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Three knots to nowhere : a Cold War submariner on the undersea frontline
- Title
- Three knots to nowhere : a Cold War submariner on the undersea frontline / Ted E. Dubay.
- Author
- Dubay, Ted E.
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
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- Description
- vii, 213 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "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"--
- Subject
- Dubay, Ted E
- United States. Navy > Submarine forces > Biography
- Henry Clay (Submarine)
- Submariners > United States > Biography
- Nuclear submarines > United States > History > 20th century
- Naval reconnaissance > History > 20th century
- Cold War > Biography
- United States > History, Naval > 20th century
- Pacific Area > History, Naval > 20th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-3491
- ISBN
- 9780786478743 (softcover : alkaline paper)
- 0786478748 (softcover : alkaline paper)
- 9781476614045 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2014002545
- OCLC
- 853310503
- Author
- Dubay, Ted E.
- Title
- Three knots to nowhere : a Cold War submariner on the undersea frontline / Ted E. Dubay.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-3491