Steel Shark in the Pacific: USS Pampanito SS-383

by Walter W. Jaffee

Powerful. Formidable. Sinister. The World War II fleet submarine was a near perfect blend of design, form, and function. This is the story of the USS Pampanito (SS-383): enemy attacks, crash-dives, depth charges, missed targets, kills -- and a daring rescue. Part of a U.S. Navy wolf pack that sank a Japanese convoy, she returned later and discovered thousands of Allied prisoners of war abandoned by their captors to die. At great risk, Pampanito's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1889901164
• ISBN13: 9781889901169
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Glencannon Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.8" x 9.7"