The Galloping Ghost (44 page)

Kirkpatrick, Charles,
75

Kito.
See
Sanji, Kitojima

Klakring, Thomas,
75

Koto Maru
(Japan),
63
,
65

Kurile Islands,
60
,
61
,
69

Lander, Tex,
90
,
92
,
93

Lanier, James G.,
90
,
98
; heart attack of,
95–96

Lehman, John,
104
,
106
,
185

Lockwood, Charles A.,
29
,
51–52
,
59–60
,
98–99
; astonishment of at superiority of Japanese and German submarines,
132
; expectations of for Fluckey,
98
; meeting of with GF and President Roosevelt,
73–75

London Naval Treaty (1930),
19

Long Beach, California,
18

Loughlin, Elliot,
76
,
81
,
93
,
96

Lucker, Nick,
46

Luns, Joseph,
172

Luzon Island,
78

MacArthur, Douglas,
73–74

Madden, Charlie,
176–77

Madras Mura
(Japan),
63–64

Maga, Herbert,
157

Majuro Naval Base (Marshall Islands),
88

Malaysia,
19

Manila (Philippines), attack on,
40

Mariannas,
55

Mariano G. Vallejo
,
165

Mark
6
magnetic exploders,
42

Mark
14
torpedoes,
42
; resolution of problems with,
51–52

Mark
27
torpedoes (“cuties”),
116

Mark
28
torpedoes,
116

Markuson, John,
127

McCorkle, F. D.,
146

McCormick
,
23
; maneuvers of,
25
,
27

McNitt, Robert W.,
9
,
46
,
47–48
,
53
,
65
,
75–76
,
179
; as Distinguished Graduate of the Naval Academy,
184–85
; injury of,
80–81
; navigational genius of in leading sea rescue of prisoners of war,
82
,
84
,
87
; opinion of GF's tactical capabilities,
72
; transfer of to the Naval Postgraduate School,
90

Mendenhall, Corwin,
163

Midway Island,
99
,
110

Miller, Don,
87
,
180
,
185

Mingo
(SS-261),
178
; later given to the Japanese and renamed the
Kurashio
,
178

missiles,
147–48

Mississippi
,
19

Monroe, Paul,
55

Mount Vernon
,
4

Murphy, Buell,
90

Murray, Stuart (“Sunshine”),
43

Nam Kwan Harbor: destruction of Japanese convoys in,
106–10
; press accolades concerning,
116

Naruo Maru
(Japan),
93

Narwal
,
135

National Security Council,
141

nationalism,
153

Nautilus
,
147
; missile launching capability of,
147–48

Nevada
,
16
,
23
; modernization of,
19

New Jersey
,
146

New Mexico
,
19

New York
,
36

Newland, Larry,
125
; actions of in raid on Karafuto,
126–27

Nimitz, Chester,
73–74
,
114
,
130
,
134
,
178
; death of,
174
; disagreement with Truman over use of the atomic bomb,
135
; leadership qualities of,
136
; love of cards and horseshoes,
140
; military service of,
135
; personal bravery of,
135
; popularity of,
137
; working relationship with Congress,
136–37

Noll, Thomas,
115

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO),
xiii–xiv
,
154
; response of to NATO/Warsaw Pact standoff,
167

Oakley, Ben,
78

Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI),
18

O'Kane, Richard H.,
75
,
113
,
129
,
178
; number of Japanese ships sunk by,
141

Operation Torch,
45

Orange War Plan,
19

Pacific Fleet,
18
,
19

Panama,
24
,
34

Panama Canal,
34

Parche
(SS-384),
113

Pearl Harbor, attack on,
40

Perch
(SS-176),
43

Perth
(Australia),
86

Peto
(SS-266),
91

Picuda
(SS-382),
91
,
98
,
100
,
103

Pierce, George,
76

Pintado
,
162–63

Plunger
(A-1),
135

Plunger
(SSN-595),
161
,
163–64

Polaris
missile system,
160–61
,
162

Pompanito
(SS-383),
78
,
82
,
85
,
86

Portugal,
xiii–xiv
,
167–69
; internal unrest in,
170
; overthrow of dictatorship in,
176

Prickett, Robert,
17

prisoners of war, suffering of,
85–86

Prospective Commanding Officers' (PCO) School,
44

Q-ships,
56

Queenfish
(SS-393),
76
,
78
,
80
,
91
,
98
,
100
,
103
; attack on carrier convoy,
96
; attacks on enemy freighters,
81
; mission of to rescue British and Australian prisoners,
82
,
84–87

Quelpart Island,
95

Rakuyo Maru
(Japan),
85

Ramage, Lawson,
113
,
178

Reagan, Ronald,
114
,
178
,
184

Rebelo, Jose de Sa Viana,
172

Reeves, Joseph M.,
19–20

Regulus
missiles,
162

Roosevelt, Franklin D.,
20
,
112

Rossiter, Perceval S.,
13–14

Royal Oak
(Great Britain),
105

Sailfish
(SS-192),
83

Salazar, Antonio de Oliveira,
169
; determination of to keep Portugal's colonies,
170

Sanji, Kitojima,
65–66
,
68
,
72–73

Saratoga
,
25–26

Saunders, Paul (“Swish”),
107
,
108
,
115
,
124
,
179
; as member of commando unit,
125
,
127

Scamp
(SS-277),
99

Schweitzer, Albert,
155

Scorpion
(SS-278),
52

Sculpin
(SS-191),
51
,
83
,
162–63

Sealion II
(SS-315),
78
,
79
,
82
,
85

Seawolf
(SS-197),
99

Sever, Neal,
92
,
125
,
126
,
185

Shark
(SS-174),
43

Shark II
(SS-314),
99

Shepard, Ty,
103
,
105

Shinyo Maru
(Japan),
101–2

Sill, Fred,
173

Sintra (Portugal),
167–69

Skipjack
,
135

Smedberg, William R., III,
149
,
151
,
152

Solant Amity (South Atlantic Friendship) I,
154

Solant Amity (South Atlantic Friendship) II,
152–59
; in Dahomey,
157
,
158
; in Gambia,
158
; in Madagascar,
155
; mission of,
154
; in the Seychelles,
156
; in South Africa,
155
; success of,
158
; task force of,
154
; in Togo,
158

sonar,
33

Soviet Union,
144
,
166–67

Spadefish
(SS-411),
91

Spiegel Grove
,
154
,
157

Staton, Adolphus,
4

Steelhead
,
57

Steinhoff, J.,
172

Stevenson, Bill,
64

Stotz, Margareth,
3

Stout, R. F.,
145

Street, George L., III,
178

Submarine Wives' Club,
112

submarines (Germany),
37
,
38
,
132

submarines (Japan),
132
; I-class (
Jensen
-class),
38

submarines (United States): complexity of,
29
,
30–31
; dangers of,
28
,
29
,
31
; differences between S-class and Fleet-type submarines,
33
; effectiveness of,
129
; Fleet-type,
32
;
Gato-
class,
45
; Greater Underwater Propulsion (GUPpies) submarines,
133
; importance of teamwork in operating,
31–32
; losses of during World War II,
99
,
129
; mortality rates among U.S. submariners,
75
,
129
; outdated tactics of older commanders,
43
; S-class submarines,
33–34
,
37
,
42
; type of individuals that served on,
29–30
; V-class submarines,
37
,
45

Sunfish
(SS-282),
91

Swinburne, Edwin R.,
76–77
,
81
; decision of to attack tanker convoy,
82–83

Taiyo Maru
(Japan),
43

Taiwan.
See
Formosa

Takashima Maru
(Japan),
70–71

Tang
(SS-306),
99
,
113
,
129
,
141

Teeters, Dave,
92
,
106
,
107
,
113
,
115
,
179
; ode of to GF,
175

Teeters, Phyllis,
113
,
115

Terutsuki
(Japan),
120–23

Thams, Neville B.,
85–86
,
176
,
179

Thomas, Charles S.,
148

Thorp, Sir John,
156

Thorp (Lady),
156

Thurber, H. R.,
146

Tinosa
(SS-191),
51

Tomaz, America,
172

Toten Maru
(Japan),
70

Trout
(SS-202),
52

Truman, Harry S.,
135
,
140

Tunny
(SS-282),
76
,
80
,
148
; damage to,
81

Tusk
(SS-426),
144

U-47 (Germany),
105

ULTRA directives,
54

Underwood, Gordon,
96

United Nations,
141

Unyo
(Japan),
83

U.S. Air Force, formation of,
133–34
,
141

U.S. Army,
141