Escape from the Deep: A Legendary Submarine and Her Courageous Crew
by: Alex Kershaw
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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 “iron coffin” 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 “Torture Farm.” 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.
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Rating: - could not put it down
a story of courage and survival that proves that truth isstanger than fiction.these men were true patriots.the author was able to bring them and their plight alive and real for the reader.
Rating: - Gripping
This is not a book made great by the writing. Rather, this book is great because the author didn't get in the way of this epic story. No US submarine sunk more enemy tonnage than the Tang and whether any US sub sunk as many enemy ships is debatable. Dick O'Kane, the Tang's skipper, literally jumps out of the pages as America's foremost sub warrior. Anyone uncertain about what it means to be aggressive, go into harm's way and do all one can to serve one's country will find answers in this book.
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- Great story, good book!
This is a very good book that tells a great story.It is engrossing and draws the reader in from the beginning by painting a compelling portrait of the USS Tang in general and of the U.S. Submarine service specifically.They are portrayed as the miracle workers of their age.
Still the book comes up short in several areas.We don't learn as much about the Tang's patrols before the final patrol.If we learned more about the other patrol the book would have been much more compelling. ... Read More
Rating: - An inspiring story....
As the son of a career sailor who served on submarines (USS Baya, SS-318, USS Menhaden, SS-377, and USS Segundo, SS-398) from the late 40's until his retirement in 1963, some of my earliest memories are of going to work with him and eating ice cream in the galley when the sub was in port.I also attended several dependents day cruises on the Menhaden and loved and respected the crew.
With that background when I saw Escape from the Deep by Alex Kershaw and realized what the book was about ... Read More
Rating: - Masterful Writing
This an unbelievably well-written book that keeps you on the edge of your seat, and I couldn't help wondering what I would have done if I were thrust into a similar circumstance. Calling these guys the Greatest Generation is uttering an understatement.
- could not put it downa story of courage and survival that proves that truth isstanger than fiction.these men were true patriots.the author was able to bring them and their plight alive and real for the reader.
- GrippingThis is not a book made great by the writing. Rather, this book is great because the author didn't get in the way of this epic story. No US submarine sunk more enemy tonnage than the Tang and whether any US sub sunk as many enemy ships is debatable. Dick O'Kane, the Tang's skipper, literally jumps out of the pages as America's foremost sub warrior. Anyone uncertain about what it means to be aggressive, go into harm's way and do all one can to serve one's country will find answers in this book.
- Great story, good book! This is a very good book that tells a great story.It is engrossing and draws the reader in from the beginning by painting a compelling portrait of the USS Tang in general and of the U.S. Submarine service specifically.They are portrayed as the miracle workers of their age.
Still the book comes up short in several areas.We don't learn as much about the Tang's patrols before the final patrol.If we learned more about the other patrol the book would have been much more compelling. ... Read More
- An inspiring story....As the son of a career sailor who served on submarines (USS Baya, SS-318, USS Menhaden, SS-377, and USS Segundo, SS-398) from the late 40's until his retirement in 1963, some of my earliest memories are of going to work with him and eating ice cream in the galley when the sub was in port.I also attended several dependents day cruises on the Menhaden and loved and respected the crew.
With that background when I saw Escape from the Deep by Alex Kershaw and realized what the book was about ... Read More
- Masterful WritingThis an unbelievably well-written book that keeps you on the edge of your seat, and I couldn't help wondering what I would have done if I were thrust into a similar circumstance. Calling these guys the Greatest Generation is uttering an understatement.
