Submarine Battles and Undersea Warfare: The History of Famous Submarine Battles, Torpedo Attacks, Convoy Warfare, Anti-Submarine Warfare, Sonar, Depth Charges, and Survival Beneath the Sea (en Inglés) - Elizabeth N Fairchild

Submarine Battles and Undersea Warfare follows the evolution of submarine combat through carefully selected battles, torpedo attacks, convoy actions, hunts, escapes, and survival stories that changed the history of naval warfare.

In this book you will find: The attack of H. L. Hunley on USS Housatonic and the beginnings of submarine battleGerman U Boats in World War I and the growing threat of commerce raidingThe destruction of British cruisers by U 9 and the shock created by early submarine warfareThe sinking of Lusitania and the expansion of the war against merchant shippingConvoy warfare and the development of escorts and depth chargesU 47 and the attack on HMS Royal Oak at Scapa FlowWolfpack attacks against Atlantic convoys during World War IIU 81 and the sinking of HMS Ark Royal in the MediterraneanThe development of sonar, ASDIC, radar, aircraft patrols, and anti submarine warfareConvoy ONS 5 and the changing balance in the Battle of the AtlanticThe dramatic capture of German submarine U 505American World War II submarines and the torpedo problems that threatened their effectivenessUSS Wahoo and USS Harder in dangerous engagements against Japanese destroyersUSS Tang and the devastating circular torpedo that struck its own submarineThe experience of crews trapped beneath depth charge attacksUSS Sculpin and USS Salmon in battles of damage control and survivalRare submarine against submarine encounters, including HMS Venturer and U 864PNS Hangor and the sinking of INS KhukriHMS Conqueror and the sinking of ARA General Belgrano during the Falklands WarARA San Luis and the intense anti submarine hunt that failed to destroy it>The result is a broad history of submarine battles and undersea warfare centered on the moments when technology, tactics, command decisions, and human endurance were tested in actual combat.