Admiral Richard Wainwright and the U. S. Fleet by Cummings, Capt. Damon E. USN Ret

Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, CR 1962 and title date is 1962 also. Insert paper addressed to Mr. Story signed by Ernest M. Eller about the need for this book in showing the foundation on which grew the far flung fleets so vital to America. Wainwright on frontis, 266 pages with index. Black and white photos of people and ships of the fleet. A biography of one of the outstanding officers of his time, and gives a graphic account of the depths to which the Navy sank in the years following the Civil War. Blue covers with Seal of USN on front cover blind stamped in gold and gold spine lettering. All very good condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover.