Sercombe, Ronald G. "Bessie Arbruster Snags a Whuppersnapper"

Liberty tag line: “Bessie proves there’s more than fish to be caught in the sea when she hooks a Coast guard ensign and turns an angling contest into a wholesale rescue.” Translation: Bessie and her powerboat rescue a U.S. submarine which is in mortal danger after having sunk offshore. (O.K., this one rather stretches the concept of “merchant shipping” focused World War 2 nautical fiction, but old Bessie’s such a pistol that she deserves another listing!)