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Book Synopsis War Patrols of the USS Cobia SS-245 by : Herbert L. Starmer
Download or read book War Patrols of the USS Cobia SS-245 written by Herbert L. Starmer and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the USS Cobia SS-245, one of the successful participants in the dynamic submarine fighting force that helped win World War II in the Pacific. Under the command of a seasoned and steady captain, the Cobia and her crew put up a distinguished fight, sinking thirteen enemy ships. Charging boldly into surface gun attacks, launching daring submerged torpedo attacks, enduring bombs and depth charges, and diving far below rated depth limits, the Cobia and her crew took the battle to the enemy. Now a memorial dedicated to submarine sailors the world over, the Cobia lies at rest in the waters of Lake Michigan at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum, her engines, equipment, and fighting power still intact after all these years.
Book Synopsis U.S.S. Wahoo (SS-238) by : J. T. McDaniel
Download or read book U.S.S. Wahoo (SS-238) written by J. T. McDaniel and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American fleet type submarine may well have been the single most effective naval weapon of World War II. While the submarine forces never made up more than 2% of the Navy, submarines sank more than half of all Japanese tonnage sunk during the war in the Pacific.One of the most successful boats, Wahoo was credited with sinking 20 enemy ships for a total of 60,038 tons. This volume contains the complete text of the official reports submitted by her two commanding officers, Marvin G. Kennedy and Dudley W. Morton.Also includes an Introduction, notes, and other additional material, including an article on the problems with the Mark 14 torpedo, which were to prove so frustrating for Wahoo during her sixth war patrol.
Download or read book War Patrols of the USS Flasher written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Inside view of the costly war conducted by America's 'silent service,' which sacrificed 52 submarines and most of their crews in the war's single-most effective campaign aganst the Japanese"--Dust jacket.
Download or read book Final Patrol written by Don Keith and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-10-03 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During World War II, the U.S. Navy's submarine service suffered the highest casualty percentage of all the American armed forces, losing one in five submariners. But despite the odds, these underwater warriors accounted for almost 60 percent of Japanese shipping losses, and were a major factor in winning the war. 16 U.S. submarines - and one German U-Boat - that saw action during WWII are now open to the public. Most have been restored and authentically equipped. Final Patrol takes a fascinating look at these subs and the personal stories of the brave sailors who lived, fought, and often died in them. Now, visitors can climb into these cramped steel cylinders, peer through their torpedo tubes, and imagine diving under the sea - perhaps for the last time - to stalk a fanatical enemy who threatened our nation's freedom.
Book Synopsis Save Our Souls: Rescues Made by U.S. Submarines During World War II by : Douglas E. Campbell
Download or read book Save Our Souls: Rescues Made by U.S. Submarines During World War II written by Douglas E. Campbell and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-04-02 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At last count, nearly 2,400 people can claim that their lives were saved by a U.S. submarine during World War II. Of that number, 523 Allied aviators could claim that distinction after crashing their aircraft into the sea and being saved by a submarine operating in the "Lifeguard League." The remaining number were a collection of other military and civilian personnel, each with a story to tell and now able to tell their grand-children. Some of those rescued went on to retire as senior military officers including U.S. Navy Admirals, some back to missionary work, some to manage large companies in later years, some to philanthropic endeavors to pay everyone back for saving their lives. Appendix A is an intensely-researched index of nearly 2,200 names of those saved.
Book Synopsis Dark is the Harbor by : Jeweldeen “Deen” Brown, RMCM (SS), USN Ret.
Download or read book Dark is the Harbor written by Jeweldeen “Deen” Brown, RMCM (SS), USN Ret. and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2024-05-18 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would motivate men to seek out what may have been the most dangerous branch of the service? By the end of the war over 3,500 submariners, over to 23 percent of the force, never returned from their missions; fifty-two World War II submarines are “still on patrol”. The enlisted men had even fewer benefits from this choice of military service. But they sought out a place on the boats out of desire to perform a meaningful, useful, military task in a front-line position where there was a very high likelihood that would not come back. Jeweldeen “Deen” Brown was one of these men that started out his career as a battleship sailor who became captivated by submarines after visiting the “S” boats stationed at San Diego as he waited for transport to Pearl Harbor and his first assignment onboard the battleship USS Nevada. When he arrived days after the Japanese attack one of his first sight was of the Nevada, decks awash, sunk in the harbor by Japanese torpedo bombers. Unable to report to his assigned duty station, Brown convinced a harried personnel officer to reassign him to the submarine base where his skills as a radioman were immediately put to use. From the Subase radio shack to submarine relief crew, then he eventually made it onboard the USS Trout (SS 202) where he served as one of the radiomen for eight war patrols. Brown’s first war patrol on the Trout was in support of the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo where two submarines provided weather and logistics information to the attacking fleet. After that the Trout participated in the Battle of Midway, numerous battles, and several special missions to Japanese occupied Philippines landing men and materials and rescuing escaped P.O.W.s. Brown was on scene for surface attacks against enemy coastal shipping and torpedo attacks against ships as large as aircraft carriers and as rare as an enemy submarine. His tales contain scenes of both hostile aggression against Japanese warships as well as exceptional humanity towards rescued Japanese shipwrecked sailors. He related these experiences with the energy, detail, and authenticity that only an on-scene observer could. Stephen Leal Jackson was privileged to work with Mr. Brown to edit, research, and source verify his stories. A skilled researcher, Jackson’s doctoral dissertation was on the characterization of African American sailors in submarine themed American films. A veteran of the United States Navy, Jackson spent eight years in the submarine force serving on the USS Los Angeles (SSN 688) and the USS Florida (SSBN 728). This shared experience along with Jackson’s training as an historical researcher facilitated understanding and explaining the enlisted man’s experiences in the World War II American submarine service.
Book Synopsis US Submarine Crewman 1941–45 by : Robert Hargis
Download or read book US Submarine Crewman 1941–45 written by Robert Hargis and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07-20 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes a close look at the "Dolphins" of the US Navy submarine force, it covers recruitment, training, service conditions and combat experiences, and discusses the effects of advances in torpedo technology on crew roles. The Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 battered the surface fleet, but the submarine force escaped unharmed. It was up to the "Silent Service" to spearhead the naval war against Japan, cutting her supply routes and neutralizing her naval threat. By August 1945, US Navy submarines had made 488 war patrols. The achievements of the "Silent Service" were not without consequence 3,500 American crewmen lost their lives.
Book Synopsis U.S.S. Cod (SS-224) by : J. T. McDaniel
Download or read book U.S.S. Cod (SS-224) written by J. T. McDaniel and published by Riverdale Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today tied up on the Cleveland, Ohio waterfront, U.S.S. Cod is the lowest numbered surviving World War II American fleet submarine. During the war, Cod made a total of seven war patrols, operating from Australia, Hawaii and Guam. This book contains the complete text of the war patrol reports submitted by her three wartime commanding officers, Commander James C. Dempsey, Commander James A. Adkins, and Lieutenant Commander Edwin M. Westbrook, Jr. Also included is an Introduction and notes by popular submarine novelist and historian J.T. McDaniel.
Book Synopsis World War II Submarine Doc by : Herbert L. Starmer
Download or read book World War II Submarine Doc written by Herbert L. Starmer and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-10-06 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this dramatic story of his 20 years in the Submarine Service, Herbert L. "Doc" Starmer describes submarine life in detail from the viewpoint of a Chief Pharmacist Mate. His was a position greatly respected by officers and crew alike as he alone took care of their medical needs under the most difficult of circumstances in battle, on the surface, and beneath the ocean. This is a story of dauntless submariners attacking and under attack and of the man they called "Doc" who tended the injured and wounded and prepared the dead for burial at sea.
Download or read book USS Pampanito written by Gregory F Michno and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2016-01-12 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most World War II submarine stories are glorifications of war written by submarine captains about their own boats. But the USS Pampanito was not a typical submarine. The sub and its crew caused plenty of destruction, but they found the pinnacle of their honor and fame in a dramatic sea rescue. Gregory F. Michno relates the experiences of the crewmen—both enlisted men and officers—who served on the USS Pampanito. The Pampanito story begins with the boat's construction in 1943, continues through its six combat missions, and concludes with its decommissioning after the war in 1945. The heart of the book is the September 12, 1944, attack on a Japanese convoy carrying English and Australian POWs from the Burma-Siam Railway (of Bridge on the River Kwai fame) to prison camps in Japan. The Pampanito helped sink two of the prison ships, unwittingly killing hundreds of Allied soldiers, but then returned to rescue the survivors. The crew picked a record seventy-three men from the sea.
Book Synopsis The USS Cobia at War by : Jerry Calenberg
Download or read book The USS Cobia at War written by Jerry Calenberg and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis U. S. S. Spadefish (SS-411) in World War II by : Val Scanlon
Download or read book U. S. S. Spadefish (SS-411) in World War II written by Val Scanlon and published by Merriam Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis World War II at Sea by : Myron J. Smith
Download or read book World War II at Sea written by Myron J. Smith and published by Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis U.S.S. Tang (SS-306) by : J. T. McDaniel
Download or read book U.S.S. Tang (SS-306) written by J. T. McDaniel and published by Riverdale Electronic Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During five war patrols under the command of Richard H. O'Kane, the Balao class fleet submarine U.S.S. Tang was credited with sinking a total of 31 Japanese ships, for a wartime total of 227,800 tons. The victim of a circular running torpedo during her fifth war patrol, only eight members of her crew, including O'Kane, survived to spend the rest of the war in Japanese captivity. This volume contains the complete text of Tang's five official war patrol reports. Also included is an Introduction, notes, and additional reference material.
Download or read book Fortunate Son written by Stephen Fredrick and published by Stephen Fredrick. This book was released on 2012-09-03 with total page 699 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dace Lamoureux was the epitome of a male heir and for whom the term fortunate son was certainly appropriate. He was the late-life child of Senator Allard and Elizabeth Lamoureux and the last chance at the continuation of an unbroken dynasty spanning more than two centuries of American history for the rich and powerful political family. On February 14, 1998, Dace turned twenty-one and thus became a man in the eyes of his father and the world. When Dace’s longtime girlfriend and soon-to-be fiance, Sarah Avidago, is killed in an automobile accident later that night, he learns quickly what it means to shoulder the responsibilities of being a Lamoureux man. Dace rebels, and together with lifelong friend Dave Saunders, embarks upon a journey that quickly becomes an exploration of life which tests the limits of friendship. In a Catholic Girl’s High School outside of New Orleans, best friends Ashley Monreale and Veronica Broussard begin a similar journey. The time is ten days before Mardi Gras, the conclusion of the yearly Carnival celebration and this year, the girls have a plan to attend the party. New Orleans Private Detective William Langdon and his wife, Sandy, take some time away to celebrate an interesting twist in their lives; traveling to South Padre Island - the scene of the crime, as William refers to it - for several days of rest and relaxation when William is hired for a simple case and finds himself swept into the growing maelstrom. What none of them realize is they have all been irrevocably set upon a collision course which will change each of their lives forever when a young girl is found raped and beaten on the banks of the Mississippi River in the city of New Orleans on the morning after Mardi Gras. It’s a case which will take William a decade to fully resolve, and a lifetime to forget.
Download or read book All Hands written by and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
