During five war patrols under the command of Richard H. O'Kane, the Balao class fleet submarine U.S.S. Tang was credited with sinking a total of 31 Japanese ships, for a wartime total of 227,800 tons. The victim of a circular running torpedo during her fifth war patrol, only nine crew members, including O'Kane, survived to spend the rest of the war as prisoners of war in Japan.

O'Kane, who served as executive officer in Wahoo under both Kennedy and Morton, was Tang's only commander. His actions in command of Tang resulted in the award of the Medal of Honor. He reconstructed the fifth patrol report from memory after being repatriated at the end of the war.

This volume contains the complete text of Tang's five official war patrol reports. Also included is an Introduction and notes by series editor J.T. McDaniel, and additional reference material, including the sailing list from patrol five, a list of Allied code names for Japanese aircraft, a list of ship-type designators, and an article on the Mark 18 torpedo.

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Back Cover: Should read "...only eight members of her crew, plus O'Kane..." not "including O'Kane..."

Page 152: Ballinger, W.F., CTM, and Bauer, E.C., Y3, were inadvertently omitted from the sailing list for patrol Five.

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