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Product: Combat Patrol by Clay Blair (1-Mar-1979) Paperback
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Product: Sink 'Em All: Submarine Warfare in the Pacific
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‘This is a book of substantial importance. Here is an account of U.S. Navy submarine operations in the Pacific by the flag officer responsible for their direction throughout the war. It is that sort of book-written by a prime authority who holds strong opinions and is not afraid to air them; whose treatment is always suggestive and strikes sparks in every chapter.’ – The Naval Review

Sink ’Em All, was originally published in 1951 by Vice Admiral Charles A. Lockwood, the U.S. Navy commander of the Pacific submarine fleet during World War II.

Lockwood, in his leadership role, knew the skippers and crews of the submarines, and retells their wartime successes and tragedies with an intimacy and realism often missing in second-hand accounts.

Lockwood also recounts his efforts to improve the provisions and after-patrol accomodations of the submariners, and of his on-going struggle to improve the effectiveness of torpedoes and other tools vital to the war effort.

'It is a balanced and surprisingly objective account adequately supported by statistics and containing some interesting conclusions.' The Naval Review

Charles Andrews Lockwood (May 6, 1890 – June 7, 1967) was a vice-admiral and flag officer of the United States Navy. He is known in submarine history as the commander of Submarine Force Pacific Fleet during World War II. He devised tactics for the effective use of submarines, making the members and elements of "silent service" key players in the Pacific victory.

Product: Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan, Vol. 1
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:From the rear cover of this 524 page book, Commander Edward L. Beach, U.S.N. (Ret.) writes: "'Silent Victory' is an extraordinary book. The depth of Clay Blair's research is nothing short of fantastic. He has found sources I never knew existed, developed facts and sequences I never heard of, and related even familiar events in fresh ways. Most importantly, [this book] does not shy away from full and complete treatment of the controversial aspects of our submarine campaign; our lousy torpedoes, the discrepancy between claimed and confirmed sinkings, the professional disputations between force commanders. It there is anything left out, I certainly do not know what it is, for this book gives the whole scene, the good and the bad, the heroes and the failures, the eager and the reluctant. And it tells a lot about the subs themselves, their development from our original Submarine Number One, U.S.S Holland, to the magnificent boats with which we fought the war. Without doubt or caveat, 'Silent Victory' is the definitive submarine history, up to the emergence of nuclear power. There will never be a rival book. No one but Clay Blair could have done this job this well, and I take my hat off to him."