Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 7
Glossary 10
Introduction 13
Hollywood and American Submarines 18
Part 1 Prewar and Early war Stories (1941-1942)
1 Submarine School Cornelius R. Bartholomew 23
2 Sea Dragon's Prop Wash J. Killin 28
3 A Vanishing Day-dream Cornelius R. Bartholomew 30
4 Operational Readiness on December 7, 1941 Frank E. Perry 33
5 Rest and Recreation Frank Kimball 42
6 The First and Only Patrol of S-27 (SS-132) George J. Herold 48
7 S-37's Voyage Home Robert B. Lander 54
8 Bob Rose and Sargo's Australian Welcome Doug Rhymes 59
9 Escape by Submarine Lucy I. Wilson 63
10 The Doubtful Tale of the S-36 Alfred Sims 67
11 Rivets in the O-2 Stanley Lambkin 69
12 Aground on a Reef Frank Bowman 73
Part 2 Mid-War Stories (1943)
13 Pompon Evades Torpedoes Charles Foskett 79
14 Gun Boss Pay Edward Crawfoot 80
15 Loss of the USS Grenadier (SS-210) Robert W. Palmer 83
16 Midway, Our Refuge of 1943 Jack Quade 87
17 Loose Torpedo at Pearl Harbor James H. Allen 91
18 Second Patrol of the USS Bluefish (SS-222) Edwin J. Shepherd 93
19 S-48, My First Boat Churchill "Jim" Campbell 99
20 The Ryubo's Last Stand John M. Good 105
Part 3 Late War Stories (1944-1945)
21 Submarine on the Loose William Dreher 111
22 USS Ray's Great Conning Tower Flood Hal Moyer 112
23 Ambush on Borneo Ken Harrington 116
24 Pogy's Stowaway W. E. Battenfield 121
25 The Battle of the Philippine Sea Ernest J. Zellmer 125
26 Penny Picked Me Bill Gleason 132
27 Story of the USS Flier Second Patrol and Its Survivors Alvin E. Jacobson 137
28 Left on the Bridge John Paul Jones 163
29 Dying of the Emperor on Palau Norman R. Direy 167
30 Picking Up the Left-overs off Palauig Point R.C. Gillette 170
31 A Total Loss Farrell Stearns 174
32 The Sape Strait Shooting Incident of November, 1944 H. E. Miller 179
33 From the Perspective of an Aviator C. B. Smith 183
34 A Submarine Home Myron Alexander 187
35 My First War Patrol Joseph Corneau 191
36 Bucket Brigade Hank "Nate" Henderson 197
37 Three Submarines in Three Days Hughston F. Lowder 202
38 Bing is Missing Bill Gleason 213
39 Absence Without Leave, March 1945 Joe O'Rourke 217
40 From Kamikaze Attack to Typhoon K. F. Welty 222
41 The Sinking of Hatsutaka Worth Scanland 226
42 The Man Who Never Made a Mistake Jack Blumeberg 228
43 Gabilan's Aviator Robert Talbot 231
44 The Capture of I-401 Alex Leitch 236
45 From Perch to Prisoner B. R. Van Buskirk 239
46 The S-40 Leaves the Atomic Age George Stannard 247
Sources 251
Index 257