Augsburg, Paul Deresco "Red Sadie and the Rising Sun"

Canny feline named Red Sadie alerts an ammunition-packed freighter - the fictitious TOBANGO - steaming in Pacific waters for a convoy rendezvous that a Japanese submarine is in the vicinity. The ship’s skipper, a frustrated Naval Reserve officer, has a trick or two up his sleeve, and soon (predictably) sinks the sub and captures most of the enemy sailors. Red Sadie, having just had a litter of kittens, is subsequently toasted a heroine when the TOBANGO arrives in Australia. For another feline-in-war story, see F.R. Buckley’s "Childhood of Miss Churt" (below).