War Beneath the Waves
A True Story of Courage and Leadership Aboard a World War II Submarine
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2.0 • 1 Rating
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Publisher Description
From the national bestselling author of Final Patrol comes a gripping story of heroism under the sea.
In November 1943, while on war patrol in the Makassar Strait, the USS Billfish submarine was spotted by the Japanese, who launched a vicious depth charge attack. Explosions wracked the sub for fifteen straight hours. With his senior officers incapacitated, diving officer Charlie Rush boldly assumed command and led key members of the crew in a heroic effort to keep their ship intact as they tried to escape.
Now, in War Beneath the Waves, this intense story is finally told in all its harrowing detail. It is an inspiring tale of one man's leadership and courage under fire, and of the remarkable efforts of a submarine crew to do their duty and save their ship.
Customer Reviews
Go to the library
This book is not worth buying in my opinion. Go to the library.
If you are looking for a first person action packed submarine story like I was then this is certainly not it.
There are some good parts, approximately 30 pages that describe the depth charge attack.
But that's pretty much it.
The rest is a lot of chatter about other minor events, and navy stuff and submarine stats and such.
I didn't like this book really. I skim read the last quarter.
Also the book depicts the captain of the billfish as a total coward and idiot, but this "true" story didn't come out until 60 years later after the captain was already dead. Coward or not the guy was serving our country and risking his life in the name of freedom. Shame on this author for writing a book bashing the captain's character after he is dead and cant defend himself.