The U.S. Navy in World War I: Combat at Sea and in the Air

by A.B. Feuer

When the United States entered World War I in April 1917, the clamoring in the press for a strong army largely overshadowed the need for considerable naval contributions to the war effort. Although it was small at the time, the U.S. Navy transported thousands of doughboys to France, all the while battling the predatory German U-Boats. Henry Ford tried to put his mass-production techniques to work to produce hundreds of submarine chasers to patrol...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275962121
• ISBN13: 9780275962128
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.6"