Sorry not Trepang, the Tang. Commander Richard O’Kane and his lookouts were knocked off the conning tower when their own torpedo circled back on them and sunk the boat off Japan they were picked up by a Japanese destroyer and treated less than favorably. His book Clear The Bridge recounts his experiences. He served on the Wahoo under Mush Morton as exec. It’s good reading. Eugene Sedges book With The Old Breed is good too. US Marines got to know the Japanese soldiers very well.
I grew up reading my Dad’s (COL, USAF) military books.