First-person account by the Tang ‘s skipper (later a Japanese POW) is a classic. It reads like a damning critique of everything that was wrong with the USSR.Ĭlear the Bridge! The War Patrols of the USS Tang by Richard O’Kane. A British journalist’s account of the lingering legacy of Soviet bureaucratic incompetence that caused the sinking of the Russian submarine and stymied an international rescue effort. His U-boat crews claimed that having Knight’s Cross winner, “Ali” Cremer as their captain was “the best life insurance policy” in the world, since the U-boat ace was well-known for bringing his crews home alive from their increasingly dangerous Atlantic patrols.Ī Time to Die: The Untold Story of the Kursk Tragedy by Robert Moore. U-boat Commander: A Periscope View of the Battle of the Atlantic by Peter Cremer. The best-selling author who started the “hi-tech thriller” craze, Clancy’s novel is a suspenseful, action-packed submarine adventure loosely based upon the real-life attempted defection of a Russian officer who seized control of a Soviet destroyer. If your library has room for only one book on submarine warfare, make it this one! Turning his own wartime experience aboard U-96 as a correspondent into a compelling novel, Buchheim’s outstanding book is the basis for the best submarine film ever made. A whopping 1,000 pages on the American undersea effort that doomed Japan’s chances to win the war, Blair’s account is a “must read.”ĭas Boot by Lothar-Guenther Buchheim. Silent Victory: The US Submarine War Against Japan by Clay Blair, Jr. This novel, the basis for the outstanding Clark Gable-Burt Lancaster film, is an outstanding examination of the physical and psychological challenges of submarine warfare. Prolific author – and real-life submariner – Beach has written dozens of books on naval history. Book listing is alphabetical by author’s last name. Several of these books became excellent films (see DVD Library, March 2007 ACG, Vol. Our Editors pick the best novels and non-fiction books on underwater warfare.
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