Tin Can Sailor, C. Raymond Calhoun
Tin Can Sailor, C. Raymond Calhoun
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Tin Can Sailor
Life Aboard the USS Sterett, 1939-1945

Author: C. Raymond Calhoun

Narrator: Norman Dietz

Unabridged: 10 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/27/2018

Synopsis

More than eight hundred sailors served aboard the Sterett during her hazardous and demanding duties in World War II. This is the story of those men and their beloved ship, recorded by a junior officer who served on the famous destroyer from her commissioning in 1939 to April 1943, when he was wounded at the Battle of Tulagi. Peppered with the kind of vivid, authentic details that could only be provided by a participant, the book is the saga of a gallant fighting ship that earned a Presidential Unit Citation for her part in the Third Battle of Savo Island, where she took on a battleship, cruiser, and destroyer, and was the last to leave the fray. Calhoun's gripping and colorful account tells what it was like to be there during those furiously fought, close-range engagements.

About C. Raymond Calhoun

After World War II, C. Raymond Calhoun served as executive officer on the flagship of the Atlantic Fleet and had command of the destroyer USS Moale. He received a commendation for outstanding performance of duty as commander of Destroyer Squadron 6 during the Cuban missile crisis. He also served as deputy chief of staff for U.S. Naval Forces Europe and as director of research at the National War College, where he earned the Legion of Merit. He was vice chancellor of the Minnesota state university system from 1968 until his retirement ten years later. He is the author of Typhoon: The Other Enemy.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael

A fascinating history that covers a lot of insight into heroes and their ships in World War II. The USS Sterrett and the USS San Francisco are covered in this, as well as many other ships.......more

Goodreads review by Jim

Destroyers, or "tin cans" are often overlooked in the history of WWII; usually they are mentioned only in passing in histories of carrier operations. So it is refreshing to read a volume focused on them, and one in particular, the Sterret. Sterret was commissioned before the war and saw service and......more

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