All Hands Down
The True Story of the Soviet Attack on the USS Scorpion
Nonfiction, History, Military, Naval, Americas, United States, 20th Century
| Author: | Kenneth Sewell, Jerome Preisler | ISBN: | 9781416564348 |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster | Publication: | April 15, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster | Language: | English |
| Author: | Kenneth Sewell, Jerome Preisler |
| ISBN: | 9781416564348 |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Publication: | April 15, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster |
| Language: | English |
A Cold War disaster that took ninety-nine lives, and was denied for forty years. What really happened to the USS Scorpion?
May 1968: An American submarine is sent to investigate suspicious Soviet ships gathered in the mid-Atlantic. No one aboard the USS Scorpion was aware of the trap they rode into – that the Soviets planned revenge for the mysterious sinking of a Russian sub two months before… or that a traitor has been supplying the KGB with the US Navy’s top-secret codes.
In this thrilling story that portray the human side of a naval tragedy that was officially denied for forty years, veteran submariner and bestselling author Kenneth Sewell chronicles the astounding true events behind the demise of the USS Scorpion.
A Cold War disaster that took ninety-nine lives, and was denied for forty years. What really happened to the USS Scorpion?
May 1968: An American submarine is sent to investigate suspicious Soviet ships gathered in the mid-Atlantic. No one aboard the USS Scorpion was aware of the trap they rode into – that the Soviets planned revenge for the mysterious sinking of a Russian sub two months before… or that a traitor has been supplying the KGB with the US Navy’s top-secret codes.
In this thrilling story that portray the human side of a naval tragedy that was officially denied for forty years, veteran submariner and bestselling author Kenneth Sewell chronicles the astounding true events behind the demise of the USS Scorpion.
