Escape from the Deep: The Epic Story of a Legendary Submarine and her Courageous Crew
of Alex Kershaw (Goodreads Author)
Description
By October, 1944, the U.S. Navy submarine Tang was legendary-she had sunk more enemy ships, rescued more downed airmen, and pulled off more daring surface attacks than any other Allied submarine in the Pacific. And then, on her fifth patrol, tragedy struck-the Tang was hit by one of her own faulty torpedoes. The survivors of the explosion struggled to stay alive in their submerged âiron coffinâ one hundred-eighty feet beneath the surface. While the Japanese dropped deadly depth charges, just nine of the original eighty-man crew survived a harrowing ascent through the escape hatch. But a far greater ordeal was coming. After being picked up by a Japanese patrol vessel, they were sent to a secret Japanese interrogation camp known as the âTorture Farm.â They were close to death when finally liberated in August, 1945, but they had revealed nothing to the Japanese-not even the greatest secret of World War II.With the same heart-pounding narrative drive that made The Bedford Boys and The Longest Winter national bestsellers, Alex Kershaw brings to life this incredible story of survival and endurance.
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- Format Hardcover
- Pages 270 pages
- Publisher Da Capo Press
- Publication Date April 29th 2008
- First Publication 01/01/08
- Language English
- ISBN 9780306815195
- Edition Not informed
- Category Non-Fiction
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