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Strike of the Sailfish : two sister submarines and the sinking of a Japanese aircraft carrier / Stephen L. Moore.

by Moore, Stephen L., author.

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[New York] : Caliber, [2023]

Sailfish (Submarine)

Sculpin (Submarine)

Chūyō (Aircraft carrier)

World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Ocean -- Naval operations.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.

9780593472873 (hardcover) :

059347287X (hardcover)

x, 365 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white illustration, map ; 24 cm

Prologue. Sculpin on the warpath -- Running from targets -- "A clean slate" -- "They have us" -- Battle surface! -- "A living hell" -- "Chance of a lifetime" -- Carrier passage to Japan -- First strike -- Chuyo in peril -- Third strike of the Sailfish -- Carrier down -- Sailfish on the prowl -- Prisoners of war -- Wolf pack -- The mines of Ashio -- Lifeguard league -- The last nine months -- Epilogue. Acknowledgments -- Appendix A: Roster of USS Sculpin (SS-191) for ninth war patrol -- Appendix B: Muster roll of USS Sailfish (SS-192) for patrols 10 to 12 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

"A gripping true-life thriller about the first US submarine to sink a Japanese aircraft carrier-and the sub's tragic twist of fate"--

In 1939 off the New England coast, the submarine USS Squalus accidentally sinks to the bottom of the sea during a training exercise, killing half her crew. Coming to the rescue is the USS Sculpin, in many ways the Squalus's twin. As their oxygen supply dwindles, the remaining crew aboard the Squalus are saved in a time-consuming, white-knuckle operation. Eventually the sunken submarine is raised, repaired, and returned to duty, with a new name: the Sailfish. Four years later, on patrol during the darkest days of the Pacific War, the Sailfish's radarman picks up the tell-tale signs of a Japanese convoy, known by U.S. intelligence to include aircraft carriers, the most formidable of all enemy ships. Never before has an American submarine taken down a carrier--much less in the middle of a typhoon. Immediately, the crewmen swing into action, embarking on a deadly game of cat-and-mouse as this once-dead boat evades enemy cruisers to stalk closer and closer to their prized target. Little do they know that aboard the Japanese carrier are survivors of an attack on the USS Sculpin, the very boat that saved the Squalus-turned-Sailfish back in '39.

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