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In the course of duty : the heroic mission of the USS Batfish

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Call Number

940.5451 K283 (OSH)

Publication Information

New York : NAL Caliber, [2005]

Physical Description

326, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Summary

Recounts the seventy-two-hour sea battle between the USS Batfish and a Japanese submarine in the final days of World War II.

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

Introduction : a bean field in Muskogee
1. The nature of a man
2. Different reasons
one job
3. A submarine on pikes peak
4. Through the prowling grounds
5. Not died in vain
6. Midway on the scope
7. Christmas with "Tokyo rose"
8. "A screwball idea"
9. The whites of their eyes
10. Errors in judgment
11. An actual World War II submarine
12. Crush depth
13. First target
14. A second chance
15. Hot run!
16. Wrong sub?
17. What makes them tick
18. Gateway to the underworld
19. The textbook shot
20. An orphan submarine
21. In the course of duty
22. Teamwork and headwork
23. Out to pasture
Epilogue : reunion.

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