Lorraine McConaghy

(Author)

Warship Under Sail: The USS Decatur in the Pacific WestHardcover, 26 October 2009

Warship Under Sail: The USS Decatur in the Pacific West
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Emil and Kathleen Sick Book Western History and Biography
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Emil and Kathleen Sick Lecture-Book Series in Western History and Biography
Part of Series
Emil and Kathleen Sick Book Series in Western History and Bi
Print Length
344 pages
Language
English
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Date Published
26 Oct 2009
ISBN-10
0295989556
ISBN-13
9780295989556

Description

Ordered to join the Pacific Squadron in 1854, the sloop of war Decatur sailed from Norfolk, Virginia, through the Strait of Magellan to Valparaiso, Honolulu, and Puget Sound, then on to San Francisco, Panama, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, while serving in the Pacific until 1859, the eve of the Civil War. Historian Lorraine McConaghy presents the ship, its officers, and its crew in a vigorous, keenly rendered case study that illuminates the forces shaping America's antebellum navy and foreign policy in the Pacific, from Vancouver Island to Tierra del Fuego.

One of only five ships in the squadron, the Decatur participated in numerous imperial adventures in the Far West, enforcing treaties, fighting Indians, suppressing vigilantes, and protecting commerce. With its graceful lines and towering white canvas sails, the ship patrolled the sandy border between ocean and land.

Warship under Sail focuses on four episodes in the Decatur's Pacific Squadron mission: the harrowing journey from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean through the Strait of Magellan; a Seattle war story that contested American treaties and settlements; participation with other squadron ships on a U.S. State Department mission to Nicaragua; and more than a year spent anchored off Panama as a hospital ship. In a period of five years, more than 300 men lived aboard ship, leaving a rich record of logbooks, medical and punishment records, correspondence, personal journals, and drawings. Lorraine McConaghy has mined these records to offer a compelling social history of a warship under sail. Her research adds immeasurably to our understanding of the lives of ordinary men at sea and American expansionism in the antebellum Pacific West.

Product Details

Author:
Lorraine McConaghy
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
26 October 2009
Dimensions:
26.47 x 22.35 x 3.61 cm
ISBN-10:
0295989556
ISBN-13:
9780295989556
Language:
English
Location:
Seattle
Pages:
344
Weight:
1265.52 gm

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