The Lost Ships of Guadalcanal

236 Pages·1993·54.515 MB·English

by  Robert D. Ballard, Rick Archbold

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From the author ofthe York Times bestseller The Discovery ofthe Titanic
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IROthNe ships char sank there. From August to
November or" 1942 the tropical waters offthe
small island or Guadalcanal were the scene of
someorthefiercestseabattlesofWorldWarII.
Firryyearslarer,RobertBallard,themanwhodiscov-
eredtheTitanicandtheBismarck,tookhisexploration
teamtoGuadalcanal.Theirgoalwasnotoneshipbut
anentirenavalbattlefield.Onboardweresomeofthe
men who had served on those ships that now lay
beneathIronBottomSound. Thememoriesofthese
survivorshelptellapowerful,poignantstoryofmen
andshipsandwar.
TheLostShipsofGuadalcanalre-creates thewhole
storyofthecampaignthatchangedthecourseofthe
Pacificwar. Forallthefameofitsairandlandbattles,
Guadalcanal isalsoacompellingstoryofsailorsand
warships.Infact,moreAmericansdiedinGuadalcanal
watersthanonland.
The terror and
confusion ofnight
naval action is con-
veyed here in grip-
ping chapters that
t
describefirstthebit-
ter American defeat
intheBattleofSavo
Island and then the
struggle toeventual
victory in the cli-
mactic N'aval Battle
orGuadalcanal. We
thendescendinBallard'ssubmarinetoviewscenesof
American, Australian, and Japanese ships lying
together on the ocean fltxjr, their guns still eerily
pointingateachother.
With over }00 illustrations, thisbook hasall the
pictorial richness rhat helped make bestsellers of
Robert Ballard'stwopreviousbwks,TheDiscover) of
tk*TitanicandTheOlsontryoftheBismarck. Haunting
pictures ofthe wrecks are paired with photographs
ofthe ships in their prime; a spectacular full-page
foldout reveals the USS Qttincy and the Canberra,
painted in accurate detail by maritime artist Ken
Marv.hall. Full-colormapsanddiagramsplusahost
ofpaintingsandpresent-dayphotographshelptoboth
tenrc-atethisextraordinarychapterinrhehistoryofthe
Pacific war and convey the excitement ofmodem
underwaterexploration.
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Contemporaryphotographs
by Michael McCoy
Underwaterpaintings by Ken Marschall
Technical and Historical consultation
by Richard B. Frank
and Charles Haberlein,Jr.
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Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedortransmittedinanyformorbyany victory, Guadalcanal,alongwiththe
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Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. onthesunkenAustraliancruiser
ISBN0-446-51636-8 Canberra.
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