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Cruise of the Lanikai : Incitement to War by Kemp Tolley (2014, Trade Paperback)
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Events overtook the plan, however, when Pearl Harbor was bombed before the Lanikai could get underway. He also served on the exotic China station, becomingexecutive officer of theriver gunboat USS Tutuila on the upperYangtze River.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherNaval Institute Press
ISBN-101557504067
ISBN-139781557504067
eBay Product ID (ePID)2296861
Product Key Features
Book TitleCruise of the Lanikai : Incitement to War
Number of Pages360 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2014
TopicMilitary / World War II
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorKemp Tolley
Book SeriesBluejacket Bks.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight17.6 Oz
Item Length8.9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2002-070348
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal940.54/5973
SynopsisIn early December 1941 in the Philippines, a young Navy ensign named Kemp Tolley was given his first ship command, an old 76-foot schooner that had once served as a movie prop in John Ford's The Hurricane. Crewed mostly by Filipinos who did not speak English and armed with a cannon that had last seen service in the Spanish-American War, the Lanikai was under top-secret presidential orders to sail south into waters where the Japanese fleet was thought to be. Ostensibly the crew was to spy on Japanese naval movements, but to Tolley it was clear that their mission was to create an incident that would provoke war. Events overtook the plan, however, when Pearl Harbor was bombed before the Lanikai could get underway. When Bataan and Corregidor fell, she was ordered to set sail for Australia and became one of the few U.S. naval vessels to escape the Philippines. In this book Tolley tells the saga of her great adventure during these grim, early days of the war and makes history come alive as he regales the reader with details of the operation and an explanation of President Roosevelt's order. Tolley's description of their escape in Japanese warship-infested waters ranks with the best of sea tales, and few will be able to forget the Lanikai 's 4,000-mile, three-month odyssey., In early December 1941 in the Philippines, a young Navy ensign named Kemp Tolley was given his first ship command, an old 76-foot schooner that had once served as a movie prop in John Ford's "The Hurricane." Crewed mostly by Filipinos who did not speak English and armed with a cannon that had last seen service in the Spanish-American War, the Lanikai was under top-secret presidential orders to sail south into waters where the Japanese fleet was thought to be. Ostensibly the crew was to spy on Japanese naval movements, but to Tolley it was clear that their mission was to create an incident that would provoke war. Events overtook the plan, however, when Pearl Harbor was bombed before the Lanikai could get underway. When Bataan and Corregidor fell, she was ordered to set sail for Australia and became one of the few U.S. naval vessels to escape the Philippines. In this book Tolley tells the saga of her great adventure during these grim, early days of the war and makes history come alive as he regales the reader with details of the operation and an explanation of President Roosevelt's order. Tolley's description of their escape in Japanese warship-infested waters ranks with the best of sea tales, and few will be able to forget the Lanikai 's 4,000-mile, three-month odyssey.
LC Classification NumberD774.L33+
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