Run Silent, Run Deep (Classics of Naval Literature)

I can read this over and over again. There are several memorable lines in this book. There is an authenticity that feels like history.

The best of the WWII submarine novels by a career officer who served in the wartime Silent Service. Beach served aboard the submarines USS Trigger and USS Tirante, and took command of USS Piper just as the Pacific War was ending. He was awarded the Navy Cross and Silver and Bronze Stars. In other words he was the real deal and his book reflects it (as does the sequel Dust on the Sea). There are other good WWII submarine books out there but Run Silent, Run Deep is the standard - and a very high one at that.

I have watched the Clark Gable/Burt Lancaster movie several times which I find as reading Ned Beach's book an even richer experience. Both the book and the 🎥 movie are excellent and I heartily recommend them to those of you who find yourselves, as I, captivated by WWII Pacific submarine exploits.

Books in many cases are different than the movie with the same title. But both the movie and this book are very good. Some plot points are the same but do not come about in a similar fashion. The book does tell a lot about the early days of the war. There is a minor love story in the book. But the book and the movie only share the same title and the infamous Boungo Pete. If you like navel stories and interested in subs I recommend this book (and the movie).

The book was top of the charts in about 1946 or 1947. Styles of writing do change. "Run Silent, Run Deep," the book, is very good for it's vintage. It really can't hold a candle to a book like "The Hunt For Red October." "Run Silent, Run Deep" will still immerse you in it's story for a full day or more. Then, after reading the book, watch [rent] the [1947 (?) B&W] movie which picks a few critical items from the book and creates a visual experience.

If you want to get the feel of what it was like to serve on a Gato boat in WWII this book, along with Beach's companion work, Dust on the Sea, are the best fictional works out there. Beach served as both the executive officer and captain of submarines during WWII and much of the Cold War. Throw in his history works ( "Submarine ") and one gets a pretty good picture of the challenges. I'd also highly recommend some more recent historical "diaries", e.g., O'Kane, Gallatin, Mendenhall, Ruhe, Ruiz. Harry Homewood's fictional books provide more of an enlisted man's view. Homewood was a WWII sub vet. Herman Wouk's two works have a lot of submarining as a small part of very long historical fiction works. Craig De Louie has started a series that's pretty good too. But you have to start with Beach

I found this to be a gripping book with plenty of action and a view of the human side of command.
It's very different from the movie with the same title.

It's a very good WW2 submarine story, and I've read it (among MANY, MANY others) several times in paperback. The three stars are not for the book, I'd have given it 5 stars. A book that was published in 1955, and delivered to my kindle (no shipping or paperback manufacture), costing over $16? Someone's out of touch with the current economy. I've given the product 3 stars instead of 5 simply due to it being overpriced.

Ive read submarine books since The Hunt for Red October came out. This one is at the top. Must read!

This book has the same name as the Hollywood Movie and even some same character names, however it is totally different from the movie. It is by far a better story than Burt Lancaster & Cary Grant could ever have hoped to do. A must read for anyone who likes a good war story or interested in WW II.