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Submarine Commander: A Story Of World War II And Korea

Paul R. Schratz

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Description:In early 1943 the submarine USS Scorpion, with Paul R. Schratz as torpedo officer, slipped into the shallow waters east of Tokyo, laid a minefield, and made successful torpedo attacks on merchant shipping. In a fierce battle with a heavily armed patrol vessel, Schratz's executive officer and best friend, Reggie Raymond, was killed. On the Scorpion's next patrol, a torpedo salvo dedicated to Raymond sent two more freighters to the bottom in a near pertect attack.Here is a fascinating personal memoir of underwater combat in World War II, told by a man who played a major role in those dangerous operations. In the next two years Schratz participated in many more patrols in heavily mined Japanese waters as executive officer of the Sterlet and the Atule, sinking eight more ships and rescuing seven air force and navy aviators shot down off Okinawa. At wars end he participated in the Japanese surrender, aided the release of American POWs, and had a key role in the disarming of enemy suicide submarines. He then took command of the revolutionary new Japanese submarine I-205 and returned it to Pearl Harbor.But this was far from the end of Schratz's submarine career. In 1949 he commissioned the ultramodern USS Pickerel, the most deadly submarine then afloat, and set a world's record in a 21-day, 5,200-mile submerged passage from Hong Kong to Honolulu.With the outbreak of the Korean War, the Pickerel was immediately sent to Korea to participate in secret intellgence operations only recently declassified and never before revealed in print.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Submarine Commander: A Story Of World War II And Korea. To get started finding Submarine Commander: A Story Of World War II And Korea, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: In early 1943 the submarine USS Scorpion, with Paul R. Schratz as torpedo officer, slipped into the shallow waters east of Tokyo, laid a minefield, and made successful torpedo attacks on merchant shipping. In a fierce battle with a heavily armed patrol vessel, Schratz's executive officer and best friend, Reggie Raymond, was killed. On the Scorpion's next patrol, a torpedo salvo dedicated to Raymond sent two more freighters to the bottom in a near pertect attack.Here is a fascinating personal memoir of underwater combat in World War II, told by a man who played a major role in those dangerous operations. In the next two years Schratz participated in many more patrols in heavily mined Japanese waters as executive officer of the Sterlet and the Atule, sinking eight more ships and rescuing seven air force and navy aviators shot down off Okinawa. At wars end he participated in the Japanese surrender, aided the release of American POWs, and had a key role in the disarming of enemy suicide submarines. He then took command of the revolutionary new Japanese submarine I-205 and returned it to Pearl Harbor.But this was far from the end of Schratz's submarine career. In 1949 he commissioned the ultramodern USS Pickerel, the most deadly submarine then afloat, and set a world's record in a 21-day, 5,200-mile submerged passage from Hong Kong to Honolulu.With the outbreak of the Korean War, the Pickerel was immediately sent to Korea to participate in secret intellgence operations only recently declassified and never before revealed in print.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Submarine Commander: A Story Of World War II And Korea. To get started finding Submarine Commander: A Story Of World War II And Korea, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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