The lively true account of an English naval signalman's experiences during World War II, including his insider's perspective on how squadrons of Allied ships defeated the German U-boat blockade of the American coast.

Foreword by Rear Admiral John Lippiett
Preface
A message from Signalman Jones
Chapter 1: Early Years ¿ Liverpool and the Great Depression
Chapter 2: At last I go to sea ¿ and on a battle cruiser
Chapter 3: War
Chapter 4: I go back to school and meet Gladys
Chapter 5: Wastwater ¿ the grim reality of war in the North Atlantic
Chapter 6: Iceland, 1941
Chapter 7: Spitsbergen, summer 1941
Chapter 8: We lose our captain but find a submarine
Chapter 9: Aberdeen, then back to the frozen north
Chapter 10: Churchill and Roosevelt order Wastwater to America
Chapter 11: New York, New York
Chapter 12: The Caribbean
Chapter 13: Canada
Chapter 14: Blighty
Chapter 15: My last command
Chapter 16: Thirty-nine steps
Tim Parker