Title: Submarine commander :
Authors: Schratz, Paul R.,
Date: 1988
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky,
Physical description: xii, 322 pages , 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC classification: V
Abstract: The author shares his war experiences, his role in the Japanese surrender, and his participation in the setting of a world's record for longest submerged voyage.
Contents: The USS Wichita: naval war in the North Atlantic -- The USS Mackeral: the Gold Dolphin -- The USS Scorpion: tragedy in the Pacific -- The USS Sterlet: early command? -- The USS Astule: minesweeper? -- The demilitarization and occupation of Japan -- The sorry Sasori -- The USS Burrfish: fast and loose -- The USS Pickerel: dipsydoodling on government time -- War under the United Nations command
Notes: Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): Korean War, 1950-1953--Naval operations--Submarine.; Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal narratives, American.; Schratz, Paul R., 1915-; Schratz, Paul R., 1915-1993.; Submarine captains--United States--Biography.; United States. Navy--Biography.; United States. Navy--Officers--Biography.; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations--Submarine.; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.