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Clear the Bridge!: War Patrols of the U.S.S. "Tang"

History

Richard H. O'Kane

Military

Macdonald & J

"Clear the Bridge" was written in 1977 by then Rear Admiral O'Kane, using the expanded patrol reports, sailing lists, and detailed award recommendations preserved by her Executive Officer. Between August 1943 when she was commissioned and her loss in fall 1944, Tang completed four missions and was on her fifth in the Formosa Strait, single-handedly demolishing a convey. During this time, Tang had one captain: Commander Richard Hetherington O'Kane. Together, Tang, her crew of 86 men, and her Captain sank more tonnage and more enemy ships than any other submarine on active patrol. This book tells the story of each of Tang's missions, the boat, and the men who sailed on her.

Clear the Bridge! The War Patrols of the U.S.S. Tang

Rand-McNally

Wahoo: The Patrols of America's Most Famous World War II Submarine

The career of the USS Wahoo in sinking Japanese ships in the farthest reaches of the Empire is legendary in submarine circles. Christened three months after Pearl Harbor, Wahoo was commanded by the astonishing Dudley W. “Mush” Morton, whose originality and daring new techniques led to results unprecedented in naval history; among them, successful “down the throat” barrage against an attacking Japanese destroyer, voracious surface-running gun attacks, and the sinking of a four-ship convoy in one day. Wahoo took the war to Japan’s front porch, and Morton became known as the Navy’s most aggressive and successful sea raider. Now, in a new quality paperback edition, her full story is told by the person most qualified to tell it—her executive officer Richard O’Kane, who went on to become the leading submarine captain of the Second World War. Praise for Wahoo “The accounts of the patrols are spine-tingling, both in triumph and tragedy. It is a tale of great courage, brilliant leadership, and daring innovation in a new type of submarine warfare fought largely on the surface in waters closely controlled by the enemy. Well-written, a gripping story for anybody with a love of the sea or adventure in submarine combat.”—Naval War College Review “This is an exceptional story of American men who rose to the occasion time and again under dangerous circumstance.” —Abilene Reporter News “A first-hand—and first-rate—narrative, told by the former executive officer of this legendary WWII submarine, which gives readers an intimate feel for life aboard the ‘boats’ that helped beat the odds in the battles of the Pacific and put Japan on the defensive.”—Sea Power “Like Clear the Bridge!, [Richard] O’Kane’s bestselling account of the Tang’s 33 confirmed sinkings, [Wahoo] is a rousing, authentic war adventure that could well become a classic of its type, crack[ling] with the tensions, boredom, and occasional exhilaration of submarine life under the Pacific, O’Kane is a superb storyteller, and his credentials are impeccable.”—Springfield Sunday Republic

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

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The War Patrols of the U.S.S. Tang

Clear the Bridge!: The War Patrols of the U.S.S. Tang

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Clear the Bridge!: War Patrols of the U.S.S. "Tang"

Clear the Bridge! The War Patrols of the U.S.S. Tang

Wahoo: The Patrols of America's Most Famous World War II Submarine

Clear the Bridge!: The War Patrols of the U.S.S. Tang