Seattle Base Library

USSVI Seattle Base Lending Library

The base has a number of submarine related books and videos that members can borrow.

If you would like to borrow some of the materials available here; please contact Dave Schueler and he will bring them to the next meeting for you.

If you would like to donate or lend materials for others to enjoy, please contact Dave and let him know. You should also note if you would like it loaned and returned to you later.

If you have any questions, comments, or recommendations, you can call Dave at: 206-243-6784 or e-mail SeaBase_Editor@yahoo.com. 

Books:
Around the World Submerged: The Voyage of the Triton, by Edward L. Beach

And the Baker’s Boy Went to Sea: An account of a cook on the USS Mako, by Mary Cummings

Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distorts the News, (non-submarine related), by Bernard Goldberg

Blind Man’s Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage, by Sherry Sontag & Christopher Drew

Hitler’s U-Boat War Vol. 1; The Hunters 1939 –1942, by Clay Blair

Lost Subs: From the Hunley to the Kursk, by Spencer Dunmore

Lost Warships: An Archaeological Tour of War at Sea, by James P. Delgado

Lusitania, by Diane Preston (A book about the passenger liner sunk by U-20 in 1915)

Nimitz Class, by Patrick Robinson (Fiction – Novel about a rogue submarine)

Of Wives and Submarines, by Edward Monroe-Jones (Fiction)

Operation Drumbeat: The Dramatic True Story of Germany's First U-Boat Attacks Along the American Coast in World War II, by Michael Gannon

Red Star Rogue: The Untold Story of a Soviet Submarine’s Nuclear Strike Attempt on the U.S., by Kenneth Sewell with Clint Richmond

Salt & Steel: Reflections of a Submariner, by Edward L. Beach

Scimitar SL-2, by Patrick Robinson (Fiction – A terrorist plot to wipe out the U.S. Atlantic Coast)

Sea Assault: The Sinking of Japan’s Secret Supership, by Capt. Joseph F. Enright

Shinano: The Sinking of Japan’s Secret Supership, by Capt. Joseph F. Enright (same as Sea Assault)

Steep Angles and Deep Dives, by Submarine Research Center (SRC)

Submarine! The Classic Account of Undersea Combat in World War II, by Edward L. Beach

Submarine; A Guided Tour Inside a Nuclear Warship, by Tom Clancy and John Gresham

Submarines; Leviathans of the Deep, by T. L. Francis

Submarines: Early Developments, by Anthony Preston

Submarines: More Recent Developments, by Anthony Preston

Submarine Cuisine, by Submarine Research Center (SRC)

Submarine Escape and Rescue, by Submarine Research Center (SRC)

Submarine Skullduggery, by Submarine Research Center (SRC)

Silent Victory, Vol. 2: US Submarine War Against Japan 1944 – 1945, by Clay Blair Jr

The Bravest Man: Richard O’Kane and the Amazing Submarine Adventures of the USS Tang, by William Tuohy

The Fleet Type Submarine: 1958 Sub-School Training Manual, NavPers 16160-A

The Kinder Gentler Military, by Stephanie Gutmann (A Critique of the 1990’s integration of Women in the Armed Services)

The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy’s Finest Hour, by James D. Hornfischer (A history of the destroyers at the Battle of Samar-Oct 1944)

The Pearl Harbor Avenger: U.S.S. Bowfin, by Dr. Robert P. Beynon

Under Pressure: The Final Voyage of Submarine S-Five, by A.J. Hill

Undersea Encounters, by Submarine Research Center (SRC)

United States Submarine Data Book, by Submarine Force Library Museum

Vengeance in the Depths, by Commander George P. Steele

Wahoo: The Patrols of America’s Most Famous WW II Submarine, by R.Adm Richard H. O’Kane

War Beneath the Sea, by Peter Padfield (Submarine Conflict During World War II)

War in the Boats, My WWII Submarine Battles, by Capt. William J. Ruhe

War Under the Pacific, by Keith Wheeler (Time-Life World War II series)

VHS Tapes:
The Attack Plans of WWII, The History Channel The Silent Service series

The Captains of WWII, The History Channel, The Silent Service series

The Torpedoes of WWII, The History Channel, The Silent Service series

Submarines of the Atlantic, The History Channel, The Silent Service series

U-Boats Wolfpacks of WWI, The History Channel, The Silent Service series

Submarine Special Ops, The History Channel, The Silent Service series

Tracking the Enemy, The History Channel, The Silent Service series

Blind Man’s Bluff ; Nuclear Subs, The History Channel, The Silent Service series