Submarine Diary - Hardcover

Mendenhall, Corwin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0945575343 ISBN 13: 9780945575344

Publisher: Algonquin Books, 1991

Synopsis

An ensign aboard an American submarine at the time of Pearl Harbor recounts his experiences and describes the difficulties, triumphs, and costs of submarine war

About this title

About the Author:

Corwin Guy Mendenhall Jr. earned three Silver Stars, a Bronze Star, a Navy Commendation and 13 battle stars during his 20 year Navy career. He rose to the rank of Rear Admiral and later worked as a manager for Texas Instruments before his death in 2006.

From Library Journal:

One of the most interesting memoirs of the American submarine campaign in the Pacific during World War II. Mendenhall was an ensign assigned to the fleet submarine USS Sculpin and stationed at Manila in the Philippines when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. This book is a diary of the seven war patrols he made aboard the Sculpin and the four patrols on the newer Pintado . Though armed with defective torpedoes, these boats were for a time the only U.S. naval force carrying an offensive war to the Japanese. Mendenhall provides a vivid and detailed account of life aboard these World War II subs. He describes attacks on enemy ships, retaliatory depth charging, and life in a small, cramped space with 70 men unable to bathe for 40 or more days. Through Mendenhall's diary, the reader can follow the course of the submarine war and glimpse the sailors' daily life. Highly rec ommended.
- George F. Scheck, Naval Underwater Systems Ctr. Lib., Newport
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Algonquin Books
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0945575343
• ISBN 13: 9780945575344
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 290