Sovereignty at sea [electronic resource] : U.S. merchant ships and American entry into World War I / Rodney Carlisle ; foreword by James C. Bradford and Gene Allen Smith.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology.
Main Author: Carlisle, Rodney P.
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2009.
Series:New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918 > United States.
Merchant marine > United States > History > 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 > Naval operations > Submarine.
World War, 1914-1918 > Naval operations, German.
Online Access:
EBSCO eBooks: 2009 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2009 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Sovereignty at Sea: U.S. Merchant Ships and American Entry Into World War I (New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeology)
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The voyage of the Vigilancia
  • From Falaba to Sussex
  • The flag under fire: from Frye to Pass of Balmaha
  • The flag under fire: from Leelanaw to Chemung
  • Meetings at Pless Castle and on Pennsylvania Avenue
  • Housatonic and Lyman M. Law
  • A telegram, Algonquin, and an abdication
  • The tipping-point ships: Vigilancia, City of Memphis, Illinois
  • The agony of Woodrow Wilson
  • Aztec, Missourian, Marguerite, and Congress
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix A. Loss of the Healdton
  • Appendix B. Casualty lists
  • Appendix C. Table of ship losses.