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Galloping Ghost, The - The Extraordinary Life of Submarine Legend Eugene Fluckey

By: Naval Institute Press

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Naval Institute Press)

Last Stocked on 6/19/2021

Product Info

Title
Galloping Ghost, The - The Extraordinary Life of Submarine Legend Eugene Fluckey
Category
Author
Carl LaVO
Publish Year
2007
Pages
206
Dimensions
6x9x.5"
NKG Part #
2147855198
Type
Softcover

Description

Eugene Fluckey was one of the great naval heroes of World War II. His exploits as captain of the submarine USS Barb revolutionized undersea warfare and laid the groundwork for a nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine fleet. He retired as a rear admiral and was awarded numerous presidential, congressional, and military honors, including the Medal of Honor and four Navy Crosses. In the war against Japan, Fluckey fired the first ballistic missiles from a submarine, sank more tonnage than any other U.S. submarine skipper, including an aircraft carrier, a cruiser, a destroyer, and blew up a train after landing submariners-turned-saboteurs on mainland Japan in 1945. Here is the legendary submariner's story, told with the exclusive access to Fluckey's personal papers and based on interviews with him, his family, Barb shipmates, official Navy documents, and the recollections of his contemporaries.