Ship of Gold

by Norman Polmar, Norman C. Polmar, Thomas B. Allen

Book Overview

This taut thriller provides the behind-the-scenes reality of the national security system at work --the CIA, the Oval Office, the Pentagon, and the National Security Council -- and is must-reading for fans of Tom Clancy and W.E.B. Griffin.

In 1945, the U.S. submarine Tigerfish mistakenly torpedoed and sunk a Japanese merchant ship. Reportedly carrying supplies to allied POWs, the ship had been given safe passage, but was actually a cunning...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591140722
• ISBN13: 9781591140726
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Great Read for the Beach

Wow-- this was such a great book for a guy. Treasure buried at sea, a brilliant (or is he crazy?) treasure hunter, high-tech gambles to find a ship lost a hundred years ago and bring it in, a story about someone betting it all, spending millions of dollars of other people's money on a dream and-- get this-- it worked. Then they had to deal with the court system. Who's gold is it? Check out the book-- a beautiful read for a week at the beach.

a perfect adventure fiction.

I'm a chinese translator.I want to know Mr Allen or Mr polmar's e-mail/telephone.I'm going to translate this novel to chinese.