Название: Thunder Below!: The USS Barb Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II
Автор: Eugene B. Fluckey
Издательство: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252019253
Год: 2014
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 468
Для сайта: litgu.ru
Размер: 11,4 МБ
Язык: Английский
The thunderous roar of exploding depth charges was a familiar and comforting sound to the crew members of the USS Barb, who frequently found themselves somewhere between enemy fire and Davy Jones's locker.
Under the leadership of her fearless skipper, Captain Gene Fluckey, the Barb sank the greatest tonnage of any American sub in World War II. At the same time, the Barb did far more than merely sink ships-she changed forever the way submarines stalk and kill their prey.
This is a gripping adventure chock-full of "you-are-there" moments. Fluckey has drawn on logs, reports, letters, interviews, and a recently discovered illegal diary kept by one of his torpedomen. And in a fascinating twist, he uses archival documents from the Japanese Navy to give its version of events.