American Amphibious Gunboats in World War II : A History of LCI and LCS(L) Ships in the Pacific

Rielly, Robin L.

McFarland & Co Inc（2013/05発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 408 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780786474226
• DDC分類 359.83560973

Full Description

As the United States began its campaign against numerous Japanese-held islands in the Pacific, Japanese tactics required them to develop new weapons and strategies. One of the most crucial to the island assaults was a new group of amphibious gunboats that could deliver heavy fire close in to shore as American forces landed. These gunboats were also to prove important in the interdiction of inter-island barge traffic and, late in the war, the kamikaze threat. Several variations of these gunboats were developed, based on the troop carrying LCI(L). They included three conversions of the LCI(L), with various combinations of guns, rockets and mortars, and a fourth gunboat, the LCS(L), based on the same hull but designed as a weapons platform from the beginning. By the end of the war the amphibious gunboats had proven their worth.

Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

 1. The Need for a New Weapon

 2. From Training to Missions

 3. Operation Cartwheel

 4. The Central Pacific Campaigns

 5. The Philippines Retaken—Leyte and Lingayen

 6. The LCS(L)s Arrive

 7. Iwo Jima

 8. The Liberation of Borneo

 9. Okinawa

10. Screening the Fleet

11. The Radar Picket Line

12. War's End and Post-War

Glossary

Appendix I: LCI Gunboat Flotillas and Commanding Officers

Appendix II: Building and Conversion Locations

Appendix III: LCS(L) Flotillas and Commanding Officers

Appendix IV: LCI(G), LCI(M), LCI(R), and LCS(L) Ships Damaged or Lost in World War II

Appendix V: Awards

Notes

Bibliography

Index