -- Luckiest class -- Awful mess -- Worlds to conquer -- Utterly helpless -- Mad scheme -- Desperate hours -- Unbelievable -- Dead issues -- Bermuda College -- Kurita's blunder -- Operation Teardrop -- Terribly cruel -- Under ice -- Nibbled to death -- Homecoming.

ISBN:

159114485X (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781591144854 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)861273807

LCCN:

2013030591

Locations:

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