Pigboat 39: An American Sub Goes to War

by Bobette Gugliotta and Guy F. Gugliotta

Book Overview

" 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813115248
• ISBN13: 9780813115245
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.