United States and Allied Submarine Successes in the Pacific and Far East During World War II, 4th ed.

✍ Scribed by John D. Alden, Craig R. Mcdonald

• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 377
• Edition: 3
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Here is a comprehensive accounting of all United States and allied submarine attacks on the Japanese for which success was claimed or occurred. The expanded coverage focuses on successes by U.S. and British and Dutch submarines in the Pacific and Indian oceans, Soviet submarines, and losses caused by mines laid by submarines. The book also includes details from top-secret "Ultra" messages decoded during the war and recently translated documents that provide correct Japanese ship names, ship type and tonnage, convoy names, human loss numbers and other attack details, as well as a military evaluation of each attack.

✦ Table of Contents

Acknowledgments......Page 8
Table of Contents......Page 10
Foreword......Page 12
Preface......Page 14
A Detailed Explanation of the Data......Page 16
Chronological Listing of U.S. and Allied Submarine Attacks......Page 38
Soviet Suabmarine Attacks in the Pacific, August 1945......Page 347
Appendix......Page 348
Attack Number Index by Submarine Name......Page 360
Attack Number Index by Japanese Vessel Name......Page 366