Surface and Destroy: The Submarine Gun War in the Pacific

Synopsis

World War II submariners rarely experienced anything as exhilarating or horrifying as the surface gun attack. Between the ocean floor and the rolling whitecaps, submarine crews patrolled a dark abyss of silence and shadows until their vessels punched through to the surface and the soaked sailors would scramble through the hatches to their guns and ammunition lockers.

In Surface and Destroy, Michael Sturma illuminates the nature of submarine warfare in the Pacific Ocean during World War II, investigating the challenges of facing the enemy on the surface and offering a compelling study of a method of warfare that made battles intolerably personal.