Author : Truman R. Strobridge
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Alaska and the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, 1867-1915 by : Truman R. Strobridge
Download or read book Alaska and the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, 1867-1915 written by Truman R. Strobridge and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not long after Alaska was purchased by the United States from Russia in 1867, the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service (USRCS) made its first appearance in the Bering Sea. Over the next forty-eight years the ships and men of the USRCS firmly established U.S. sovereignty in the area and performed amazing acts of rescue and humanitarian aid - contributions that have received little attention until the publication of this book. Bringing together widely scattered documentation and records, maritime historians Dennis Noble and Truman Strobridge chronicle events in the service's colorful history.