Pigboat 39-Pa (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813109855)

" Constructed in 1923, the American submarine S39 was practically an antique when the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor. With defective torpedoes, a semi-trained crew, and a primitive ventilation system (hence the nickname), she nevertheless sank two enemy vessels and eluded pursuit to fight again in the Solomons. This is the little-known story of how an unprepared navy fought with what it had until the tide could be turned. Bobette Gugliotta was one of the S-39 wives. With the technical assistance o

Author: Bobette Gugliotta
ISBN-10: 081310985X
ISBN-13: 9780813109855
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 02/24/2000
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 9.05h x 6.01w x 0.63d