CT-Rich
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Just finished listening to this on CD. Really interesting history of the USS Tang, the top US Submarine in the Pacific in WWII. On her last patrol she sank five Japanese ships in a single engagement in the Formosa Straight before being hit with her own circle running Torpedo.
The book tells the tale of her last cruise, her sinking and the escape and survival of crew members through the end of the war. The tale is notable for her sinking being the only successful use of an escape trunk from a sunken sub in combat. It was particularly interesting how they described the escape and what the men were taught and believed about escaping from a sunken vessel during training. Very limited faith in the gear and they faced many pressure related problems once the sub landed on the bottom.
A good read and interesting history, especially if you have heard John Chatterton's theory that U-Who was killed by a circle running torpedo.
The book tells the tale of her last cruise, her sinking and the escape and survival of crew members through the end of the war. The tale is notable for her sinking being the only successful use of an escape trunk from a sunken sub in combat. It was particularly interesting how they described the escape and what the men were taught and believed about escaping from a sunken vessel during training. Very limited faith in the gear and they faced many pressure related problems once the sub landed on the bottom.
A good read and interesting history, especially if you have heard John Chatterton's theory that U-Who was killed by a circle running torpedo.