<i>Torpedoes Away!</i>&nbsp;details US Navy submarine operations during the first 18 months of World War Two. Author Maxwell Hawkins breathlessly covers the tense, dangerous missions of submarines USS&nbsp;<i>Trout, Sea Raven, Pollack, Skipjack, Cuttlefish,&nbsp;</i>and others. Between these first-hand reports stitched-together from interviews with crewmen, Hawkins describes the mechanical workings of submarines, as well as the history of submersibles beginning in the 17th Century.&nbsp;He spent over a year sifting through the archives of the Navy Department and conducted extensive interviews with many veteran submariners about their experiences in the Pacific during World War Two.<i>&nbsp;</i>The result is a classic study of underwater warfare, a must read for military historians and World War 2 buffs.