Three knots to nowhere: a Cold War submariner on the undersea frontline 9781476614045, 1476614040

Battle stations -- Troubled times -- Odyssey -- Admiral Rickover's nuclear power school -- Submarine school; The fi

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Three knots to nowhere: a Cold War submariner on the undersea frontline
 9781476614045, 1476614040

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.

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