A WWII skipper who ‘went down swinging’ - Napa Valley Register
17 May 2012, 1:48 am
Almost as a postscript, the captain of another American submarine, the USS
hawkbill, a close friend of Latta’s, received permission to divert from its regular patrol to hunt down the Lagarto’s destroyer. Twelve days later, the
hawkbill found and sunk the Hatsutaka.