Item #015696 The Yankee Mining Squadron or Laying the North Sea Mine Barrage. Captain Reginald R. Belknap.
The Yankee Mining Squadron or Laying the North Sea Mine Barrage

The Yankee Mining Squadron or Laying the North Sea Mine Barrage

Anapolis, MD: The United States Navy Institute, 1920. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (tall). Near Fine. Item #015696

Grey cloth lettered in gilt, 110pp. Frontispiece, with in-text b/w photographs and illustrations. Light foxing, boards a bit scuffed, small circular droplets at lower front board. Captain Belknap of the US Navy commanded the first offensive mining campaign in U.S. Navy history, the laying of the North Sea Mine Barrage in 1918, to prevent use of German Submarines in the North Sea.

Price (CAD): $80.00

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