Subchaser in the South Pacific: A Saga of the USS SC-761 During World War II

by J. Henry Doscher Jr.

Book Overview

The SC-671 fought in the bloody campaign to capture the Guadalcanal and sailed repeatedly up and down the deadly Ironbottom Sound chasing submarines, rescuing downed airmen and aiding... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596873329
• ISBN13: 9781596873322
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: iBooks
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

A Welcome Reissue

I am delighted to see that ibooks has released Capt. Henry Doscher's Subchaser in the South Pacific in paperback format - a dozen years after it was published in hardcover. Otherwise available only as an expensive collector's item, this edition will allow a new generation of readers to benefit from Doscher's absorbing descriptions of his wartime experiences in the Pacific Theater. About twice the size of the more famous PT boats, popularized in movies and television shows, the all-wood, lightly-armed subchasers patrolled the Solomon Islands waters searching for enemy submarines, which they attacked with depth charges. Twenty-seven crew and three officers manned the subchasers, sleeping and eating aboard. Doscher's subchaser SC-761 participated in two dramatic rescue missions in which coastwatchers and their support staff were spirited from behind enemy lines. Escorting convoys to Guadalcanal, New Georgia, Rendova and Vella Lavella Islands was another duty. Part of the so-called Splinter Fleet, subchasers under the command of men like Capt. Doscher went in harm's way to defeat a determined enemy. Subchaser in the South Pacific is a fitting memorial to their bravery and sacrifice.