This is the extraordinary story of how a single US submarine, skippered by a then unremarkable captain sank a Japanese supercarrier single-handed, instantly becoming the most successful US submarine patrol of the entire war by tonnage sunk.

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Sources:

Joseph Enright, James Ryan, Shinano! The Sinking of Japan’s Secret Supership
Clay Blair, Silent Victory: The US Submarine War against Japan
Evan Mawdsley, The War For the Sea: A Maritime history of World War 2
Joint Army-Navy Assessment Committe report, 1947 - http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/Japan...


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"Rynos Theme" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Crypto" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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