Three knots to nowhere : a Cold War submariner on the undersea frontline / Ted E. Dubay.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (223 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781476614045 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Three knots to nowhere : a Cold War submariner on the undersea frontline.DDC classification:
  • 359.0092 B 23
LOC classification:
  • V63.D83 A3 2014eb
Online resources:
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.
Scope and content: "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 patrols out of Guam. This narrative focuses on the enlisted men--the backbone of the submarine service"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"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 patrols out of Guam. This narrative focuses on the enlisted men--the backbone of the submarine service"-- Provided by publisher.

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