Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #246693 in Books
• Published on: 2008-09-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 48 pages

Customer Reviews

A little, interesting monograph on a subject I always loved
I'm no seaman, you know, and I always thought ships as cramped, overcrowded, floating coffins, waiting to go down; well, I really DO appreciate the majesty and technology of big ships at sea but I really dislike crowded places... especially in the midst of the great blue!

Yet I've always been fascinated by small, fast cruisers; I feel some kind of a "romantic involvement" especially for the PT Boats of the last world war... maybe I saw too many war movies on the subject, but when I think something "heroic" battling amidst the waves, my mind immediately goes to the fast patrol boats.

This little book is a good general reference to a complex subject; it's absolutely no final guide on the matter, but does its job of recreating the life and worth of this arm of the navy during WWII.
It's lavishly illustrated with photographs and line drawing (in full colours!), brief and to the point.

I've only got to criticize on the fact that only ONE kind of the three main PT Boats in use by the U.S. Navy is fully described: the other two are mentioned in their differences with this first one.
Another complaint regards the weaponry carried onboard: I know this is no weapons book but still I feel that something more regarding the firepower of this diminutive cruisers would do some good.

All in all, is a good reading, not too challenging and it comes very cheap too!