Derek Law's Bibliography

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Entry Text: ROBERTS, Douglas L. Rustbucket 7: Chronicle of the USS PC 617 During the Great War, 1942-1946. xi, 159p., illus. Savannah, Ga.: Mill Pond, 1995. ISBN: 0964876906.

Called up in 1942 he joined PC 617 as an ensign. She did patrols and convoy work on the East Coast of the US and Caribbean, as well as working with the Q-ship Big Horn. In 1944 she took part in the D-Day landings and stayed in European waters until after VE-Day.