Three knots to nowhere : a Cold War submariner on the undersea frontline /

"This work follows the author's experiences in the United States Navy, 1966-1972, including a personal background, boot camp, electricians school, the U.S. Naval Nuclear Program, assignments to the ballistic missile submarine USS Henry Clay, subsequent transit to Hawaii, and deterrent patr...

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Main Author: Dubay, Ted E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
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Table of Contents:
  • Battle stations
  • Troubled times
  • Odyssey
  • Admiral Rickover's nuclear power school
  • Submarine school; The final preparation
  • Reporting to the USS Henry clay
  • Inside the Henry Clay
  • The forbidden zone : the engineering spaces
  • Test depth
  • Transit to Hawaii
  • The eve of my first patrol
  • Getting underway
  • Christmas on patrol
  • Dolphins and patrol pins
  • R&R in Hawaii
  • The escape tower
  • Change of command; The good, the bad and the ugly
  • Surprise package from the Blue Crew
  • Typhoon
  • Farewell to the Henry Clay
  • Flight back to Hawaii
  • Ford Island
  • The circle begins.