CONTENTS

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I.[When the War Call Came]1
II.["To Be Strong Upon the Seas"]9
III.[The Break with Germany]19
IV.[The Day of Decision]30
V.[Sending Sims to Europe]36
VI.[Naval Allies in Historic Conference]45
VII.["We Are Ready Now, Sir"]53
VIII.[Race Between Wilson and Hindenburg]70
IX.[The Fleet the Kaiser Built for Us]89
X.[Guarding the Coast of France]99
XI.[Gibraltar and the Convoy]116
XII.[Shutting up the Hornets in Their Nests]125
XIII.[President Wilson as a Strategist]143
XIV.[Comrades of the Mist]151
XV.[Cinderellas of the Fleet]161
XVI.["Do Not Surrender"—"Never"]173
XVII.[When the U-Boats Came to America]187
XVIII.[Marines Stopped Drive on Paris]206
XIX.[The Answer to the 75-Mile Gun]218
XX.[The Navy That Flies]228
XXI.[The Ferry to France]241
XXII.[Radio Girdled the Globe]250
XXIII.[A Surprise for Count von Luxburg]259
XXIV.[American Admiral Saved Kolchak]268
XXV.[The Half-Way House]275
XXVI.[To Victory on a Sea of Oil]280
XXVII.[Edison—and 100,000 More]285
XXVIII.[Building a Thousand Ships]297
XXIX.[Making Sailors out of Landsmen]309
XXX.[Three Hundred Thousand Strong]318
XXXI.[Women in the Navy]328
XXXII.[Coast Guard Wins Distinction]332
XXXIII.[Winning the First Battle of the War]341
XXXIV.[Fighting the Profiteers]347
XXXV.["Sirs, All Is Well with the Fleet"]354
XXXVI.[After the Armistice]366