Undersea Warrior: The World War II Story of "Mush" Morton and the USS Wahoo
The remarkable true story of Dudley “Mush” Morton, the most admired—and feared—submarine commander of World War II
 
Mush Morton was a warrior without peer. At the helm of the USS Wahoo he completely changed the way the submarines fought in the Pacific War. He would relentlessly attack the Japanese at every opportunity, burning through his supply of torpedoes in record time on every patrol. Over the course of only nine months and five patrols, Morton racked up an astounding list of achievements, including being the first American skipper to wipe out an entire enemy convoy single-handedly.
 
Here, for the first time, is the life and legend of a heroic submarine commander who fought the war on his own terms, and changed the course of the undersea war in the Pacific.
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Undersea Warrior: The World War II Story of "Mush" Morton and the USS Wahoo
The remarkable true story of Dudley “Mush” Morton, the most admired—and feared—submarine commander of World War II
 
Mush Morton was a warrior without peer. At the helm of the USS Wahoo he completely changed the way the submarines fought in the Pacific War. He would relentlessly attack the Japanese at every opportunity, burning through his supply of torpedoes in record time on every patrol. Over the course of only nine months and five patrols, Morton racked up an astounding list of achievements, including being the first American skipper to wipe out an entire enemy convoy single-handedly.
 
Here, for the first time, is the life and legend of a heroic submarine commander who fought the war on his own terms, and changed the course of the undersea war in the Pacific.
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Undersea Warrior: The World War II Story of "Mush" Morton and the USS Wahoo

by Don Keith
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Undersea Warrior: The World War II Story of "Mush" Morton and the USS Wahoo

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The remarkable true story of Dudley “Mush” Morton, the most admired—and feared—submarine commander of World War II
 
Mush Morton was a warrior without peer. At the helm of the USS Wahoo he completely changed the way the submarines fought in the Pacific War. He would relentlessly attack the Japanese at every opportunity, burning through his supply of torpedoes in record time on every patrol. Over the course of only nine months and five patrols, Morton racked up an astounding list of achievements, including being the first American skipper to wipe out an entire enemy convoy single-handedly.
 
Here, for the first time, is the life and legend of a heroic submarine commander who fought the war on his own terms, and changed the course of the undersea war in the Pacific.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780451238108
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/06/2012
Pages: 352
Product dimensions: 5.80(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Don Keith is the award-winning author of Only the BraveWar Beneath the Waves, The Ship That Wouldn’t Die, Undersea Warrior, In the Course of Duty, The Ice Diaries, and other nonfiction works on American naval hero'sm. He is also the coauthor, with George Wallace, of the submarine thrillers Final Bearing and Firing Point.

Table of Contents

Preface 1

Introduction 5

Chapter 1 Pinky and Mush 13

Chapter 2 A Mind of His Own 18

Chapter 3 Ice Cream and Sailor Suits 28

Chapter 4 The New Fleet Boat 45

Chapter 5 Ingredients in the Stew 52

Chapter 6 The Ineffective Fleet 63

Chapter 7 Opportunities to Attack 71

Chapter 8 Wahoo's Fiasco 86

Chapter 9 "If the Skipper Wakes Up …" 99

Chapter 10 Reciprocal! 108

Chapter 11 The Wrong Ball 118

Chapter 12 Relieved 128

Chapter 13 Pinups and "Sonza Bitches" 136

Chapter 14 The Definition of "Reconnaissance" 147

Chapter 15 Like Ants Off a Hot Plate 161

Chapter 16 "New Epic of Submarine Warfare" 174

Chapter 17 Clean Sweep 184

Chapter 18 The Smoky Maru 192

Chapter 19 One-boat Wolf Pack 204

Chapter 20 Sucker Punch 216

Chapter 21 The Thud of a Dud 224

Chapter 22 Errol Flynn and Cary Grant 236

Chapter 23 Damn the Torpedoes 246

Chapter 24 "He Wants Wahoo the Worst" 254

Chapter 25 On Eternal Patrol 263

Epilogue 277

Authors Notes 291

Appendix 297

Index 313

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Praise for Don Keith's works of Military History

“Riveting….[Keith] writes in an engaging you-are-there style calculated to bring the reader to the edge of his seat.”—Mobile Press-Register “Keith will inform and please both the rank newcomer to the subject and the well-read expert.”—Booklist

“Breathes life into the heroic submarine’s Pacific saga…gripping.”—John Wukovits, Author of American Commando and Eisenhower

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