Admiral Christie and the MK 14

max-peck · 07-11-17, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

I've owned Silent Victory since 2010 and haven't read it or even looked to see if it's autographed! THAT's dereliction of duty....

OMG RR

Read it NOW or I will throw you overboard

max-peck · 07-11-17, 04:59 PM

cj95 · 07-15-17, 03:39 PM

I appreciate the replies.

I am ashamed it has taken me to this year to read it as well. It literally has an account of almost every single torpedo fired by every single sub in the Pacific war.

To some that may be dry statistics, but Blair's writing style makes the whole thing exciting and frustrating as you feel the anguish the poor skippers had with their crappy torpedoes.

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s7rikeback · 07-15-17, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by max-peck

OMG RR

Read it NOW or I will throw you overboard

Just ordered from Amazon Uk.

cj95 · 07-16-17, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by s7rikeback

Just ordered from Amazon Uk.

Be aware there are two volumes.

Don't be an idiot like me and order two copies of Volume 2

cdrsubron7 · 07-16-17, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by cj95

Be aware there are two volumes.

Don't be an idiot like me and order two copies of Volume 2

Just for the sake of conversation Silent Victory does come in one complete volume. Link is below.

Silent Victory

clayton · 07-16-17, 04:39 PM

When I was a kid, I was a WW2 nut.
Spent many a day in the library reading books, while the other kids played outside.
One day I saw this thick book with a cool submarine picture on the cover.

Never looked back since.

cj95 · 07-16-17, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by clayton

When I was a kid, I was a WW2 nut.
Spent many a day in the library reading books, while the other kids played outside.
One day I saw this thick book with a cool submarine picture on the cover.

Never looked back since.

Very eerily similar story to my own.

I was a huge Sci Fi fan as a kid (still am) and spent most of my days browsing the library's separated Sci fi section of books.

One day while looking at a shelf, for whatever reason I turned around to see what was behind me...the general fiction section.

There I also saw a book with a cool submarine on the cover.....it was HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER.

I also never looked back.

Shawshank237 · 07-17-17, 12:13 PM

I have both the two volume hardcovers and the trade paperback with both volumes.

I also have Theodore Roscoe's United States Submarine Operations in WWII in hardcover and the paperback version titled Pig Boats. I picked the hardcover up at a used book store and inside the front cover is:

W.E. Dodd
U.S.S. Greenfish (SS 351)

And a the next page is inscribed:

To Val Dodd
on his 13th Birthday!
When you are old enough I hope you can begine where I will leave off.
Your Brother
Pete
January 4th 1957

Rockin Robbins · 07-16-17, 04:39 PM

Mine is all one volume.

07-11-17, 04:59 PM	#2
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07-15-17, 03:39 PM	#3
cj95 Lieutenant Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 258 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 0	I appreciate the replies. I am ashamed it has taken me to this year to read it as well. It literally has an account of almost every single torpedo fired by every single sub in the Pacific war. To some that may be dry statistics, but Blair's writing style makes the whole thing exciting and frustrating as you feel the anguish the poor skippers had with their crappy torpedoes. . __________________ . >> USS TEXAS BB-35 Restoration CrewMember <<

07-16-17, 04:39 PM	#7
clayton Samurai Navy Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: At your mom's house... Posts: 571 Downloads: 218 Uploads: 0	When I was a kid, I was a WW2 nut. Spent many a day in the library reading books, while the other kids played outside. One day I saw this thick book with a cool submarine picture on the cover. Never looked back since. __________________ Active member of the 'Church of SH4'

07-17-17, 12:13 PM	#9
Shawshank237 Swabbie Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 7 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I have both the two volume hardcovers and the trade paperback with both volumes. I also have Theodore Roscoe's United States Submarine Operations in WWII in hardcover and the paperback version titled Pig Boats. I picked the hardcover up at a used book store and inside the front cover is: W.E. Dodd U.S.S. Greenfish (SS 351) And a the next page is inscribed: To Val Dodd on his 13th Birthday! When you are old enough I hope you can begine where I will leave off. Your Brother Pete January 4th 1957 __________________ *Get busy livin' or get busy dyin'.*

07-16-17, 04:39 PM	#10
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Mine is all one volume. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

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