Doug Franklin wrote: > 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". :-) >
Barely fictionalized. The author commanded a Flower Class Corvette. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
