Warship Under Sail: The USS Decatur in the Pacific West

by Lorraine McConaghy

Book Overview

Ordered to join the Pacific Squadron in 1854, the sloop of war Decatur sailed from Norfolk, Virginia, through the Strait of Magellan to Valparaiso, Honolulu, and Puget Sound, then on to San Francisco, Panama, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, while serving in the Pacific until 1859, the eve of the Civil War. Historian Lorraine McConaghy presents the ship, its officers, and its crew in a vigorous, keenly rendered case study that illuminates the forces...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295989556
• ISBN13: 9780295989556
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 8.8" x 10.4"