ALL AMERICAN TROOPSHIPS

摘要

Capt. Walter W. Jaffee was superintendent of the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet and first officer of the SS Jeremiah O'Brien on her historic return to Normandy in 1994. He has written sixteen books about the Merchant Marine, the Navy and training ships. Notable among these are his encyclopedic works on Liberty and Victory ships, tankers, freighters, troopships and passenger liners, and tugboats. All American Troopships is the latest in this series. It opens with a chapter on the general history of troopships from ancient times to the 19th century. This is followed by ten more chapters on major conflicts and their troopships up to the Vietnam War. Eighty-two ships are covered in Chapter 3, Troop Transports of the Spanish American War. Every entry in the book presents a table of particulars and dates and a career summary, and hundreds of photographs of the ships are included, many in color.