title: Final Patrol: True Stories of World War II Submarines
author: Keith Don
description: The riveting story behind the submarines that wreaked havoc during World War II-from the award-winning author of In the Course of Duty
  
  During World War II, the U.S. Navy's submarine service suffered the highest casualty percentage of all the American armed forces, losing one in five submariners. But despite the odds, these underwater warriors accounted for almost 60 percent of Japanese shipping losses, and were a major factor in winning the war. 16 U.S. submarines-and one German U-Boat-that saw action during WWII are now open to the public. Most have been restored and authentically equipped. Final Patrol takes a fascinating look at these subs and the personal stories of the brave sailors who lived, fought, and often died in them. Now, visitors can climb into these cramped steel cylinders, peer through their torpedo tubes, and imagine diving under the sea-perhaps for the last time-to stalk a fanatical enemy who threatened our nation's freedom.
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  # The Boy Allies with the Victorious Fleets
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Robert L. Drake
  
  
  This page formatted 2004 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  CHAPTER I. ABOARD U.S.S. PLYMOUTH
  
  
  CHAPTER II. THE BOY CAPTAIN AND HIS LIEUTENANT
  
  
  CHAPTER III. OFF FOR AMERICA
  
  
  CHAPTER IV. THE START
  
  
  CHAPTER V. A RESCUE
  
  
  CHAPTER VI. CHANGED ORDERS
  
  
  CHAPTER VII. A BIT OF EXPLANATION
  
  
  CHAPTER VIII. THE ATTACK BEGINS
  
  
  CHAPTER IX. THE BATTLE CONTINUES
  
  
  CHAPTER X. THE RAID SUCCESSFUL
  
  
  CHAPTER XI. THE WARNING GIVEN
  
  
  CHAPTER XII. THE U-BOATS APPEAR
  
  
  CHAPTER XIII. THE SUBMARINES GROW BOLDER
  
  
  CHAPTER XIV. THE U-87
  
  
  CHAPTER XV. JACK GIVES CHASE
  
  
  CHAPTER XVI. THE FIGHT ON THE U-87
  
  
  CHAPTER XVII. CAPTURE OF THE SUBMARINE
  
  
  CHAPTER XVIII. ASHORE
  
  
  CHAPTER XIX. IN THE NIGHT
  
  
  CHAPTER XX. THE BATTLE
  
  
  CHAPTER XXI. THE END OF THE SUBMARINE
  
  
  CHAPTER XXII. WASHINGTON AGAIN
  
  
  CHAPTER XXIII. BACK IN ENGLAND
  
  
  CHAPTER XXIV. THE ENGAGEMENT
  
  
  CHAPTER XXV. THE LAST SE