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Stephen P. Johnson

Silent Steel: The Mysterious Death of the Nuclear Attack Sub USS Scorpion

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At last, the truth about what happened to a doomed U.S. submarine On May 22, 1968, the U.S. nuclear submarine Scorpion was lost in the mid-Atlantic with its crew of 99. Was it sunk by the Soviets? Destroyed by its own torpedo? Flooded by a faulty trash disposal unit? The Navy claimed it found no cause for the disaster. Through vivid descriptions of the Scorpions final voyage, the astonishing discovery of the shattered hull, and the Navys efforts to unravel the mystery, Stephen Johnson unmasks the untold story of this tragedy. Using Navy documents, personal letters, and interviews with veterans of the submarine, he demonstrates that the Scorpi… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-471-26737-9
  • EAN: 9780471267379
  • Produktnummer: 2150489
  • Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
  • Seitenangabe: 292 S.
  • Masse: H24.5 cm x B16.0 cm x D2.6 cm 567 g
  • Gewicht: 567

Über den Autor


Veteran journalist STEPHEN JOHNSON first wrote about the Scorpion in a series of articles for the Houston Chronicle from 1993 to 1995 and assisted documentary makers and authors researching the disaster, including the authors of the bestselling Blind Man's Bluff. Johnson has discussed the Scorpion on Nova's Submarines, Secrets, and Spies and on The History Channel.

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