View Full Version : OT: What submarine books are everyone reading to get in the mood for SH4?
nvdrifter
03-05-07, 12:03 PM
I am currently reading the massive and extremely detailed book titled Silent Victory by Clay Blair. I highly recommend it. What submarine books is everyone else reading to get in the mood for SH4?
Barkhorn1x
03-05-07, 12:23 PM
I am currently reading the massive and extremely detailed book titled Silent Victory by Clay Blair. I highly recommend it. What submarine books is everyone else reading to get in the mood for SH4?
I'm on page 150 myself. Excellent stuff.:up: :up:
I am currently reading the massive and extremely detailed book titled Silent Victory by Clay Blair. I highly recommend it. What submarine books is everyone else reading to get in the mood for SH4?
Same. Jim Calvert's Silent Running as well.
TDK1044
03-05-07, 12:38 PM
An interesting little book called "How to differentiate between the various released versions of Silent Hunter 4 and confirm which version you have"
It comes with the Captain Birdseye edition of the game.
tedhealy
03-05-07, 01:14 PM
I started with Red Scorpion by Sasgen, then read Submarine! by Edward Beach, and I finished Silent Running by Calvert a week or two ago.
I'll probably get Clear the Bridge or Thunder Below next.
flintlock
03-05-07, 02:20 PM
Thoroughly enjoying Mike Ostlund's Find 'Em, Chase 'Em, Sink 'Em.
(Thanks for the recommendation, Donner).
Chief of the Boat
03-05-07, 03:04 PM
I just finished "War in the Boats"... Captain Ruhe, USN (Ret.)... It was very good. Lots of detail about life in the boat and attack strategy and problems from the view of subs operating out of Brisbane, Australia, 1943. I didn't just pick it for SH4... I read a lot of War History and Naval History...the lion's share from the library, as this one was.
COB
Iron Budokan
03-05-07, 03:13 PM
Philosophy in the Bedroom by Marquis de Sade.
Well, you asked.
Captain Krunch
03-05-07, 03:13 PM
I just completed "Pigboat 39" (Which you S-Boat fans would enjoy reading), and have just started "In the Course of Duty: The Heroic Mission of the USS Batfish".
cdrsubron7
03-05-07, 03:24 PM
I'm in the middle of reading Wolfpack by Steven T Smith (http://www.submarinebooks.com/Wolfpack.htm). I've learned a few things that I never knew before about the "Silent Service" in the Pacific. I've keep "Silent Victory" by Clay Blair on my desk, I use it for reference all the time. :yep:
cdrsubron7 :up: ;)
FAdmiral
03-05-07, 03:38 PM
I've been playing "War in the Pacific" by 2by3 Games distributed by
Matrixgames.com My AI sub commanders will fire 6 torps at an enemy
freighter or tanker & MISS with ALL 6. I wish you could tie these two
games together so I could control the sub myself. I KNOW I could do
better than those AI nitwit sub commanders....
JIM
jafergon
03-05-07, 03:41 PM
"Submarine!", a classic by Edward L. Beach. Great reading.
Thoroughly enjoying Mike Ostlund's Find 'Em, Chase 'Em, Sink 'Em.
(Thanks for the recommendation, Donner).
You're welcome! :D
I am finishing up George Grider's memoir, War Fish. I have a few re-reads planned...namely Maru Killer: The War Patrols of USS Seahorse by my friend Dave Bouslog and I am anxious to get back to one I finished a couple of weeks ago, Spadefish: On Patrol with a Top Scoring World War 2 Submarine by Stephen L. Moore. Truly a brilliant book. :up:
AirborneTD
03-05-07, 06:06 PM
Of course I'll always recommend Blair's Silent Victory for the entire picture-excellent read.
I've just started reading Red Scorpion which is a great single boat account (of the Rasher). Thanks to the Subsim forum for recommending this.
shoot-kill-win
03-05-07, 06:16 PM
I have been reading the history of the USS BATFISH which includes all war patrols and I have been reading many other subs war patrols.
Sailor Steve
03-05-07, 06:18 PM
An interesting little book called "How to differentiate between the various released versions of Silent Hunter 4 and confirm which version you have"
It comes with the Captain Birdseye edition of the game.
How many versions are there...or do they swear you to secrecy?
"Submarine"
Ned Beach.........He is the submariner's submariner!
UBootMann
03-05-07, 07:07 PM
"War Fish" by George Grider. Personal account by the son of a WWI fighter pilot who's memoirs were published after his death in combat over the western front. Grider served with Dick O'Kane and Mush Morton among others and his last command was the Flasher which finished the war with the high tonnage score of all US subs. A good memoir of the submarine war along with Blair's Silent Service, I usually read 'em back-to-back for the full immersion experience... er pardon the pun.
Grey Wolf, Grey Sea... its the Atlantic but hey, I read what I can get my hands on quickest and this was sitting on my desk gathering dust for 2 weeks now.
SurfnSea
03-05-07, 07:34 PM
Terry Pratchett novels. Recently finished Thud! finishing Sourcery with Men at Arms next. No mention of submarines however; but I'm still looking.
Come to think of it Cohen the Barbarian would make a great U-Boat capitan.
Bungo_Pete
03-05-07, 08:02 PM
The idiots guide to getting laid.
Nightmare
03-05-07, 08:02 PM
Found a used, hard back copy of "Wahoo" by Richard O'Kane over the weekend. Wish I had found it last summer before I read "Clear the Bridge."
im reading a whole bunch of books, i jkust finished Wahho by RH Okane
b1bmsgt
03-06-07, 08:54 PM
If I may, I would recommend "Thunder Below" by Adm. Eugene Fluckey. (I have an autographed copy myself :up:) This is the story of his five war patrols in command of the U.S.S Barb, SS-220, during which he became the highest scoring skipper in terms of confirmed tonnage sunk, ahead of O'Kane in this respect,
For some reason, Adm. Fluckey seems to get overlooked when they make documentaries on the SIlent Service, but they always talk about O'Kane. The thing that strikes me is the fact that O'Kane indeed became the top skipper of the war, but only after numerous successful war patrols with Morton. Fluckey served on S boats and then went on one unsuccessful PCO patrol before taking command of Barb. Even so, in his five patrols in command he came very close to becoming the overall top skipper, as well as earning the Medal of Honor. Plus, he brought his boat home in one piece. He said that, even though he had a MOH, he was most proud of the medal that no one on Barb ever won... the Purple Heart.
Read the book.
NOW!! ;)
Russ
NEON DEON
03-07-07, 03:11 AM
If I may, I would recommend "Thunder Below" by Adm. Eugene Fluckey. (I have an autographed copy myself :up:) This is the story of his five war patrols in command of the U.S.S Barb, SS-220, during which he became the highest scoring skipper in terms of confirmed tonnage sunk, ahead of O'Kane in this respect,
For some reason, Adm. Fluckey seems to get overlooked when they make documentaries on the SIlent Service, but they always talk about O'Kane. The thing that strikes me is the fact that O'Kane indeed became the top skipper of the war, but only after numerous successful war patrols with Morton. Fluckey served on S boats and then went on one unsuccessful PCO patrol before taking command of Barb. Even so, in his five patrols in command he came very close to becoming the overall top skipper, as well as earning the Medal of Honor. Plus, he brought his boat home in one piece. He said that, even though he had a MOH, he was most proud of the medal that no one on Barb ever won... the Purple Heart.
Read the book.
NOW!! ;)
Russ
I am reading it now.
I am up to chapter seven and so far, fluckey has fired a three torpedo spread at everything except one time when he was low on torpedoes and fired two from the stern. This guy was aggressive as hell and tried hard to stay on the surface whenever possible.
Crosseye76
03-07-07, 03:39 AM
"Thunder Below !" is a great read. And "Silent Victory" has a permanent place on my desk.
Seth8530
03-07-07, 06:47 AM
Ive done read it earlier this year. but "run silent run deep" was good1.
Capt. D
03-07-07, 08:30 AM
Ive done read it earlier this year. but "run silent run deep" was good1.
His sequal to Run Silent Run Deep - Dust on the Sea is also very good. In addition he wrote a third book with the same characters Cold is the Sea.
Another writer Harry Homewood who made 11 patrols in the South Pacific wrote two books which were very good also - Final Harbor and it's sequal Silent Sea.
On a slightly differrent track has anyone read the book "The Terrible Hours" by Peter Maas? It's about the sinking and recovery of 33 crew members of the Squalus in 1939. Very good reading and if I remember correctly was on the Histroy Channel awhile ago.
Happy Hunting :ping:
b1bmsgt
03-07-07, 10:18 AM
WOW!!! I'm no longer a Bilge Rat!! :rock:
Life is good....
Russ
WOW!!! I'm no longer a Bilge Rat!! :rock:
Life is good....
Russ
Someday son, although judging by the fact you are USAF retired I could be your son. :D Always good to see new people.
Buggins
03-07-07, 02:10 PM
I've just picked up Run Silent, Run Deep. It's a cliche sure, but I've never read it and the review here on subsim suggested it was worth a read.
Snowman999
03-07-07, 10:31 PM
I've just picked up Run Silent, Run Deep. It's a cliche sure, but I've never read it and the review here on subsim suggested it was worth a read.
How can it be a cliche when it was the first?
The romance is pretty chaste and era-typical, but the navy portions are rich and well-written. From the shock of Dec. 7 (in old Blinks-a-Wink) to the final confrontation it covers an amazing amount of ground.
The movie version is not nearly as good and not true to the book at all, but my crew loved to watch it since we had a cook named Russo. Every time the scene with the trash-dumping came on he got popcorn thrown at his head . . .
Sgian Dubh
03-07-07, 11:04 PM
"Take Her Deep" by Admiral I.J. Galantin, U.S.N. (RET.)
The story of the U.S.S. Halibut from August 12, 1943 to November 14, 1944. Sank 13 enemy vessels, including a 10,000 ton CC.
I'm re-reading it to get back in the spirit of things. According to the date on the title-page, I purchased this when I got in to SH1. Brings back the memories.....
I wanted to recommend the American version of "Ghostboat"...
Starts out current and takes you back in time to WWII. The premse is a GATO Class is found surfaced in the PAcific and totally abandoned, funny thing is that the boat is fueled, clean and operational with weapons, WWII era food in the lockers and freezers aboard, charts, documents, working radio, etc. But there's no crew to be fond nor are there any bodies...
A ex officer who was removed from the boat prior to it's last mission is called upon to help solve the mystery. Navy agree's to man the boat and rerun the last mission... well from there on it's very interesting...
Good read and a lot of interesting historical background etc...
Take her down... Fast.......... Flood negative....
:arrgh!:
Zero Niner
03-07-07, 11:46 PM
I've just finished "Red Scorpion" by Peter Sasgen, about the construction & commissioning of the USS Rasher (SS-249) and her subsequent eight war patrols.
The last 2 patrols under a new skipper was a washout so far as enemy tonnage sunk was concerned. She was assigned a LOT of lifeguard duties, and enemy shipping was practically non-existent.
Next up is "The Bravest Man", about Dick O'Kane and the USS Tang, by William Tuohy.
Tigrone
03-08-07, 01:53 AM
By the old man, Lockwood, himself. And this is not just because there are some several pictures of the rescue of my dad and his crew in the book. It is quite a good book by the way. Admiral Lockwood's other book, Sink'em All, is pretty good too.
http://www.submarinebooks.com/ZoomiesSubs1.jpg
Silent Victory by Clay Blair of course and Japanese Destroyer Captain by Tameichi Hara. It's nice to know Japanese point of view.
Torplexed
03-08-07, 03:56 AM
This one. Against the Odds. An earlier history of the submarine war than Clay Blair's Silent Victory...but it goes into Japanese submarine operations as well.
http://www.eskimo.com/%7Esnowfall/Against-the-odds.gif
AirborneTD
03-08-07, 05:50 AM
On a slightly differrent track has anyone read the book "The Terrible Hours" by Peter Maas? It's about the sinking and recovery of 33 crew members of the Squalus in 1939. Very good reading and if I remember correctly was on the Histroy Channel awhile ago.
Happy Hunting :ping:
This is a very good book. I'd recommend it.
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