PIGBOAT 39: AN AMERICAN SUB GOES TO WAR

Author: Bobette Gugliotta

Publisher: Univ. Press of Kentucky

Year published: 1984

Pagination: 224pp illustrations

Condition: very good in d/w

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As Japan commenced hostilities on the United States, submarine S-39 was anchored in the Philipine harbor of Masabate. Although she was 16 years old, her crew managed to sink two enemy ships during their tour of duty then slip through the Sunda Strait to a temporary haven in Australia before sailing to further action in the Solomon Islands. The author has used navy records, letters, journals and interviews from the crew and their families to create a picture of American service life before and during World War II.