Patrol and rescue boats on Puget Sound

Description:

"The history of impressive battleships, aircraft carriers, and submarines on Puget Sound has been well chronicled. However, the story of the smaller, fast patrol and rescue boats that have protected its vast inland waters is largely unknown. This book, through more than 200 rare images and engaging text, reveals the fascinating story. It covers Navy, Coast Guard, and Army Air Force craft in the sound, including the famed patrol torpedo boats of World War II. Featuring evocative photographs from the National Archives, as well as veterans' personal collections, this book highlights these military craft, their proud crews, and essential wartime and peacetime operations"--P. 4 of cover.

subjects: Search and rescue boats,  Fast attack craft,  United States. Coast Guard,  Naval History,  United States. Navy,  United States. Army Air Forces,  Combat patrols,  United States,  Pictorial works,  History,  Washington (d.c.), history,  Washington (d.c.), description and travel

Places: Washington (State),  Puget Sound,  Puget Sound (Wash.)