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Offline GtoRA2

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Great book. The Battle to save the Houston.
« on: March 09, 2005, 08:30:14 PM »
The book:
 The Battle to save the Houston, October 1944 to march of 1945

It is about the light cruiser Houston getting torpedoed twice, and being towed with a broken back over 1000 miles to Ulithi, and then 900 more to another naval base to be patched up to sail back to the US under her own power, with a hull still so damaged rough weather would have sent her down.


Great read, I could not put it down.  The damage to the ship was unbelievable!!

From what they say in the book it also helped the US navy move from a policy of Sink a cripple and save the crew to, try and save the crew and cripple.

Great book and it was 4.95 at half price books.




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Offline Maverick

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Great book. The Battle to save the Houston.
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2005, 10:22:52 PM »
Wow, for  a minute there I thought you were saying they were trying to save Houston the city and I couldn't for the life of me understand why anyone would want to do that!!!!! My mother in law lives there. EEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWEEEEEE EEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:eek:
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Great book. The Battle to save the Houston.
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2005, 12:42:37 AM »
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Originally posted by Maverick
Wow, for  a minute there I thought you were saying they were trying to save Houston the city and I couldn't for the life of me understand why anyone would want to do that!!!!! My mother in law lives there. EEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWEEEEEE EEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:eek:


:rolleyes:


Basically, if you were a cruiser in WWII named USS Houston...you were screwed.
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Great book. The Battle to save the Houston.
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2005, 11:05:55 AM »
Was a great read.

I am bumping this so more see it.
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Offline Siaf__csf

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Great book. The Battle to save the Houston.
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2005, 11:17:37 AM »
I'm a sucker for old naval stories too.
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Offline JB73

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Great book. The Battle to save the Houston.
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2005, 11:19:04 AM »
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I'm a sucker for old naval stories too.
dont read moby dick then.
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