"They are the ultimate unseen deterrent in modern warfare. Thousands of tons of steel, missiles, torpedoes, and men lurking silently hundreds of feet underwater, able to lie off any coastline and unleash a devastating hail of destruction with pinpoint accuracy. They are the true masters of the oceans, striking swift and unseen before slipping away, ready to do it all over again at a moment's notice" --Cover, p. 2.

Foreword /by Rear Admiral Arlington F. Campbell, (U.S. Navy) Ret. -- Introduction / Larry Bond -- Batfish from Submarine! / by Commander Edward L. Beach -- Mergui Archipelago from One of our submarines / by Commander Edward Young -- First blood from Pigboat 39 : an American sub goes to war / by Bobette Gugliotta -- On patrol in the Indian Ocean from Shooting the war : the memoir and photographs of a U-boat officer in World War II / by Otto Giese and Captain James E. Wise, Jr. -- Return to Palau from Maru killer : war patrols of the USS Seahorse / by Dave Bouslog -- Convoy hunting south of the equator from Wake of the Wahoo / by Forest J. Sterling -- Jackpot at Monte Carlo from Submariner / by Captain John Coote -- POW rescue from USS Pampanito : killer-angel / by Gregory F. Michno -- Off to convoy college from Nothing friendly in the vicinity / by Claude C. Connor -- Wolfpack from War in the boats : my WWII submarine battles / by Captain William J. Ruhe -- Piercing the pole from Nautilus 90 north / by Commander William R. Anderson with Clay Blair, Jr. -- The bells of hell from One hundred days : the memoirs of the Falklands battle group commander / by Admiral Sandy Woodward with Patrick Robinson -- Accident on K-219 from Hostile waters / by Captain Peter Huchthausen, Captain First Rank Igor Kurdin, Russian Navy, and R. Alan White -- The domain of the golden dragon from Spy sub : a top secret mission to the bottom of the Pacific / by Roger C. Dunham -- Improving the breed from Rising tide : the untold story of the Russian submarines that fought the cold war / by Gary E. Weir and Walter J.Boyne.