Title Black company : the story of Subchaser 1264 / Eric Purdon

Published Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, ©2000

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Description 1 online resource (255 pages) : illustrations Series Bluejacket books Bluejacket books. Contents Prologue; ONE; Morris Heights; Selecting the Crew; Selecting the Commanding Officer; Selecting the Officers; Precommissioning; TWO; Ship Acceptance; Commissioning; Underway up the Hudson; Iona Island; West Point; Fort Lafayette; THREE; Tompkinsville-Preshakedown; A Lieutenant from the Past; Voyage to the Ordeal; Shakedown; Miami Life-Final Inspection; Key West; FOUR; Inspection; Convoys -- Guantanamo; An Officer Reports; A Case of Bad Welding; Visit to the Special Unit; Bayonne Sojourn; FIVE; Escorting the ""Argo""; A NIght at the Movies; Christmas Holiday; SIX; Buzzbomb Alert First PatrolStamford Nights; David and Goliath; Action at Buoy Able; Movies and a Race; Charleston to New York; SEVEN; A Black Officer Reports; Last Convoy; Preparations for the Pacific; The War Ends; Navy Day, 1945; New London; Decommissioning; Appendix Summary The remarkable World War II story of PC 1264's crew of fifty African-American enlisted men as recounted by the ship's captain Notes Originally published: Washington : R.B. Luce, 1972 Print version record Subject United States. Navy -- African American troops SUBJECT United States. Navy fast Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American. HISTORY -- Europe -- Western. Armed Forces -- African American troops Military operations, Naval -- American Military participation -- African American Form Electronic book LC no. 00030573 ISBN 1612512836 9781612512839

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