Blue Water Sailor: The Memoirs of a Destroyer Officer

by Don Sheppard

Book Overview

Chronicles the duty and adventures of a mustang junior officer aboard a U.S. Navy destroyer in the late 1950s and early 1960s. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0891415548
• ISBN13: 9780891415541
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Presidio Press
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

A good picture of life in the Cold War navy.

Sheppard, who passed away in 2004, wrote a memorable and thrilling memoir of his days in the navy. I have re-read it about once a year since I received it for my birthday several years ago. It is a gripping tale of a "Mustang" (a seaan who worked his way up through the enlisted ranks and finally made officer)in his first Westpac on a destroyer. It is a methodically spun story that opens a window to a myriad of things, from ship handling, psychological warfare among the officers(his relations with different officers), to the mechanics of prosecuting a submarine contact in an ageing WWII era destroyer. If you are remotely curious about the navy, the Cold War, or just want a good read that will be difficult to put down, this is your book. Enjoy.

I could not put this book away.

Once I turned the first few pages of the book, I was caught. The author tells his story in such a way that you always want to see what happens next. There are few, if any dull moments in this book, and if you like stories of life in the military, you will certainly like this book. I laughed, I cried, I got it on sale. END