Full Description
Never-before-published, firsthand accounts of under-sea action presented with a summary of torpedo tactics illustrate how a submarine's crew can hit a target trying to avoid being hit. Legendary figures in American submarine history come to life in actual logs of undersea warfare, and in accounts of sailors who were in the van of torpedo tactics development.
The technology is explained in detail, showing how American subs have been so successful in their hundred-year history. Outlandish gags and pranks of submarine skippers are included, showing just how brazen this elite group of super-competent sailors could be.
The reader travels through World War II and the Cold War as submarines and torpedoes enter the nuclear age. The book is filled with diagrams and illustrations.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1. The Torpedo Is Born
2. First World War Fire Control Techniques
3. Between the Wars
4. An Analysis of the Fire Control Problem
5. The Second World War
6. The Era of the GUPPY
7. From Tang to Nautilus
8. A Most Unusual Torpedo
9. Skipjack, the Convergence of Nautilus and Albacore
10. The Sturgeon-Class Submarine
11. The Los Angeles-Class Submarine
12. The Ballistic Missile Submarine
13. The Seawolf and Virginia Submarines
14. The Future of American Submarines
Appendix A—A Glossary of Submarine Fire Control Terminology
Appendix B—A Evolution of Submarine Torpedo Fire Control Equipment
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
