2026 Current Reading: Stowed for Sea, Ready for Angles and Dangles
Talk Submarines
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1PocheFamily
I'm looking to get more "squared away" and finish some open titles at the beginning of this year.
Other goals: I have a few titles on the TBR shelf that I picked up at a local used bookstore (with a "Submarine" section!) -- I think I'm slowly acquiring a former sailor's submarine library one book at a time! These include two titles by Submarine Commanders Beach and Schratz that I would particularly like to get to, Submarine! and Submarine Commander, that are part memoir/autobiography and part WW2 naval history. I also look forward to finding and reading some non-US submarine stories or histories.
As always, I hope to find company on the journey and am certainly open to suggestions on reading material.
Other goals: I have a few titles on the TBR shelf that I picked up at a local used bookstore (with a "Submarine" section!) -- I think I'm slowly acquiring a former sailor's submarine library one book at a time! These include two titles by Submarine Commanders Beach and Schratz that I would particularly like to get to, Submarine! and Submarine Commander, that are part memoir/autobiography and part WW2 naval history. I also look forward to finding and reading some non-US submarine stories or histories.
As always, I hope to find company on the journey and am certainly open to suggestions on reading material.
2PocheFamily
Finally read a really good submarine-focused fictional work! Unbroken Silence by Henrik Ekstrom is a thrilling, fictional tale about the submarines spotted in Swedish territorial waters during the 1980s. A solid thriller, and I appreciated the accurate descriptions about Swedish naval procedure and attitudes (the author is a former diesel submariner). The plot is complex and delves into Swedish geopolitical culture which only adds to the naval story's intriguing mystery.
But I'm mentally scratching my head: I swear I've watched this tale before, like on a PBS Mystery type series, but couldn't find it (this is not the Whiskey on the Rocks tale). Probably the best submarine-focused fiction I've yet read, and could definitely recommend - I couldn't put it down.
But I'm mentally scratching my head: I swear I've watched this tale before, like on a PBS Mystery type series, but couldn't find it (this is not the Whiskey on the Rocks tale). Probably the best submarine-focused fiction I've yet read, and could definitely recommend - I couldn't put it down.
3PocheFamily
Okay, in the meh fiction group (maybe I'm too picky), Black Wind by Clive Cussler, which appeared on a "Top 100 Submarine Books" list was nowhere near as good as the above. It's just pretty average paperback fiction, honestly. But at least a submarine was in it, though not really in an action role. There was also a submersible and brief, vague descriptions of deep sea diving. But for the Cussler fans, it appears to be pretty popular in reviews (it's part of the Dirk Pitt series).
4kcshankd
Freemantle's Submarines doesn't have a 'touchstone', apparently. Naval Institute Press, 2015. An Australian history professor Michael Sturma compiled these short chapters of war stories from sailors and civilians alike describing the wild 1942-1945 years of Fremantle being a forward base for US boats.
My boat made a port stop in 1996, and we had a great few days.
My boat made a port stop in 1996, and we had a great few days.
5PocheFamily
>4 kcshankd: Here 'ya go: Fremantle's Submarines: How Allied Submariners and Western Australians Helped to Win the War in the Pacific
I think all the money going into that port and training of AUS sailors is super interesting to read about.
I think all the money going into that port and training of AUS sailors is super interesting to read about.
