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MarkCt
05-01-12, 08:07 PM
About the same time that I DL'ed TMO, I started reading books on submarine warfare (one got me in the mood for the other). If anyone has any that they would like to share or recommend, please list them here. These are the ones I've read:

Wahoo, The story of Richard O'Kane

Crash Dive: True stories of submarine combat

The luck of the draw: The memoir of a WWII ubmarine

The Bravest Man: Richard O'Kane and the amazing adventures of the USS Tang.

I just finished Crash Dive and I'm in the market for another book.
donna52522
05-01-12, 09:13 PM
I read; The Bravest Man and the Amazing Submarine Adventures of the USS Tang a couple months ago.

Currently reading; Find'em, Chase'em, Sink'em The Mysterious Loss Of The WWII Submarine Gudgeon the 2012 revised edition.
sharkbit
05-01-12, 09:27 PM
"Clear the Bridge" by O'Kane

"Thunder Below" by Eugen Fluckey

My favorite US sub books are fiction, but very realistic. Written by Edward L. Beach who served on subs during WWII. They are:
"Run Silent, Run Deep"
"Dust on the Sea"
"Cold is the Sea"

They are a "trilogy". The first two are set in WWII, the third is set during the cold war.

Check out Beach's "Submarine" as well. True stories about US boats as well as his own experiences during the war on subs.

:)
Armistead
05-01-12, 10:26 PM
"Escape from the deep" is a good read, tells the story of Tang being sunk and how the crew escaped, only sub that had crew to escape sunk in about 150 ft of water.

"Shinano" Archerfish sinking same..
Sailor Steve
05-02-12, 08:51 AM
We have a whole forum just for this:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=94071
Daniel Prates
05-02-12, 09:31 AM
I'll add "depths of courage" which I read a few weeks ago.
WernherVonTrapp
05-02-12, 03:37 PM
I haven't had time to read anything lately. I read a lot of great books in the past 2 years. The last book I finished was "With The Old Breed On Peleliu and Okinawa" by Doctor Eugene Sledge.:yeah:
MKalafatas
05-02-12, 03:40 PM
I haven't had time to read anything lately. I read a lot of great books in the past 2 years. The last book I finished was "With The Old Breed On Peleliu and Okinawa" by Doctor Eugene Sledge.:yeah:

This book was required reading in my graduate history program.
pabbi
05-02-12, 04:42 PM
Wahoo (O'Kane)
Clear The Bridge (O'Kane)
U-Boat Commander (Gunter Prien)

and of course several other's.
MarkCt
05-02-12, 06:28 PM
Sorry about the wrong forum. I'm just so used to coming into this one.

Thanks to all for the good reading suggestions. Donna I think I'll check out Find'em, Chase'em, Sink'em next. I like true stories.