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With thanks to Hood in sorting out the identification of one submarine.
Edwyn Gray, Tokyo Torpedo, 1976
Canada
HMCS Thorlock
Flower Class Corvette
Real ship, details as in service.
United States
USS Needlefish (SS-???)
Gato Class Submarine
Details as per the real ships, save that the deck gun is a 6 inch gun presumably identical to the weapon fitted to the USS Argonaut (SM-1), USS Narwhal (SS-167) & USS Nautilus (SS-168).
Note: Name clashes with an unbuilt Balao Class Submarine (SS-379) and an unbuilt Tench Class Submarine (SS-493). The author explicitly identifies the submarine as being a member of the Gato Class.
Germany
U-885
Type IXD2 Class U-Boat
Details as per the real ships.
Note: Pennant number is that of a Type IXD/42 Class U-Boat cancelled while under construction in 1943. The author explicitly identifies the submarine as a Type IXD2 U-Boat.
Japan
I-202
Type B1 (I-40) Class Submarine
Details as per the real ships, save it is fitted with Type 22 Radar and has been modified for use as a test platform for Kaiten human torpedoes.
Note: Pennant clashes with the second of the Sen Taka (I-201) class submarines.
Plot summary: The year is 1943 and following the first wartime visit by a Japanese submarine to Germany, it is decided to reciprocate.
To ensure success, a captain noted for 'getting the job done' is pulled from the desk job he's been holding down since the loss of his last submarine, given a new sub and ordered not only to reach Japan, but to learn the secret of their 'Long Lance' torpedoes a weapon which could sweep the Atlantic of Allied shipping.
Note: This is the third novel in the four book series that starts with 'No Survivors (1974), the entire series is being re-issued in ebook form in 2018.
Edwyn Gray, Tokyo Torpedo, 1976
Canada
HMCS Thorlock
Flower Class Corvette
Real ship, details as in service.
United States
USS Needlefish (SS-???)
Gato Class Submarine
Details as per the real ships, save that the deck gun is a 6 inch gun presumably identical to the weapon fitted to the USS Argonaut (SM-1), USS Narwhal (SS-167) & USS Nautilus (SS-168).
Note: Name clashes with an unbuilt Balao Class Submarine (SS-379) and an unbuilt Tench Class Submarine (SS-493). The author explicitly identifies the submarine as being a member of the Gato Class.
Germany
U-885
Type IXD2 Class U-Boat
Details as per the real ships.
Note: Pennant number is that of a Type IXD/42 Class U-Boat cancelled while under construction in 1943. The author explicitly identifies the submarine as a Type IXD2 U-Boat.
Japan
I-202
Type B1 (I-40) Class Submarine
Details as per the real ships, save it is fitted with Type 22 Radar and has been modified for use as a test platform for Kaiten human torpedoes.
Note: Pennant clashes with the second of the Sen Taka (I-201) class submarines.
Plot summary: The year is 1943 and following the first wartime visit by a Japanese submarine to Germany, it is decided to reciprocate.
To ensure success, a captain noted for 'getting the job done' is pulled from the desk job he's been holding down since the loss of his last submarine, given a new sub and ordered not only to reach Japan, but to learn the secret of their 'Long Lance' torpedoes a weapon which could sweep the Atlantic of Allied shipping.
Note: This is the third novel in the four book series that starts with 'No Survivors (1974), the entire series is being re-issued in ebook form in 2018.