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 . . .

"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.....

Recommendation for "Ghostboat"
 

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!:

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.

Zoomies, Subs and Zeros
 

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.

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Silent Victory by Clay Blair of course and Japanese Destroyer Captain by Tameichi Hara. It's nice to know Japanese point of view.

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.

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This is a very good book. I'd recommend it.