It is interesting because one of the ballast tanks was modified for fuel to make the transit. Very enjoyable reading. He does touch on the heat a bit and what to wear(or not to wear). Ration fresh water. You will find his account of getting sunk by one of his own surface skimmers during a night transit. He was never the same when patrolling at night after that incident. I can not say as I blame him. I would say anymore and ruin it for you.
Great link! Thx.
I checked on the S classes in the link. In the book I believe it was an engineman who made a short poem citing all the S classes the went down. You will read it. Neat poem, sad subject.
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