Edward Monroe Jones, formerly with the U.S. Submarine Service, has written extensively on military history. He is a management consultant in the area of labor relations and organizational development. He lives in Orange, California.

Table of Contents


Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

1.¿The Torpedo Is Born

2.¿First World War Fire Control Techniques

3.¿Between the Wars

4.¿An Analysis of the Fire Control Problem

5.¿The Second World War

6.¿The Era of the GUPPY

7.¿From Tang to Nautilus

8.¿A Most Unusual Torpedo

9.¿Skipjack, the Convergence of Nautilus and Albacore

10.¿The Sturgeon-Class Submarine

11.¿The Los Angeles-Class Submarine

12.¿The Ballistic Missile Submarine

13.¿The Seawolf and Virginia Submarines

14.¿The Future of American Submarines

Appendix A-A Glossary of Submarine Fire Control Terminology

Appendix B-A Evolution of Submarine Torpedo Fire Control Equipment

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Never-before-published, firsthand accounts of under-sea action presented with a summary of torpedo tactics illustrate how a submarine's crew can hit a target trying to avoid being hit. Legendary figures in American submarine history come to life in actual logs of undersea warfare, and in accounts of sailors who were in the van of torpedo tactics development.
The technology is explained in detail, showing how American subs have been so successful in their hundred-year history. Outlandish gags and pranks of submarine skippers are included, showing just how brazen this elite group of super-competent sailors could be.
The reader travels through World War II and the Cold War as submarines and torpedoes enter the nuclear age. The book is filled with diagrams and illustrations.