Fightin' Navy #91

Captain Ken Corey commands the Stinger, a brand-new submarine plagued by an intangible lack of spirit that troubles her crew—until the Admiral assigns them a volunteer mission so dangerous it seems almost impossible: penetrate the heavily mined and netted Tokyo Bay to destroy Japan's newest battleship and a carrier under construction. As Corey and his men devise an audacious plan to slip past the enemy's defenses, the Stinger herself seems to awaken, becoming one with her crew in a bid to strike back at Pearl Harbor.

Ensign Amos Twigg arrives aboard a hardened naval vessel as a by-the-book Academy graduate, immediately clashing with the combat-tested crew—but when the ship comes under enemy attack, his nerve fails at a critical moment and nearly costs them their ship. Captain Lorimer gives the young officer a second chance despite the crew's fury, assigning him to damage control duties when they engage a Japanese destroyer in a desperate battle. As fires rage and shells tear through the ship, Twigg's true character will be tested when it matters most.

When his P.T. boat is sunk during the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, Gunner's Mate Charles L. McAdams washes ashore at Kickapoo Bay, where he joins forces with Filipino civilians to wage guerrilla warfare against the occupying forces. From sabotaging enemy transport ships to organizing a growing resistance army, McAdams transforms himself into an unlikely leader—eventually commanding his own vessel and coordinating raids across the islands. Three years of relentless combat later, the U.S. Navy arrives to discover that the man they'd listed as killed in action has become something of a legend.