USN Fleet Destroyer vs IJN Fleet Submarine - 9781472820631

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

USN Fleet Destroyer vs IJN Fleet SubmarineThe Pacific 194142\nAuthor(s): Mark Stille, Paul Wright\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Osprey Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781472820631, 978-1472820631\nSynopsis\nLeading up to the Pacific War, Japanese naval strategists believed that a decisive fleet engagement would be fought against the United States Navy.\n\nOutnumbered by the USN, the Imperial Japanese Navy planned to use its large, ocean-going submarines to chip away at its opponent before the grand battle. In order to accomplish this, the IJNs submarine force was tasked to perform extended reconnaissance of the USNs battle fleet, even in port, and then shadow and attack it.\n\nFor their part, the USN was fully aware of the potential threat posed by Japanese submarines, and destroyer crews were trained and equipped with modern anti-submarine weapons and tactics to screen the battle fleet. \n\nChallenging the assumption that Japanese submarine.