<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</i>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<i>Cuttlefish</i>. 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;