Fatal Dive

Solving the World War II Mystery of the USS Grunion

Peter F. Stevens

• Publisher: Regnery History
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN:
  9781596987678
• eBook ISBN:
  9781596987685
• Topic: Histoire
• Subtopic: Seconde Guerre mondiale

Fatal Dive: Solving the World War II Mystery of the USS Grunion by Peter F. Stevens reveals the incredible true story of the search for and discovery of the USS Grunion. Discovered in 2006 after a decades-long, high-risk search by the Abele brothers—whose father commanded the submarine and met his untimely death aboard it—one question remained: what sank the USS Grunion? Was it a round from a Japanese ship, a catastrophic mechanical failure, or something else—one of the sub's own torpedoes? For almost half the war, submarine skippers' complaints about the MK 14 torpedo's dangerous flaws were ignored by naval brass, who sent the subs out with the defective weapon. Fatal Dive is the first book that documents the entire saga of the ship and its crew and provides compelling evidence that the Grunion was a victim of "The Great Torpedo Scandal of 1941-43." Fatal Dive finally lays to rest one of World War II's greatest mysteries.

Table of contents

• Praise
• Title Page
• Dedication
• THE CREW OF THE USS GRUNION
• PROLOGUE
• CHAPTER ONE - “WE’VE GOT A TARGET”
• CHAPTER TWO - AN UNCONVENTIONAL COURSE
• CHAPTER THREE - THE SUBMARINER
• CHAPTER FOUR - “INTO THE THICK OF THINGS”
• CHAPTER FIVE - BATTLE STATIONS
• CHAPTER SIX - THE ENEMY AWAITING THEM
• CHAPTER SEVEN - A MYSTERIOUS MESSAGE
• CHAPTER EIGHT - “AS WE WAITED FOR THE END”
• CHAPTER NINE - “MISSING AND PRESUMED LOST”
• CHAPTER TEN - MAKING DO WITH LESS
• CHAPTER ELEVEN - A CHART, A CLUE, AND A CHANCE MEETING
• CHAPTER TWELVE - LOGISTICS OF A LONG SHOT
• CHAPTER THIRTEEN - “WE HAVEN’T SEEN THE WORST OF IT YET”
• CHAPTER FOURTEEN - “THAT LOOKS LIKE A SUB”
• CHAPTER FIFTEEN - “DON’T LET YOUR DESIRE FOR THIS TO BE THE RIGHT TARGET FOOL YOU”
• CHAPTER SIXTEEN - BY LAND, SEA, AND AIR
• CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - “THERE SHE IS”
• CHAPTER EIGHTEEN - LOST AND FOUND—AGAIN
• CHAPTER NINETEEN - FROM BOW TO STERN
• CHAPTER TWENTY - “THEY WANTED TO BE FOUND”
• EPILOGUE
• APPENDIX
• Acknowledgments
• NOTES
• SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
• INDEX
• Copyright Page