Binding: Hardcover
Description: In 1939 off the New England coast the submarine USS Squalus is accidentally sunk during a training exercise killing half her crew. Coming to the rescue is the USS Sculpin in many ways the Squalus's twin. The remaining crew aboard the Squalus are saved in a lengthy white - knuckle operation and eventually the sunken submarine is raised repaired and returned to duty with a new name: the Sailfish. Four years later on patrol during the darkest days of the Pacific War the Sailfish's radarman picks up the tell - tale signs of a Japanese aircraft carrier the greatest of all enemy ships. Never before has an American submarine taken down a carrier. Immediately the crewmen swing into action embarking on a deadly game of cat - and - mouse as this once - dead boat evades enemy cruisers to stalk closer and closer to their prized target. Little do they know that aboard the Japanese carrier are the sole survivors of an attack on the USS Sculpin the very boat that saved the Squalis - turned - Sailfish back in '39. Author Stephen L. Moore takes readers inside the nine - hour duel narrating the action aboard both the Sailfish and the doomed carrier as the American PO Ws fight against all odds to save their own lives before the ship goes down. Strike of the Sailfish is the nail - biting story of this strange chapter of naval history tapping into a wealth of new information including long - lost survivors accounts.
Title: Strike Of The Sailfish Two Sister Submarines And The Sinking Of A Japanese Aircraft Carrier
Author(s): Moore Stephen L.
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
Barcode: 9780593472873
Pages: 384 Pages
Publication Date: 12/5/2023
Category: History