During the Pacific leg of World War II, the U.S. Navy struck an astounding blow to the Japanese-a defeat which would become one of the greatest David and Goliath stories in the history of warfare. Japan's Shinano was a mammoth 72,000-ton aircraft carrier, equipped with a huge arsenal of guns, and carrying some 4,000 men. Yet, a small U.S. submarine, the Archer-Fish, less than a thirtieth the size of Shinano and carrying just 82 men, managed to sink the gargantuan vessel into the embattled Pacific with just four strategically placed torpedoes. Here, vividly told by the Commander of the Archer-Fish, is the incredible true story of this crushing victory-and a fascinating account of heroism, history, and warfare.
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Earlier that Tuesday, November 28, 1944, at 1330 hours, the last lines had been slipped and Shinano and her trio of screening destroyers had maneuvered to leave the piers at Yokosuka Naval Shipyard. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fifth war patrol, bridge chart, destroyer officers, telephone talker, shaft alley, torpedo range, war patrols, conning tower, enemy carrier, big carrier, lifeguard station, periscope depth, other submarines, patrol report, chief quartermaster, enemy submarines Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Captain Abe, Ensign Yasuda, Captain Mikami, Navigator Nakamura, Ensign Shoda, Tokyo Bay, Lieutenant Andrews, Captain Nakamura, Inland Sea,
Earlier that Tuesday, November 28, 1944, at 1330 hours, the last lines had been slipped and Shinano and her trio of screening destroyers had maneuvered to leave the piers at Yokosuka Naval Shipyard. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fifth war patrol, bridge chart, destroyer officers, telephone talker, shaft alley, torpedo range, war patrols, conning tower, enemy carrier, big carrier, lifeguard station, periscope depth, other submarines, patrol report, chief quartermaster, enemy submarines Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Captain Abe, Ensign Yasuda, Captain Mikami, Navigator Nakamura, Ensign Shoda, Tokyo Bay, Lieutenant Andrews, Captain Nakamura, Inland Sea,