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Nothing Friendly in the Vicinity by Claude C Conner Soft Cover
Nothing Friendly in the Vicinity by Claude C Conner
Soft Cover
230 pages
Copyright 1999
CONTENTS
Forewordi
Introductioniii
Preface / Acknowledgementsvii
Chapter 1: Navy Training1
Chapter 2: Life on a Fleet Boat11
Chapter 3: Sea Stories27
Chapter 4: More Sea Stories39
Chapter 5: Off to Convoy College53
Chapter 6: A Busy Night65
Chapter 7: Battle Stations Submerged75
Chapter 8: New Assignments87
Chapter 9: Return to Convoy College99
Chapter 10: Targets109
Chapter 11: Submarine Alert119
Chapter 12: USS Extractor131
Chapter 13: Torpedo Blast141
Chapter 14: Mixed Feelings155
Chapter 15: Court Convened161
Chapter 16: Communication Errors169
Chapter 17: Identification Errors179
Chapter 18: The Last Patrols191
Postscript205
Glossary213
Appendix One221
Appendix Two223
Bibliography 225
Index227
PHOTOS & ILLUSTRATIONS
USS Guardfish returning to the United Statesfrontis
The Commissioning of USS Guardfish10
Cross-Section View of USS Guardfish14
USS Guardfish after Ramming Incident50
USS Extractor sister ship133
Clay Blair and the Author on Guardfish199
USS Extractor and Japanese Submarine 1-165223-224
MAPS
War Patrols One Four31
War Patrols Five Seven40
War Patrol Eight56
War Patrol Nine89
War Patrol Ten129
War Patrols Eleven Twelve193
ON THE BACK COVER
Claude C Conner weaves a compelling tale of his World War II experiences in the Pacific aboard the USS Guardfish, one of the Navy's top-scoring submarines. Engagingly written and well documented, this memoir chronicles the submarine's Hollywood-like war actions, including her perilous forays into Japanese-controlled harbors and her daring rescue of personnel from a Japanese-held island as well as a dramatic struggle with the near-catastrophic flooding of Guardfish's conning tower, numerous depth-charge attacks, and much more.
Tragically, the Guardfish was also the only submarine to sink another American warship in a little-known friendly-fire accident against the USS Extractor. This book includes rare firsthand accounts by a dozen Extractor survivors. They offer dramatic descriptions of their encounter with the submarine, the sinking of their ship, their rescue, and their subsequent treatment by Navy officials. Conner, a radar technician aboard the Guardfish, examines the chain of events that led to the regrettable sinking and presents details of the Court of Inquiry that followed, including his testimony as an eyewitness.
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