Corvettes: Little Ships for Big Men by Frank B Walker

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges, particularly to front cover right corners, now protected with book tape. Marks on foredges. Interior and binding are still very good. Signed by author.

Corvettes were to the Navy what jeeps were to the Army and DC3s to the Air Force. They did everything, everywhere and did it with dash and grit. They served in every theatre of war, from the Atlantic to Tokyo.

Australian-built and Australian-manned, they escorted convoys, sank submarines, shot down planes, swept mines, ferried troops and bombarded enemy shore guns.

This book written by a former corvette officer, also tells what it was like to live like sardines in ships that rolled, pitched, heeled and heaved even in mild seas.

It records the names of more than 6000 men who sailed in them and the ships in which they served. (back cover)