See what others are saying about GALLANT LADY:
"...moving and worthwhile reading."
-- Norman N. Brown, The Associated Press
"...a never-to-be-forgotten breathtaking saga...we episodically discover why the "Silent Service" and especially this one submarine totally captivated so many of her postwar crews..."
-- Rod E. Redman, CAPTAIN'S LOCKER
"The authors have caught the full range, the essence, and the spirit of a near-unbelievable saga of real men doing their duty first, then savoring liberty's rewards to the maximum. The entity unfolds with crisp style and good humor."
-- Captain Gordon W. Engquist (U.S. Navy Retired), commanding officer of USS ARCHERFISH (AGSS-311) in 1964-65
Author Don Keith has completed a first-of-its-kind book with the significant research help and first-hand guidance of Ken Henry. This is Don's first non-fiction book...the "biography" of a most unusual submarine, the USS Archerfish (SS/AGSS 311). Ken Henry brings a wonderful perspective to this work. Not only has he spent years gathering research on this very unique submarine. He served aboard Archerfish during the Sea Scan years.
It was the Archerfish that sank the biggest ship ever sent to the bottom by a sub. She also discovered the deepest point in the Atlantic Ocean and sent two men up from the bottom of the sea in the longest human free ascent in history...an amazing event chronicled by everyone from Time Magazine to the Guinness Book of World Records.
And at one point, because of the long period she was away from home port on a crucial, top-secret Cold War mission, she had the only all-bachelor crew in US Navy history, a group accurately dubbed "The Playboys of the Pacific."
The book is now available wherever books are sold, including all online booksellers. Some stores may have to order it. Ask for it by title or ISBN (0765305682). You can also click on the link below to purchase a copy or read more about this book. If you liked Steven Ambrose's BAND OF BROTHERS or Mark Bowden's BLACK HAWK DOWN, you'll love this story of brave men risking their lives for their country.
The stalking of the Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano is one of the most riveting stories of World War II, and Archerfish's amazing actions that night on a moonlit sea south of Tokyo Harbor will leave you breathless. The bravery of Captain Enright and his crew (after Enright had "won" his command in a poker game) is an inspiring bit of military history.
If you liked the drama of RUN SILENT, RUN DEEP, or thought the antics of the crew of television's MCHALE'S NAVY were farfetched, you'll have to read this story and meet the decidedly different crew that sailed the world aboard Archerfish. You'll ride along on their amazing voyage as they perform a top-secret mission, crucial to the stare-down with the Soviet Union during the Cold War, but one that took her all-bachelor crew to exotic ports-of-call all over the world...many of which had never seen a submarine before.
They certainly had not seen the likes of the A-fish crew!
You'll see why Don was so proud to help tell the truly amazing story of this one-of-a-kind vessel!
