St Louis After The War Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from War Log of the U. S. S. St. Louis: February 4, 1917 July 2, 1919 Navy measured up to its best traditions and added many a brilliant chapter to the history of the service. Not the least glowing of these new pages of naval lore are those written by the Cruiser and Transport Force, vice-admiral Albert Gleaves, U. S. N., commanding. While our dreadnaughts cc operated with the Grand Fleet in the gray North Sea, during long and bitter winter months, challenging the Hun to come forth to battle fair; while our swift destroyers and chasers ferreted out the U-boats in waters home and abroad, and our own submarines baited the enemy in the depths, our cruisers raced back and forth across the Atlantic, shepherding the great troop convoys and protecting them from the hidden menace. How well the Cruiser and Transport Force fulfilled its enormous task of safely conducting the American Expeditionary Forces to foreign shores is no longer a marvelous mystery. Today the Cruiser and Transport Force is completing another task, almost equally as great - that of bringing home those who are now, perhaps, more precious than when they sailed away, for on their banners perch honor, victory and glory. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.