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Black Company: The Story of Subchaser 1264 Paperback - 2000

by Eric St Purdon


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  • Title Black Company: The Story of Subchaser 1264
  • Author Eric St Purdon
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 264
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher US Naval Institute Press, Annapolis:
  • Date 2000-09
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9781557506580 / 1557506582
  • Weight 0.78 lbs (0.35 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 5.92 x 0.71 in (22.61 x 15.04 x 1.80 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
  • Library of Congress subjects World War, 1939-1945 - Naval operations,, United States - African American troops
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00030573
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.545
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Bluejacket Books / Naval Institute Press. New. 2000. Paperback. New paperback copies. ; The true story of a naval experiment conducted during World War II. Submarine chaser USS PC 1264 went to sea in the spring of 1944 with a crew of fifty black enlisted men and five white officers. First published 1971. The author, Lt. Eric S. Purdon was its first commanding officer. Illustrated. ; 255 pages .
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Paperback / softback. New. With the launching of Subchaser 1264 in the spring of 1944, the U.S. Navy began a social experiment designed to test the ability of a group of African Americans to live, fight, and survive under wartime conditions on a small combatant. At the time blacks served only as messmen in the navy, but ships were being built faster than men could be trained so the navy desperately needed manpower. Over strong opposition, PC 1264 went to sea with a crew of fifty black enlisted men and five white officers. The ship's captain and author of this book, Eric Purdon, had only been to sea for ten days before assuming command. Purdon tells the story of his ship as it was lived in this strangely condensed society. Filled with drama, comedy, and emotion, it is the story of a commanding officer fearful that his inexperience would jeopardise the aspirations of an entire people, of a crew quick to resent a slur but quicker to react to enemy submarines, and of a young black officer assigned… Read More
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