Bøker av William Roskey

Join the crew of the U.S.S. Sea Otter for a war patrol in the most dangerous area in the Pacific, the Sea of Japan! The last time the Otter had been there, the Japanese had set an ingenious trap for her, and, despite all the skill, courage, and luck of her captain and crew, she had nearly been sent to crush depth, but the badly battered submarine managed to limp back to Pearl Harbor after sinking seven tankers and a freighter. This time her skipper is Oliver Wirtz, who took command when Dade Bowie was made a squadron commander, in charge of not only the Sea Otter, but eleven other fleet submarines. Both COMSUBPAC and Bowie believe that this mission will be even more dangerous, a virtual suicide mission, but CINCPAC has ordered it be undertaken. Dade helps to prepare Oliver for the mission as he settles into his new job, which presents new problems. Lieutenant Ricola, a highly competent young officer who wants to return to sea duty as a diving officer, attempts to persuade Dade to approve a job swap between himself and Tom Detrick. Doing so would probably save Detrick's life by keeping him from the Sea of Japan mission, but there are other factors Dade must consider, not the least of which is his own integrity. Oliver Wirtz is another problem. His time spent fighting with the guerrillas in the Philippines has changed him, and Dade must decide whether this change has rendered him unfit for command.

From exciting submarine action in the Sea of Japan and the Central Pacific to ONI's desperate fight in a basement at Pearl Harbor Naval Base to defeat the newest Japanese crypto machine, this is historical fiction at its best! Yamamoto's mighty Combined Fleet needs 10,000 tons of oil a day to keep it at sea. The Japanese Army also requires huge amounts of petroleum products for tanks, trucks, aircraft, and other military uses. In 1943, Commander Dade Bowie is ordered to take the U.S.S. Sea Otter into the Sea of Japan in an all-out effort to sink as many tankers as possible before they can reach Japanese ports. Simply penetrating one of the straits leading into the Sea of Japan without detection is difficult enough, but sinking ships in Japan's very backyard and somehow safely exiting the Sea of Japan turn out to be even more dangerous. In addition, it seems that either the Japanese may have broken the code used by American submarines or there is a security leak back at Pearl Harbor. In the meantime, ONI is shocked to learn that the Japanese have replaced their highly sophisticated crypto device, the Purple Machine. ONI had broken the code and had been reading all the Top Secret messages sent over it for nearly three years. Now the Navy's most valuable intelligence source is gone, and, just as the cryptologists begin to try to defeat its replacement, the Blue Machine, the leader of the unit dies unexpectedly. The Navy turns to his protégé, a 23-year-old mathematical genius and wife of a submarine officer to save the day. While this is the third book in a series, it is self-contained, and one need not have read the first two books to enjoy it.

U.S. submarines operating out of Australia have been making covert deliveries of critically needed weapons, ammunition, radios, and medical supplies to American and Filipino guerrillas in the Philippines. Suddenly, one of the subs is ambushed and sunk just as it was nearing the rendezvous. The same happens to the next submarine. Clearly, the Japanese now have an intelligence source that tips them off to the times, dates, and places for the rendezvous, and no third submarine can be sent until the mystery is solved. The U.S. naval officers in Australia believe that the spy is someone among the guerrillas, while the charismatic American leader of 16,000 guerrillas strongly suspects the spy is in Australia. Both sides turn to Pearl Harbor for assistance and Oliver Wirtz, the Executive Officer of the U.S.S. Sea Otter, is sent to meet the guerrilla leader and assist him in uncovering the spy. Once the problem is resolved, the Sea Otter will make the next supply run. Meanwhile, back at Pearl Harbor, the Office of Naval Intelligence and the FBI discover that the Japanese plan to abduct, torture for information, and kill a key naval officer, but are unable to determine the target. CINCPAC believes himself to be the planned victim, and his staff agrees, but steps are taken to protect all admirals on Oahu as a precaution. However, Rachael Bowie and Tracy Fillmore have good reason to suspect that Alice Detrick, head of the Navy's top secret codebreaking operation, is the target.