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North Star : America's Last Great Wooden Ship by Rolf P. Lystad (2017, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherChampagne Point Publishing

ISBN-100997134496

ISBN-139780997134490

eBay Product ID (ePID)248245999

Product Key Features

Book TitleNorth Star : America's Last Great Wooden Ship

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2017

TopicShips & Shipbuilding / History

IllustratorYes

GenreTransportation

AuthorRolf P. Lystad

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight20.4 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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SynopsisNorth Star, America's Last Great Wooden Ship, built for U.S.Bureau of Indian Affairs to supply native villages that dot the coast of Alaska, On site of Will Rogers/Wiley Post crash, A supply ship on Admiral Byrd's U.S. Antarctic Service expedition to Antarctica. Next she served in the U.S. Coast Guard's Greenland Patrol. Ship's entire life is h, NORTH STAR...America's last Great Wooden Ship was a wooden icebreaker/cargo/passenger combo Built in Seattle's Ballard district for the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs to supply remote native/eskimo villages that dot the coast of Alaska from Ketchikan to Point Barrow. This wooden icebreaker navigated many of the world's most challenging at both ends of the earth and served in the U.S. Coast Guard's Greenland Patrol during World War II. NORTH STAR is the most complete account of this historic ship, wih many never-before-told details from its construction and maiden voyage to it's final tragic end as Estrelle del Norte. With over 90 unique photos and custom maps North Star was in the Arctic, Antarctic, Pacific and Atlantic ocea ns all within a twelve month period, all at a top speed of 12 knots. You'll find details of the Will Rogers/Wiley Post airplane crash, the ill-fated Snow Cruiser of Admiral Richard E. Byrd's U.S. Antarctic Service Expedition and the first U.S. capture of a German-operated vessel in World War II, and much more!