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NOT AVAILABLE FOR SALE IN SOME COUNTRIES.;Title proper from title frame.;Mode of access: World Wide Web.;Print version record.;TABLE OF CONTENTS; TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; Introduction; In Memoriam; Preface; Part I -- Into Action-Pearl Harbor and the Philippines; 1. THE LINEUP; 2. "THEY LOOK LIKE JAPS"; 3. MANILA BAY; 4. THE FLEET WITHDRAWS; 5. SS "CORREGIDOR"; 6. "MOTOR TORPEDO BOATS ARE RAPIDLY DETERIORATING"; 7. VISIT TO BINANGA; 8. END OF THE 31; 9. GUNNERY ACTIONS; 10. RETURN TO SUBIC; 11. THE 32 IN ACTION; 12. SUBIC AGAIN; 13. THE GENERAL DEPARTS; 14. THE 32; 15. PRESIDENT QUEZON; 16. ENGAGEMENT OFF CEBU; 17. "WE COULD NO LONGER FIGHT"; 18. AND THEN THERE WERE NONE; 19. END OF THE SQUADRON.;20. "TWO HUNDRED BOATS IF POSSIBLE"Part II -- Development-A New Type Emerges; 1. WHAT IS A PT?; 2. ANCIENT HISTORY; 3. WORLD WAR I AND AFTER; 4. SCOTT-PAINE AND VOSPER; 5. RENEWED INTEREST; 6. THE DESIGN CONTEST; 7. PT 9; 8. THE ELCO CONTRACT; 9. THE SQUADRONS; 10. THE 77-FOOT BOAT; 11. SOUTHERN WATERS AND LEND-LEASE; 12. PTC's; 13. THE PLYWOOD DERBIES; 14. STANDARDIZATION; 15. RESHUFFLING THE SQUADRONS; 16. THE TRAINING CENTER; 17. TABOGA; 18. SHAKEDOWN; 19. COMMISSIONING DETAILS; 20. FERRYING COMMAND; 21. TENDERS; 22. BASES; 23. HELLCAT AND ELCOPLANE.;Part III -- Guadalcanal and Beyond-The Solomons Campaign1. MIDWAY: BETWEEN TWO CAMPAIGNS; 2. TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC; 3. THE STRUGGLE FOR GUADALCANAL; 4. MEETING THE TOKYO EXPRESS; 5. THE BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL; 6. AFTER TASSAFARONGA; 7. EVACUATION; 8. A LULL IN OPERATIONS; 9. LOSS OF THE "NIAGARA"; 10. THE "STANVAC MANILA"; 11. THE "McCAWLEY"; 12. TRANSITION; 13. FIRST ACTION AT RENDOVA; 14. COSTLY ERRORS; 15. THEY DIDN'T PASS THE WORD; 16. THE 109; 17. BARGE HUNTING; 18. VELLA LAVELLA; 19. DAYLIGHT STRIKES; 20. END OF THE NEW GEORGIA CAMPAIGN; 21. TREASURY AND BOUGAINVILLE.;22. A BRUSH WITH TORPEDO BOMBERS23. DESTROYERS AGAIN; 24. SHORE BATTERIES; 25. TO GREEN ISLAND; 26. COLLISION; 27. ACTION IN EMPRESS AUGUSTA BAY; 28. RABAUL; 29. MARCH AND APRIL 1944; 30. THE RUGGED LIFE; 31. TASK GROUP 30.3; 32. A TRAP; 33. TASK GROUP 70.8; Part IV -- Southwest Pacific-Conquest of New Guinea; 1. TO THE BUNA CAMPAIGN; 2. THE CRUISE OF THE "HILO"; 3. TUFI; 4. TASK GROUP 70.1; 5. BATTLE OF THE BISMARCK SEA; 6. SOME BARGES AND A FIRE; 7. DOUGLAS HARBOR AND MOROBE; 9. KIRIWINA, WOODLARK, AND NASSAU BAY; 10. ACTIONS IN HUON GULF; 11. LAE, SALAMAUA, AND FINSCHHAFEN.;12. MOROBE: OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER13. A LETTER FROM GENERAL BERRYMAN;