Escape from the deep : the epic story of a legendary submarine and her courageous crew
2008
Book
Details the history of the U.S. Navy submarine Tang in the Pacific theater of World War II, the explosion that led to its sinking, the ordeal of its surviving crew members and their capture by the Japanese, followed by months of brutal captivity.
Item Details
ISBN: 9780306815195
Description: xi, 270 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-253) and index.
LCCN: 2008298762
Control Number: 160812
Publisher: Philadelphia, PA : Da Capo Press, [2008]Subjects:
- Prisoners of war -- Japan.
- Prisoners of war -- United States.
- Tang (Submarine : SS-306)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Ocean.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, American.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.