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<blockquote data-quote="SkorpioN" data-source="post: 234126" data-attributes="member: 14">Los atacaron de noche:&quot;Cruisers for Breakfast&quot; epitomizes the actions, triumphs, tragedies and personal accounts of two gallant World War II submarines and the members of their crews at the height of the Pacific War. In October of 1944, Darter (SS-227) and Dace (SS-247) encountered a major task force of the Imperial Japanese Navy en route through the Philippines to attack the Americans. The massive enemy force was bound for Leyte Gulf, and totaled 32 warships, including the largest battleships ever built; Yamato and Musashi. During the night, Darter sank one cruiser and damaged another. Dace also got into the action torpedoing two more enemy warships. But before the sun came up the next morning Commander McClintock's, Darter unexpectedly ran aground. Resting high and dry the submarine had to be quickly abandoned. Rescued by Dace, the Darter crew scrambled to safety aboard her sister sub while the Japanese Navy, just a short distance away, franticly searched for the two American submarines. Here for the first time is the entire story of these two famous World War II fleet subs and their desperate battle against the powerful Japanese Navy. &quot;Cruisers For Breakfast&quot; was written by John G. Mansfield, Jr., a former submariner, who earned his dolphins aboard the World War II sub USS Menhaden (SS-377).<a href="http://www.submarinebooks.com/Darter.htm" target="_blank">&quot;Cruisers for Breakfast&quot;</a> by John G. Mansfield, Jr.<img src="http://www.submarinebooks.com/CruisersForBrkCvr.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Saludos!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SkorpioN, post: 234126, member: 14"] Los atacaron de noche: "Cruisers for Breakfast" epitomizes the actions, triumphs, tragedies and personal accounts of two gallant World War II submarines and the members of their crews at the height of the Pacific War. In October of 1944, Darter (SS-227) and Dace (SS-247) encountered a major task force of the Imperial Japanese Navy en route through the Philippines to attack the Americans. The massive enemy force was bound for Leyte Gulf, and totaled 32 warships, including the largest battleships ever built; Yamato and Musashi. [B]During the night, Darter sank one cruiser and damaged another. Dace also got into the action torpedoing two more enemy warships[/B]. But before the sun came up the next morning Commander McClintock's, Darter unexpectedly ran aground. Resting high and dry the submarine had to be quickly abandoned. Rescued by Dace, the Darter crew scrambled to safety aboard her sister sub while the Japanese Navy, just a short distance away, franticly searched for the two American submarines. Here for the first time is the entire story of these two famous World War II fleet subs and their desperate battle against the powerful Japanese Navy. "Cruisers For Breakfast" was written by John G. Mansfield, Jr., a former submariner, who earned his dolphins aboard the World War II sub USS Menhaden (SS-377). [URL="http://www.submarinebooks.com/Darter.htm"][B][COLOR="Blue"]"Cruisers for Breakfast"[/COLOR][/B][/URL] by John G. Mansfield, Jr. [IMG]http://www.submarinebooks.com/CruisersForBrkCvr.jpg[/IMG] Saludos! [/QUOTE]

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