Casa Grande Class Dock Landing Ships - Casa Grande Class Dock Landing Ships of the Hellenic Navy (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Casa Grande Class Dock Landing Ships of the Hellenic Navy, Casa Grande Class Dock Landing Ships of the Republic of China Navy, Casa Grande Class Dock Landing Ships of the Royal Navy, Casa Grande Class Dock Landing Ships of the United States Navy, Uss Whetstone, Uss Tortuga, Uss San Marcos, Uss Shadwell, Uss Fort Marion, Uss Catamount, Uss Casa Grande, Uss Rushmore, Uss Fort Mandan, Uss Colonial, Uss Comstock, Uss Donner, Uss Cabildo, Hms Oceanway, Rocs Chen Hai, Rocs Chung Cheng, Greek Ship Okeanos, Greek Ship Nafkratousa. Excerpt: USS Whetstone (LSD-27) was a Casa Grande-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was the named in honor of Whetstone Point, the site of Fort McHenry, which defended Baltimore, Maryland from British assault during the War of 1812. The defence of Fort McHenry inspired the national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner". Whetstone was laid down on 7 April 1945 at the Boston Navy Yard; launched on 18 July 1945, sponsored by Mrs. Worthington S. Bitler, the wife of Captain W. S. Bitler on duty at the Boston Navy Yard; and commissioned on 12 February 1946, Commander G. R. Keating in command. Following the ship's shakedown, Whetstone underwent post-shakedown availability at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard before heading for the Pacific. Transiting the Panama Canal between 26 and 30 April 1946, the new dock landing ship reached San Diego on 11 May. For the next few months, Whetstone attached to Transport Division 11, Transport Squadron 1 operated in the waters of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, conducting intra-area lifts of boats and equipment between Kodiak, Dutch Harbor, Adak, Sitka, Seattle and San Francisco. In addition, she also called at Port Angeles, Washington, and San Diego during that time. She subsequ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=17285153