"Escape from the Deep: The Epic Story of a Legendary Submarine and Her Crew"
By Alex Kershaw
"Escape from the Deep" is a chronicle of extraordinary World War II heroism of the crew of the U.S.S. Tang, "the deadliest submarine operating in the Pacific," in this spellbinding saga. A torpedo malfunction caused the ships own torpedo to boomarang back on itself, killing half the crew and sinking the sub. The nine survivors of the 87 man crew were picked up by a Japanese patrol boat and taken to a POW camp, tortured and starved. Relying on interviews with survivors and oral histories, this book delivers a memorable tale of uncommon courage.