Death at a distance : the loss of the legendary USS Harder / Michael Sturma.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sturma, Michael, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

World War, 1939-1945.

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

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean.

Harder (Submarine).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Only seven U.S. submariners earned the Medal of Honor in World War II. Sam Dealey, the USS Harder's commander, was one of them. His honor was awarded posthumously after the entire crew was lost off Bataan during a depth-charge attack in August 1944 by a Japanese convoy. The Harder's fighting spirit is legendary, and its record of sinking a total of eighteen enemy ships (with a tonnage in excess of 55,000) made Dealey one of the top five submarine skippers in the war. During a single patrol his crew sank five enemy destroyers in five short-range torpedo attacks - an unprecedented feat. In addit

Contents:

Table of Contents; List of Maps ; Acknowledgments; Prologue: Presumed Lost; 1. Retreating Asiatic Fleet; 2. Construction ; 3. Sam Dealey ; 4. Unfriendly Fire; 5. Mush ; 6. Pearl ; 7. Lifeguard Duty ; 8. Ralph Christie; 9. Fremantle ; 10. Python ; 11. Special Mission ; 12. Departure ; 13. Exmouth Gulf ; 14. Attack on the Minatsuki ; 15. Attack on the Hayanami ; 16. The Pickup ; 17. Attack on the Tanikaze ; 18. Reconnaissance ; 19. Battle of the Philippine Sea ; 20. Darwin ; 21. Admiral on Board ; 22. More Commandos for Submarines ; 23. Apotheosis ; 24. Wolf Pack ; 25. Last Attack

26. Medal of Honor 27. War's End ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-237) and index.

ISBN:

1-61251-432-4

OCLC:

853362687