Fatal Dive: Solving the World War II Mystery of the USS Grunion by Peter F. Stevens reveals the incredible true story of the search for and discovery of the USS Grunion. Discovered in 2006 after a decades-long, high-risk search by the Abele brothersāwhose father commanded the submarine and met his untimely death aboard itāone question remained: what sank the USS Grunion? Was it a round from a Japanese ship, a catastrophic mechanical failure, or something elseāone of the subās own torpedoes? For almost half the war, submarine skippersā complaints about the MK 14 torpedoās dangerous flaws were ignored by naval brass, who sent the subs out with the defective weapon. Fatal Dive is the first book that documents the entire saga of the ship and its crew and provides compelling evidence that the Grunion was a victim of āThe Great Torpedo Scandal of 1941-43.ā Fatal Dive finally lays to rest one of World War IIās greatest mysteries.