When America entered the war, the millionaire’s yacht Corsair was armed and sent to patrol the Breton coast against German submarines. Paine tells the story of her crew of volunteers and regulars: convoy work out of Brest, the sinking of the transport Antilles, rescues at sea, and a December hurricane in the Bay of Biscay that nearly finished her.
A vivid account of the little-known American naval war against the U-boats. Download the free EPUB.