Harvey Haislip

Harvey Haislip was a retired naval officer who authored a number of U.S. Navy sea adventure stories. He was born on July 12, 1889, in Fredericksburg, Virginia, the second son of Silas E. and Edna A. Haislip. His father worked as a salesman for a firm that manufactured safes. On January 13, 1917, Haislip was one of 429 crewmen rescued after the cruiser Milwaukie ran ashore near Eureka, California. At the time of the accident, the Milwaukie and two other vessels were attempting to salvage the H-3, an American submarine that had floundered off the California coast. Examples of Haislip's films include "Thunder Afloat" (with Ralph Wheelwright 1939) "Sailor Named Jones: A Novel of America's Greatest Captain" (1957), "The Prize Master" (1959), "Sea Road to Yorktown" (1960), and "Escape from Java" (1962). Broadway: THE LONG WATCH.