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Where's the rest of book recommendations?

 
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kschang



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 2:38 pm    Post subject: Where's the rest of book recommendations? Reply with quote

I only see one for WW2 Battle of Atlantic


Here's a few additions out of that area

WW2, non-fiction

"The Terrible Hours" by Peter Maas, detailing the rescue of USS Squalus, from when the sub went down all the way to the raising of the sub, including details on Mr. Mumsen (yes, the guy who invented the Mumsen Lung, the escape device) and his diving bell (i.e. McCann rescue bell), the only sub rescue device in existence.



WW2, fiction, Asian Theater

"Final Harbor" and "Silent Sea", both by Harry Homewood. Probably long out of print, it's about 2 fictional subs, USS Mako and USS Eeelfish, both are the "fleet boats" of US Navy chasing down Japanese convoys, and do all the other things that a sub would do, including checking on outposts, contacting guerillas, and watch fellow subs sink to crush depth... Semi-historically based, this guy knows his WW2 subs


modern, fiction, USN

"Silent Hunter" and "Boomer!" by Charles D. Taylor, probably long out of print. Silent Hunter is about a US supersub, and the Russian plan to stop it by mobbing it with a wolfpack. The under-ice combat was very interesting. Boomer is more of a spy/sub novel... What if one of the commanders of our SSNs is actually a Soviet deep cover agent? What if he convinced his crew that the Soviets have boomers equipped with noise-maskers that made them sound exactly like US Ohio-class boomers, and they are now sitting outside the US waters ready to launch?


modern, fiction, Soviet Navy

Typhoon, by Mark Joseph (not the more recent novel of the same name by Robin White, though that's a good book too) Admiral Stefan Zenko is a sailor's sailor, even in the Russian navy. The crew loved him, and his superiors hated him for being so popular. When he was ordered to join a power grab to force the Russian president to resign, by threatening to use the ICBMs onboard, he went with his conscience... And became the most hunted man in the Arctic. An American 688 is in the area observing the strange happenings... But who is friend, and who is foe? Told mostly from the Russian perspective, it's an interesting read.


near-future, fiction, USN

Joe Buff's series, which includes "Deep Sound Channel", "Thunder in the Deep", "Crush Depth", and possibly more, is about a bleak near future. A resurgent Germany, supplied with nukes and nuclear Material from South Africa, secretly built ceramic hulled U-boats for deep water ops, and when the time was right, started WW3. The U-boats, armed with nuclear torpedoes, destroyed almost all attempts by the US to reinforce the allies in Europe, and many have already sued for peace. South Afirca had a resurgence of Apartheid and is conquering the African continent and researching super weapons including a mach 8 supercruise missile among other things. The only hope of the allies... USS Challenger, commanded by Captain Jeff Fuller, an ex-SEAL. Challenger is ceramic-hulled and armed with nuclear torpedoes. Fuller must lead a team to destroy the secret Axis research lab with the next generation of biological warfare... AND survive the attack of the axis sub Voortrekker commanded by the German sub ace Capt Jan der Horst.
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2019



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 3:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My suggestion would be.
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modern, fiction

KILO CLASS
by: Patrick Robinson

very well written and thrilling.
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TLAM Strike



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 4:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

WWII Non Fiction:
Submarine! By Edward L. Beach
Thunder Below! by Eugene Flucky
Clear the Bridge! By Dick O’Kane
Torpedo Junction by Homer Hickam

Cold War Non Fiction:
October Fury by Peter Huchthausen
Hostile Waters by Peter Huchthausen, Igor Kurdin, R. Alan White
Blind Man’s Bluff by Sontag and Drew
Big Red by Douglas C. Waller
The Silent War by John Pina Craven
Spy Sub: by Roger C. Dunham

Fiction
Dangers Hour by James Francis
Pride Runs Deep by R. Cameron Cooke
Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy
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kschang



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 2:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

2019 wrote:
My suggestion would be.
modern, fiction

KILO CLASS by: Patrick Robinson

very well written and thrilling.


Hmmm... I've read it, and while it's interesting, personally it doesn't match some of the older efforts by Charles D. Taylor. And it's only peripherally linked to submarine action. Heck, it doesn't even compare to some of those dime-a-dozen Richard P. Hendriicks novels that's almost written by a formula. For SEAL team use, CDT was way ahead of him.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 8:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://print.google.com/print?ie=UTF-8&q=Submarine&btnG=Search

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 6:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just finished Dangerous Ground by Larry Bond........ Thumbs Up Thumbs Up Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 7:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

"Kilo Class"? One word: bah! Yep
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 1:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lrankine wrote:
Just finished Dangerous Ground by Larry Bond........ Thumbs Up Thumbs Up Thumbs Up


What? A new novel from Larry Bond.If so it is must read.
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