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Allan Rockwell McCann
Author_Carl P Lavo Jr.
Battle of Leyte Gulf
battleship Iowa
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Category=NHW
ComSubPac
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Nautilus
O-12
submarine
Vice Admiral
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- ISBN 9781682476680
- Weight: 907g
- Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 08 Jul 2021
- Publisher: Naval Institute Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Vice Admiral Allan Rockwell McCann left no reminiscences that might reveal a deeper sense of his extraordinary service, but naval historian Carl LaVO has filled that void by writing this revealing-and often inspiring-biography. Among McCann's many accomplishments: Served as liaison officer for the modification of the antiquated O-12 submarine into the privately-leased Nautilus that made the first attempt to sail beneath the Arctic ice shelf in 1931; pioneered the McCann Submarine Rescue Chamber; directed fire from the sub tender Pelias at Japanese aircraft attacking Pearl Harbor; commanded the battleship Iowa during the Battle of Leyte Gulf; was Chief of Staff of the Navy's 10th Fleet that stymied a last ditch effort to attack North America via U-boats; headed the Navy task force that transported President Truman to the Potsdam conference; and as ComSubPac was aboard the first submarine to navigate under the polar ice in 1947. This book is an overdue appreciation of a significant admiral who has been all but ignored in naval history.
Carl Lavo is the author of three previous books including The Galloping Ghost: The Extraordinary Life of Submarine Legend Eugene Fluckey. He lives in Bucks County, PA.
