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Shipmates

by - Seeley, Lewis E. & Lorraine Seeley Buell
A Personal Journal Aboard a World War II Destroyer
2000, Magicimage Filmbooks
ISBN 1882127021
Paperback, 260 pages

Descripton: Memoir of service on USS Rowan, DD 405, a Benham class US destroyer, that was involved in the Atlantic theater of war from 1941 until it was sunk in 1943.

This book was the recipient of First Prize in the 2002 Clara Awards competition.

From the uboat.net review: The destroyer USS Rowan (DD405) was hit by a torpedo from a German E-boat in the Mediterranean on 11 September, 1943, and sank in 40 seconds, taking 204 men with her. This book is the memoir of ...
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