Away Boarders; Cap'n Fatso Sails the Seas Again by Gallery, Daniel V - 1973

New York.: Manor Books by arr. w/ W W Norton & Co., 1973. 1971 edition.. Mass-market paperback. Very good. Spine creasing w/ tilt. Age-toning.. 1 Mass-market paperback. Comical cover art. 190 p. Yellow-dyed page blocks. Satirical fiction. Author Daniel V Gallery, Naval Academy 1920 commanded the hunter-killer task group that captured the German submarine U-505 in 1944 off the African coast, a unique success in U.S. military history. Much awarded, he retired in 1960 as a Rear Admiral. An ordinance specialist, Admiral Gallery has invented gunnery and bombing devices, has piloted many types of planes, and published fiction and non-fiction books and articles. Our hero in this work, Fatso Gioninni is Boatswain's Mate First Class, Captain of LCU 1124 on duty with the U.S. Navy's Mediterranean Fleet. He and his crew had an infallible talent for trouble, and their "Cold War" was with units of the Russian fleet. "Hilarious antics for old salts and landlubbers alike" reads the back cover promo.