Adam Maas wrote: > [...] 940 ton Flower Class Corvette, which was pretty much the > smallest real ocean-going combat vessel.
For an interesting fictionalized "inside look" at fighting WW2 and the North Atlantic in a Corvette, look for a book titled "The Cruel Sea". It's apparently been made into a movie, too, and is available on DVD. >From my readings of the book several (~ thirty) years ago, it sounded like some of the crew members would contest the assertion that they were "ocean going". :-) -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net