# Strike of the Sailfish: Two Sister Submarines and the Sinking of a Japanese Aircraft Carrier - Hardcover

by **Stephen L. Moore** (Author)

**A gripping true-life thriller about the first US submarine to sink a Japanese aircraft carrier--and the sub's tragic twist of fate**

In 1939 off the New England coast, the submarine USS _Squalus_ accidentally sinks to the bottom of the sea during a training exercise, killing half her crew. Coming to the rescue is the USS _Sculpin_, in many ways the _Squalus_'s twin. As their oxygen supply dwindles, the remaining crew aboard the _Squalus_ are saved in a time-consuming, white-knuckle operation. Eventually the sunken submarine is raised, repaired, and returned to duty, with a new name: the _Sailfish_.

Four years later, on patrol during the darkest days of the Pacific War, the _Sailfish_'s radarman picks up the tell-tale signs of a Japanese convoy, known by U.S. intelligence to include aircraft carriers, the most formidable of all enemy ships. Never before has an American submarine taken down a carrier--much less in the middle of a typhoon. Immediately, the crewmen swing into action, embarking on a deadly game of cat-and-mouse as this once-dead boat evades enemy cruisers to stalk closer and closer to their prized target. Little do they know that aboard the Japanese carrier are survivors of an attack on the USS _Sculpin_, the very boat that saved the _Squalis_\-turned-_Sailfish_ back in '39.

Author Stephen L. Moore takes readers inside the nine-hour duel, narrating the action aboard both the _Sailfish_ and the doomed carrier, where the American POWs fight against all odds to save their own lives before the ship goes down. Employing a wealth of new information, including long-lost survivors' accounts, fresh interviews with the last of the sub's crew, and official patrol reports, _Strike of the Sailfish_ is the thrilling story of this strange chapter of naval history.

### Author Biography

Stephen L. Moore, a sixth-generation Texan, graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, where he studied advertising, marketing, and journalism. He is the author of two dozen books on World War II, Vietnam, and Texas history, including _Patton's Payback_ and _Blood and Fury._ Parents of three children, Steve and his wife, Cindy, live north of Dallas in Lantana, Texas.

**Number of Pages:** 384

**Dimensions:** 1.57 x 9.06 x 5.98 IN

**Publication Date:** December 05, 2023

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