War in the Boats: My WWII Submarine Battles

[Onkel Neal]

New book review by RedOctober1984 :up:
http://www.subsim.com/books/416ER6NNTRL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
Captain William J. Ruhe describes life on a US Fleet Boat very vividly in his book. He kept a journal during his time on Fleet Boats during World War II. This book is based off of the journal he kept while he was on the S-37, USS Seadragon, and USS Crevalle.

Read the full review here. (http://www.subsim.com/books/War_boats.htm)

Good job, Red :salute:

[Cybermat47]

Damn good review RedOctober! :up:

[Red October1984]

Really? I had wondered if it wasn't good enough. I had never written a review before this one.

Neal, it feels pretty darn awesome to see my writing on the subsim front page. :D

Thanks for the opportunity and i'd gladly do it again if you asked.

[Gerald]

@Red Good read,:sunny:

[Kapt Z]

I agree. Great read.

Ruhe had some refreshingly frank opinions of the boats he served on and the men he served with and under.

[TorpX]

Coincidently, I just started reading this. It's great so far.

Don't anybody tell me how it ends. :arrgh!:

[Cybermat47]

Don't anybody tell me how it ends. :arrgh!:


The Finns nuke Washington :sunny:

EDIT: Using a stolen Irish warhead.

[Red October1984]

The Finns nuke Washington :sunny:

EDIT: Using a stolen Irish warhead.

Dang Cybermat. Why you gotta ruin it?

:shifty:

[Sailor Steve]

Dang Cybermat. Why you gotta ruin it?

:shifty:
Because he can.

But look at the bright side: he didn't say what happened to the girl. :sunny:

[TorpX]

Thank-you for not spoiling the surprise about the girl. :)

I have a question that has been bothering me. After finishing the first chapter where Ruhe states at the end:

Sometime later S-37's sinking of a ship off Rabaul was confirmed by Japanese intelligence.
I take this to mean intelligence was provided by codebreaking of Japanese radio communications. I happened to have read Silent Victory recently and noted that Blair has patrol listings for the boats giving both "wartime credit" and "JANAC credit". I was naturally curious as to whether S-37 got the JANAC Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval. It happens, it did not. Um...OK. The thing is, it did not get wartime credit either (at least according to Blair).

I should note here also, in the 2nd chapter, two torpedos were fired at what was thought to be a cruiser, and hits were heard, but they had to dive and evade. Later, they cruised through the area and detected a large oil slick and chunks of wood. He never states that this was a "confirmed" sinking, though Adm. Christie considered this patrol "successful". Blair's book gives no credit for any sinking on this patrol either.

In light of these differences, I wondering how seriously Blair's figures or JANAC's figures should be taken. Does anybody have any thoughts on this?

[Red October1984]

Thank-you for not spoiling the surprise about the girl. :)

I have a question that has been bothering me. After finishing the first chapter where Ruhe states at the end:


I take this to mean intelligence was provided by codebreaking of Japanese radio communications. I happened to have read Silent Victory recently and noted that Blair has patrol listings for the boats giving both "wartime credit" and "JANAC credit". I was naturally curious as to whether S-37 got the JANAC Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval. It happens, it did not. Um...OK. The thing is, it did not get wartime credit either (at least according to Blair).

I should note here also, in the 2nd chapter, two torpedos were fired at what was thought to be a cruiser, and hits were heard, but they had to dive and evade. Later, they cruised through the area and detected a large oil slick and chunks of wood. He never states that this was a "confirmed" sinking, though Adm. Christie considered this patrol "successful". Blair's book gives no credit for any sinking on this patrol either.

In light of these differences, I wondering how seriously Blair's figures or JANAC's figures should be taken. Does anybody have any thoughts on this?





That's interesting. I have yet to read Silent Victory. I'm gonna pull it off my shelf and find where it talks about the S-37....

[Onkel Neal]

The Finns nuke Washington :sunny:

EDIT: Using a stolen Irish warhead.

Again?? :D

[Red October1984]

Again?? :D

IT WAS ALL DOWLY'S FAULT! :D

Darn that Kerbal Space Program that he's working on. He used it to nuke washington.

:har: