"Set against a backdrop of cultural anecdotes, music of the day, and world events delivered in a staccato style, the reality of life beneath the waves unfolds. Every submariner, from seaman to admiral, will easily recognize himself in one or more of the hilarious, zany, and sometimes harrowing sea stories related by McHale about his shipmates over a three-year period from 1967 to 1970. Worth reading from that perspective alone, STEALTH BOAT is much deeper than a collection of stories about old shipmates and, by extension, the Vietnam-era submarine subculture. More in the literary tradition of Richard Henry Dana, Jr.’s Two Years before the Mast (1846), STEALTH BOAT uses those stories to explain life in submarines. - Timothy J. Galpin, Journal of Cold War Studies

"STEALTH BOAT is an elegant and unflinching memoir of life inside one of America's most accomplished Cold War fast attack subs.  Energized with delicious details and smile-provoking humor, Stealth Boat explains the crucial symbiosis between sailors and their complex machine." – Stephen Johnson, author of SILENT STEEL

STEALTH BOAT is Gannon McHale's crowning achievement as a Submariner. His writing has a rhythm that carried me through the night…a tale of shipmates, and a journey to manhood….If you rode the boats and need another look at your youth, read this book. – Charlie Kotan

“If you'd like an insider's view of the way submarine sailors dealt with the challenges that Cold War operations of the 1960s placed upon them, both at sea and ashore, you'll want to read this book…It's funny, it's instructive and most importantly, it's all true.” – Tam Graham

This definitely is the most fun book I have read about the fast attacks of the mid sixties, but also in many ways this portrays how it was more completely than the rest. – William Lee