Three Knots to Nowhere A Cold War Submariner on the Undersea Frontline.

Dubay, Ted E.

Three Knots to Nowhere A Cold War Submariner on the Undersea Frontline. - Jefferson : McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (223 pages)

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Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1. Battle Stations; 2. Troubled Times; 3. Odyssey; 4. Admiral Rickover's Nuclear Power School; 5. Submarine School-The Final Preparation; 6. Reporting to the USS Henry Clay; 7. Inside the Henry Clay; 8. The Forbidden Zone: The Engineering Spaces; 9. Test Depth; 10. Transit to Hawaii; 11. The Eve of My First Patrol; 12. Getting Underway; 13. Christmas on Patrol; 14. Dolphins and Patrol Pins; 15. R and R in Hawaii; 16. The Escape Tower; 17. Change of Command-The Good, the Bad and the Ugly; 18. Surprise Package from the Blue Crew 19. Typhoon20. Farewell to the Henry Clay; 21. Flight Back to Hawaii; 22. Ford Island; 23. The Circle Begins; Index

Three Knots to Nowhere: A Cold War Submariner on the Undersea Frontline follows the author's experiences in the United States Navy from 1966 through 1972. They include a personal background, boot camp, electricians school, the U.S. Naval Nuclear Program, assignment to the USS Henry Clay during an overhaul in Charleston, S.C., subsequent transit to Hawaii, and deterrent patrols out of Guam. The work begins with the crew of one of the most powerful weapons on earth, the fleet ballistic missile submarine, USS Henry Clay, manning Battle Station Missile. What follows is a fresh perspective on the s.



9781476614045


Dubay, Ted E.


United States. Navy --Submarine forces--Biography.
Henry Clay (Submarine)


Cold War.
Dubay, Ted E.
Henry Clay (Submarine).
Naval reconnaissance.
Nuclear submarines.
Pacific Area.
Submariners.
United States.
United States. Navy.
Submariners--United States--Biography.
Nuclear submarines--History--United States--20th century.
Naval reconnaissance--History--20th century.
Cold War--Biography.


Electronic Books.

V63 / .T474 2014