The Mighty Moo by Nathan Canestaro

The Mighty Moo by Nathan Canestaro

THE MIGHTY MO is the tale of how a scrappy little World War I aircraft carrier and its untested crew earned a distinguished combat record and beat incredible odds to earn 12 battle stars in the Pacific.

The>US Cowpens and her crew weren't your typical heroes. She was a flattop that the US Navy initially didn't want, with a captain nearly scapegoated for the loss of his last command, pilots who self-trained on the planes they would fly into combat, and sailors that had been in uniform barely longer than the ship had been afloat. Despite their humble origins, Cowpens and her band of second-string reservists and citizen sailors served with distinction, fighting in nearly every major carrier operation from 1943 to 1945, including the Battles of the Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf. Together they faced a deadly typhoon that brought the ship to the verge of capsizing, and at war's end there was only one US aircraft carrier in Tokyo Bay to witness the Japanese surrender--THE MIGHTY MO. In the years to follow, Cowpens' service has become the wellspring for a remarkable modern tradition, both within the US Navy and the small Southern town that still celebrates her legacy with a festival every year.

THE MIGHTY MO is a biography of a World War I aircraft carrier as told through the voices of its heroic crew--a Band of Brothers at sea.

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ISBN 13	9781538742716
Title	The Mighty Moo
Author	Nathan Canestaro
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Publisher	Grand Central Publishing
Year published	2024-06-11
Number of pages	416
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