Dark Nights, Deadly Waters - American Pt Boats At Guadalcanal

The US Navy's Patrol Torpedo (PT) boats were used in every theater of WWII, but they are most famous for their daring exploits in the South Pacific, where they were the US Navy's first line of defense against the "Tokyo Express," the nightly attacks of Japanese destroyers against American forces on Guadalcanal. Dark Nights, Deadly Waters tells the story of the first PT boats deployed to the fetid and malarial island of Tulagi, in the desperate early days of America's "island hopping" campaign across the Pacific.

About the author

Keith Warren Lloyd is an author and historian, a U.S. Navy veteran, and a professional firefighter. Lloyd graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in Liberal Studies with an emphasis on history and political science. He is also the author of The Great Desert Escape: How the Flight of 25 German Prisoners of War Sparked One of the Largest Manhunts in American History and Avenging Pearl Harbor: The Saga of America's Battleships in the Pacific War.He lives in Arizona.

Product details

• Authors: Keith Warren Lloyd, Lloyd Keith Warren
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.11.2023
• EAN: 9781493072064
• ISBN: 978-1-4930-7206-4
• No. of pages: 292
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); USA, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Military / Naval, HISTORY / Military / United States, Naval forces & warfare, Second World War, United States of America, USA, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Naval forces and warfare, Solomon Islands, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General