Robert Sables

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Robert Paul Sables-(born June 5, 1938) is an American naval historian and author. He graduated in 1962 from the University of Scranton, Pennsylvania and earned an MSW from Fordham University, New York in 1965. He was commissioned a 1st Lieutenant on November 12, 1970 and served in the 102nd Medical Battalion, 42nd Infantry Division, New York Army National Guard, and retired a Lieutenant Colonel from the U.S. Army Reserve in 1998. He also served as a probabation officer for the City of New York for twenty years. Upon retirement, he began researching and writing about U.S. Naval history. Many of his articles have been published in Sea Classics, a monthly periodical which focuses on the history of naval vessels. Mr. Sables has been married to his wife Cathy since 1967and they raised four children (daughters Jacqueline and Delia, sons William and Robert. They currently reside in Southern California.


[edit] Magazine Articles

1. “The Armed Yacht’s of World War ll”, Sea Classics, December 2000, Volume 33, Number 12

2. “The Coastal Patrol Yachts of WWll” Sea Classics, July 2001, Volume 34, Number 7

3. “Above US the Sea: ‘O-Class’ Submarines of World Wars l and ll”, Sea Classics, October 2001, Volume 34, Number 10

4. “The Tuna Fleet That Went to War”, Sea Classics, April 2002, Volume 35, Number 4

5. “Coast Guard Emergency WW ll Acquisitions”, Sea Classics, October 2002, Volume 35, Number 10

6. “When Corvettes Flew the Stars and Stripes”, Sea Classics, November 2003. Volume 36, Number 11

7. “Fatal Impact: Naval Collisions in WW ll”, Sea Classics, February 2004, Volume 37, Number 2

8. “Corvina’s Mysterious First and Last War Patrol”, Sea Classics, October 25, Volume 38, Number 10

9. “PC-815: The Jinxed Sub-Chaser!”, Sea Classics, January 2006, Volume 39, Number 1 [1][[2]]

10. “The 53 Days of LST-921”, Sea Classics, December 2006, Volume 39, Number 12

[edit] Books

Mates Forever, USS Wasmuth and USS Ramapo, Trafford Publishing, Victoria, Canada, Copyright 2004, ISBN 1-4120-3498-1[3]

[edit] Internet Articles

“Overdue Atlantic” USS Cythera (PY 26), NavSource Online, http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170575s.htm

“Lost With All Hands, The Story of USS SC-1024”, NavSource Online, http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/151024d.htm

“Too Short a Time/A History of the USS Holder [DE-401], The USS Holder Association, http://www.ussholder.com/DE401-Too-Short-A-Time-P1.html


“The Evarts/Fighting DE’s, NavSource Online, http://www.navsource.org/archives/06/005a.htm