Naval Shiphandling

Annapolis, MD: United States Naval Institute, 1963. Second Edition [stated]. Second printing [stated]. Hardcover. Good/Good. Format is approximately 7.25 inches by 10.5 inches. xxvi, 529, [1] pages. Frontis illustration. Illustrations. Appendix I Propeller Side Forces; Appendix II Resistance and Power. Appendix III Rules of the Road. Index. DJ has some wear, soiling, tears, and chips. Captain Crenshaw was in the Naval Academy class of 1941, serving in Pacific fleet destroyers from Pearl Harbor, thru Midway, the Solomons, and the Marshalls in USS MAURY (DD-401) and in USS STORMES (DD-780) at Okinawa. Taking command of USS THOMAS J. GARY (DE-326) at the age of 25 in south China, he led his five ship Escort Division on a two month cruise around the world,. Postgraduate study in Ordnance Engineering followed. He returned to the Navy's Bureau of Ordnance where he was in charge of building the first TERRIER missiles and later the first TALOS systems. In 1955 he was commissioning commanding officer of USS FOREST SHERMAN (DD-931). Following a course at the NATO Defense College in Paris, he served briefly on the U.S. Army staff in Heidelberg, then became the Head of the Missile Section of the NATO International Staff in Paris, later transferring to the U.S. Embassy to NATO. Returning to Washington in 1960 for duty in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, he headed the Surface Warfare branch of the Development Division. In 1963, he took command of USS SPRINGFIELD (CLG-7), flagship of the 6th. Fleet in the Mediterranean. In 1964, returning to Washington, he joined the staff of the Director of Defense Research & Engineering in the Pentagon, working principally on NATO cooperative programs. Retiring from the Navy in 1967 he established The Crenshaw Company to focus principally on international technology transfer in naval systems. Captain Crenshaw was the author of "Naval Shiphandling," a well-known professional text. His decorations include 13 battle stars, a Silver Star, and two Legion of Merit.