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Strike Able-Peter: The Stranding and Salvage of the Uss Missouri

hardcover – January 1, 1995
by Butler, John A.
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ISBN-13: 9781557500946 ISBN-10: 1557500940
Publisher
US Naval Institute Press
Binding
hardcover
Published
January 1, 1995
Weight
1.1 lbs
Dimensions
24.10×2.50×15.90 cm

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Strike Able-Peter: The Stranding and Salvage of the Uss Missouri by Butler, John A.. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781557500946.

In January 1950, shortly after leaving Norfolk, Virginia, the USS Missouri ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay. The mishap captured the curiosity of Americans from coast to coast, and as the nation looked on an embarrassed Navy frantically tried to refloat the warship - for two weeks. The eventual recovery set lasting records in the history of organized marine salvage. This book provides a minute-by-minute account of the grounding, the root cause of which has never before been made public.