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All Hands Down
The True Story of the Soviet Attack on the USS Scorpion
By Kenneth Sewell and Jerome Preisler
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About The Book
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.
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.
Product Details
- Publisher: Gallery Books (February 23, 2013)
- Length: 368 pages
- ISBN13: 9780743298018
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