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ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 0000
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani
Oblast: Vojna istorija
U dobrom stanju
Bobette Gugliotta
University Press of Kentucky, 1984
Hardcover, 224 pages
Description
`Japan has started hostilities, govern yourselves accordingly. That is the message at 03:30 on December 8, 1941, found the submarine S-39--a veteran of 16 years on the China station--anchored in the Philippine harbor of Masbate. Pigboat 39 is the gripping story of this venerable submarine and the courage, skill, and suffering of her officers and men. Working together in the tight and perilous confines of the old sub, fighting with her primitive equipment, they manage to sink two enemy ships, then to elude the onrushing Japanese and slip through the Sunda Strait to a temporary haven in Australia, before sailing to further action in the Solomon Islands.`
Contents
Mabuhay! -- The very far east -- Last times -- War games -- First blood -- The vagabonds -- Dutch treat -- Retreat with honor -- A hard act to follow -- Sailor rest your oar.
Constructed in 1923, the American submarine S39 was practically an antique when the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor. With defective torpedoes, a semi-trained crew, and a primitive ventilation system (hence the nickname), she nevertheless sank two enemy vessels and eluded pursuit to fight again in the Solomons. This is the little-known story of how an unprepared navy fought with what it had until the tide could be turned. Bobette Gugliotta was one of the S-39 wives. With the technical assistance of her husband, Guy, an officer who served on three of the S-class boats during the war, she presents an accurate and absorbing account of submarine operations and warfare. No less valuable is her candid and sympathetic portrayal of the men and women whose lives were caught up in the voyage of the S-39.
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