Through Hell and Deep Water Author:Hans Christian Adamson, Charles A. Lockwood From the authors of Hellcats of the Sea, this is the definitive work on the famed American Submarine USS Harder (SS-257). Harders only skipper was Commander Sam Dealey of Dallas, Texas. Coauthor Charles Lockwood knew Dealey personally. Dealey earned the title "Destroyer Killer" after sinking five Japanese destroyers during one of his many ... more »successful Pacific patrols. For his amazing achievements Dealey was decorated with four Navy Crosses. In August 1944 Harder was lost with all hands. Commander Dealey was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.« less