About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: USS Richard S. Edwards, Soviet submarine K-129, USS Wood County, USS York County, USS Bauer, USS Swordfish, French aircraft carrier Clemenceau, USS Assurance, USS Sargo, MV Glen Sannox, USS Alacrity, USS Skate, USS Grayback, Soviet submarine K-3 Leninsky Komsomol, HMCS Gatineau, MV Humphrey Gilbert, EML Sulev, USS Joseph K. Taussig, USS Hull, HMS Rothesay, USS Graham County, USS Lorain County, USNS Eltanin, USS Bigelow, USS Hooper, USS De Soto County, Rainbow Warrior, List of ship launches in 1957, USNS Shoshone, HMCS St. Croix, Finnish minelayer Keihassalmi, HMCS Chaudiere, USNS Point Barrow, USNS Mizar, USS Mullinnix, LKL S duvis, USNS Comet, HMS Blackpool, HMS Cachalot, Bras d'Or R-103, HMS Grampus, HMS Duncan, HMS Etchingham, HMS Glentham, HMS Narwhal, HMS Georgeham, HMS Sandringham, HMS Thornham, HMS Rampisham, HMS Thatcham, HMS Thakeham, De Groene Draeck. Excerpt: K-129 was a Project 629A (NATO reporting name Golf-II) diesel-electric powered submarine of the Soviet Pacific Fleet, one of six Project 629 strategic ballistic missile submarines attached to the 15th Submarine Squadron based at Rybachiy Naval Base, Kamchatka, commanded by Rear Admiral Rudolf A. Golosov. In January 1968, the 15th Submarine Squadron was part of the 29th Ballistic Missile Division at Rybachiy, commanded by Admiral Viktor A. Dygalo. K-129's commander was Captain First Rank V.I. Kobzar. K-129 carried hull number 722 on her final deployment in which she sank on March 8, 1968. After sinking, the Soviet Navy never found her wreck. The United States attempted to recover the boat in 1974 in Project Azorian, a secret cold war-era plot to raise a vessel from greater than 3.0 miles (4.8 km) below the surface of the Pacific Ocean with the cover story of commercial manganese nodule mining. After having successfully completed two 70-day ballistic-m...
