The SS City of Flint: an American freighter at war, 1939-1943
"In Europe, World War II was four months old by Christmas 1939. The City of Flint, an American freighter, had been instrumental in rescuing 1200 passengers from a torpedoed ocean liner, making headlines on both sides of the Atlantic. She was captured by a Nazi warship and sent towards a German...
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Zusammenfassung: | "In Europe, World War II was four months old by Christmas 1939. The City of Flint, an American freighter, had been instrumental in rescuing 1200 passengers from a torpedoed ocean liner, making headlines on both sides of the Atlantic. She was captured by a Nazi warship and sent towards a German port, with commandos aboard prepared to blow her up rather than let the British Navy take them alive. Norwegian marines liberated the ship--by then even Hitler knew her name. Christmas 1942 saw the City of Flint in New York with other freighters loading for North Africa. Allied codes had been cracked and the convoy was expected by a group of U-Boats. Spotted and tailed until sunset, she was torpedoed and exploded--among the cargo was poison gas. Eleven survivors in her fourth lifeboat fought mountainous seas, sharks and hunger. One went mad and walked overboard. The others survived 46 days before rescue. Eyewitness accounts, war diaries and archival sources bring this untold story to life"-- |
Beschreibung: | viii, 246 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten |
ISBN: | 9781476685366 |
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adam_text | Table of Contents Acknowledgments vi Introduction 1 The Personalities 5 The Ships 6 Abbreviations 7 Section I—The Beginning 1. Preparations 10 2. A Helping Hand 16 Section II—The Prize 3. Trapped 22 4. Politics of Neutrality 42 5. Americans in Communist Soviet Union 55 6. Back to Norway 71 7. The Chase 83 8. Turning Point 101 9. Pawn 113 10. Cargo 122 11. Going Home 130 Section III—Convoys 12. Convoy—to Murmansk 140 13. Basra 154 Section IV—Torpedoed 14. The Prey 162 15. The Target 179 vii
viii Table of Contents Section V—Postscript 16. Still Waters Once Again 208 Appendix 1: The Prize Command 213 Appendix 2: City of Flint Crew in Norway, 1939 215 Appendix 3: City of Flint Crew at Murmansk in 1942 217 Appendix 4: City of Flint Crew at Persian Gulf in 1942 219 Appendix 5: City of Flint Crew on the Final Convoy, January 1943 221 Chapter Notes 225 Bibliography 233 Index 239
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments vi Introduction 1 The Personalities 5 The Ships 6 Abbreviations 7 Section I—The Beginning 1. Preparations 10 2. A Helping Hand 16 Section II—The Prize 3. Trapped 22 4. Politics of Neutrality 42 5. Americans in Communist Soviet Union 55 6. Back to Norway 71 7. The Chase 83 8. Turning Point 101 9. Pawn 113 10. Cargo 122 11. Going Home 130 Section III—Convoys 12. Convoy—to Murmansk 140 13. Basra 154 Section IV—Torpedoed 14. The Prey 162 15. The Target 179 vii
viii Table of Contents Section V—Postscript 16. Still Waters Once Again 208 Appendix 1: The Prize Command 213 Appendix 2: City of Flint Crew in Norway, 1939 215 Appendix 3: City of Flint Crew at Murmansk in 1942 217 Appendix 4: City of Flint Crew at Persian Gulf in 1942 219 Appendix 5: City of Flint Crew on the Final Convoy, January 1943 221 Chapter Notes 225 Bibliography 233 Index 239 |
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