Harvey Shadle Haislip was a retired naval officer who authored a number
of U. S. Navy sea adventure stories. He was born on 12 July, 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 13 January, 1917, Haislip was one of 429 crewmen rescued after the
cruiser Milwaukee ran ashore near Eureka, California. At the time of
the accident, the Milwaukee 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 works would include "Thunder Afloat" (with
Ralph Wheelwright 1939) "The Long
Watch" (play 1952), "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).