Research Catalog

Title

Fatal dive : solving the World War II mystery of the USS Grunion / Peter F. Stevens.

Author

Stevens, Peter F.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Regnery Publishing, c2012.

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Details

Description

xiv, 256 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

Examines one of the enigmas of WWII, the fate of the submarine USS Grunion that vanished without a trace in 1942 carrying a crew of 70 men and the Navy's new top-secret MK 14 torpedoes.

Alternative Title

Solving the World War II mystery of the USS Grunion

Subject

• Grunion (Submarine)
• World War, 1939-1945 > Submarine
• World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, American
• Underwater exploration > Kiska Island Region
• Kiska Island Region (Alaska) > Antiquities

Note

• "Regnery history."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-248) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The crew of the USS Grunion -- "We've got a target" -- An unconventional course -- The submariner -- "Into the thick of things" -- Battle stations -- The enemy awaiting them -- A mysterious message -- "As we waited for the end" -- "Missing and presumed lost" -- Making do with less -- A chart, a clue, and a chance meeting -- Logistics of a long shot -- "We haven't seen the worst of it yet" -- "That looks like a sub" -- "Don't let your desire for this to be the right target fool you" -- By land, sea, and air -- "There she is" -- From bow to stern -- "The wanted to be found" -- There one moment, gone the next.

ISBN

• 9781596987678 (hbk.)
• 1596987677 (hbk.)

LCCN

^^2012011559

OCLC

698332802

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library