Description: GALLANT LADY: A BIOGRAPHY OF THE USS ARCHERFISHTHE TRUE STORY OF ONE OF HISTORY'SMOST FABLED SUBMARINESXBRAND NEW - HARDCOVER & DUST JACKET She looked like just about like the other diesel powered, Balao-class submarines crafted in the '40s. But there the similarity ends. Because the Archerfish--named for a fish that kills its victims with a lethal blast of water from below--won a unique, heroic place in military history and the memories of her crew members. Here is her story: from her assembly in New England, her dedication at the hand of Eleanor Roosevelt, her service in World War II, where she broke the back of the Japanese Navy and sank the largest ship ever sunk by a submarine, to the details of her critical role in the Cold War, crisscrossing the oceans for six years to foil Soviet naval intelligence. Here too, is the story of her officers and enlsited men, who waited years to serve on the Archerfish. In their own words, these men tell how, against all odds, they sent a Japanese aircraft carrier to the ocean floor, served in peacetime in the Navy's only all bachelor crew, steered their ship into exotic ports all over the world, welcomed B-girls, Japanese war veterans, royalty, Playboy bunnies and a goat aboard ship, with equal hospitality. As they helped their sub outlast fires and even an earthquake, they worked hard, played hard and lived even harder. FREE SHIPPING
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Keywords: Submarine warfare US Navy Pacific war Japan Japanese WWII
Book Title: GALLANT LADY: a Biography of the USS Archerfish
ISBN 10: 0765305682
Book Series: WWII US Naval History
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Original Language: English
Publisher: Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom&Co
Edition: First Edition
Subject: the true story of one of history's most fabled submarines
Publication Year: 2004
Type: Hardcover
Format: Hardcover - Dustjacket
Literary Movement: WWII Military History
Language: English
Era: 1941 - 1945
Author: DON Keith, Ken Henry
Features: Dust Jacket
Genre: History, Military, War & Combat, World War II
Topic: Military / Naval, Military / United States, Ships & Shipbuilding / Submarines
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Width: 6.4in.
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
