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02706aam a2200397 i 4500 001 916579E88B3F11E48EA3C3A4DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20190228010452 008 140107s2014 nyuabf 000 0 eng 010 $a 2013044199 020 $a 0425272699 020 $a 9780425272695 035 $a (OCoLC)867769765 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d CLE $d OCLCO $d KAY $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a D783.7 $b .M35 2014 082 00 $a 940.54/5952 $2 23 084 $a HIS027000 $a HIS027000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Mair, Michael. 245 10 $a Kaiten : $b Japan's secret manned suicide submarine and the first American ship it sank in WWII : the untold story / $c by Michael Mair and Joy Waldron. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Berkley Caliber/Berkley Books, $c 2014. 300 $a xvii, 363 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations, map. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-346) and index 520 $a "In November 1944, the U.S. Navy fleet lay at anchor in Ulithi Harbor, deep in the Pacific Ocean, when the oiler USS Mississinewa erupted in a ball of flames. Japan's secret weapon, the Kaiten--a manned suicide submarine--had succeeded in its first mission. The Kaiten was so secret that even Japanese naval commanders didn't know of its existence. And the Americans kept it secret as well. Embarrassed by the shocking surprise attack, the U.S. Navy refused to salvage or inspect the sunken Mighty Miss. Only decades later would the survivors understand what really happened at Ulithi, when a diving team located the wreck in 2001. In Kaiten, Michael Mair and Joy Waldron tell the full story from both sides, from the strategic importance of the USS Mississinewa to newly revealed secrets of the Kaiten development and training schools. U.S. Navy survivors recount their gripping experiences in the wake of the attack, as well as the harrowing recovery efforts that came later. Japanese pilots reveal their terrifying experiences training to die for their country and Emperor, never knowing when their moment of doom would come"-- $c Provided by publisher. 610 20 $a Kaiten (Warship) 610 20 $a Mississinewa (Tanker) 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Submarine. $x Submarine. $9 15943 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Naval operations, Japanese. $9 202134 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Naval operations, American. $9 206895 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Campaigns $z Pacific Ocean. $9 16251 700 1 $a Waldron, Joy. 941 $a 1 952 $l HIPC765 $d 20181214010159.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=916579E88B3F11E48EA3C3A4DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b KAYInitiate Another SILO Locator Search