The American fleet type submarine may well have been the single most effective naval weapon of World War II. While the submarine forces never made up more than 2% of the Navy, submarines sank more than half of all Japanese tonnage sunk during the war in the Pacific. One of the most successful boats, Wahoo was credited with sinking 20 enemy ships for a total of 60,038 tons. This volume contains the complete text of the official reports submitted by her two commanding officers, Marvin G. Kennedy and Dudley W. Morton. Also includes an Introduction, notes and additional material, including an article on the problems with the Mark 14 torpedo, which were to prove so frustrating for Wahoo during her sixth war patrol.
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By Eldon Curtis "Eldon" (New York) - See all my reviews
This review is from: American Submarine War Patrol Reports: U.S.S. Wahoo (SS-238) (Paperback)
This book has been out for a while and I haven't seen any others, so I hope the publisher is really following up on their stated intention to continue the series. I'm giving this book five stars for historical usefulness, rather than for literary style. The book is exactly what the title suggests, a lightly-edited reprint of U.S.S. Wahoo's official war patrol reports. You just can't expect great literature from official documents. While "Mush" Morton seems to have been a slightly better writer than Marvin Kennedy, it's still very official sounding, complete with tables of firing solutions, ammunition expenditures, fuel used, who had a boil lanced, and so forth.
The value in this book is as a source of first-hand history, particularly since actual copies of these reports are usually only available on microfilm. The editing seems to be limited to fixing spelling errors and adding the editor's best guess (clearly indicated) at obvious missing words. There are a few footnotes, and appendixes are provided to explain things like Navy time zone designations and ship types. I'll note that, if you're one of those guys who are looking for a lot of first-hand details on the Buyo Maru incident, you won't find it here, as the whole thing is just mentioned in passing. And, since Wahoo was lost on her final patrol, an excerpt from the Navy's official history of submarine losses is included in its place.
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U.S.S. Wahoo (SS-238) was laid down on 28 June 1941, at the Mare Island Navy Yard in Vallejo, California. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
torpedo depth setting, lighted sampans, commenced tracking, fourth war patrol, fifth war patrol, sixth war patrol, war patrol report, stern tube shot, starboard track, commenced approach, gyro angle, port track, submerged approach, torpedo performance, first war patrol, smoke bearing, sighted smoke, control cubicle, firing interval, surface patrol, torpedo run, second torpedo, first torpedo, one torpedo, sighted ship Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Pacific Fleet, Commanding Officer, The Commander Submarine Force, Pearl Harbor, San Francisco, Care of Fleet Post Office, Piaanu Pass, Type Attack, Japan Sea, None Damage Determined, Yellow Sea, Shantung Promontory, The Commander Submarine Squadron Ten, Tottori Maru, Yetorofu Straits, Arrived Pearl, Kone Saki, Nitu Maru, None Ship, Seiwa Maru, Sept Long, Sept Truk, Cape Henpan, Nanka Maru, Number Damaged New!
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U.S.S. Wahoo (SS-238) was laid down on 28 June 1941, at the Mare Island Navy Yard in Vallejo, California. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
torpedo depth setting, lighted sampans, commenced tracking, fourth war patrol, fifth war patrol, sixth war patrol, war patrol report, stern tube shot, starboard track, commenced approach, gyro angle, port track, submerged approach, torpedo performance, first war patrol, smoke bearing, sighted smoke, control cubicle, firing interval, surface patrol, torpedo run, second torpedo, first torpedo, one torpedo, sighted ship Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Pacific Fleet, Commanding Officer, The Commander Submarine Force, Pearl Harbor, San Francisco, Care of Fleet Post Office, Piaanu Pass, Type Attack, Japan Sea, None Damage Determined, Yellow Sea, Shantung Promontory, The Commander Submarine Squadron Ten, Tottori Maru, Yetorofu Straits, Arrived Pearl, Kone Saki, Nitu Maru, None Ship, Seiwa Maru, Sept Long, Sept Truk, Cape Henpan, Nanka Maru, Number Damaged New!
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- Pearl Harbor by A.J. Barker on page 1
- The United States (International Library of Politics and Comparative Government) by Alan Ware in Back Matter
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