Andrews, Lewis M.

The person who wrote this book, Lew Andrews, commanded a series of ships during World War II. As the publisher has learned, Lew, even at 82, is a fierce, strong willed force to be reckoned with. He is also an articulate 1939 graduate of Conneticut Wesleyan University.

Lew's first command was a makeshift minesweeper that had been a peacetime fishing trawler. His next command was a sub chaser convoying between Key West and Caribbean ports. After a stint as the executive officer of a corvette, Lew took the same position on "USS Sims" a destroyer escort. In 1944, he took command of "Sims" and,