Silent steel by S. Johnson

UglyMowgli · 05-27-06, 04:39 PM

This book is the story of the USS Scorpion the nuclear submarine lost at sea in 1968.
We follow the last months of the ship before is last mission in Mediteranean sea with a lot of informations about the lack of maintenance, the crew morale, the problems meets aboard.
The second parts is dedicated to the search of the ship and the differents probable causes of it lost. The author take a look at all the causes (from a trash disposal unit failure to the explosion of the battery) and explain why they can't or can be one which cause the sinking.
he also break in piece the Craven's idea about the torpedo explosion or hot start.
He conclude thaht the real cause is unknow at this time.

05-27-06, 04:39 PM	#1
UglyMowgli Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 774 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Silent steel by S. Johnson This book is the story of the USS Scorpion the nuclear submarine lost at sea in 1968. We follow the last months of the ship before is last mission in Mediteranean sea with a lot of informations about the lack of maintenance, the crew morale, the problems meets aboard. The second parts is dedicated to the search of the ship and the differents probable causes of it lost. The author take a look at all the causes (from a trash disposal unit failure to the explosion of the battery) and explain why they can't or can be one which cause the sinking. he also break in piece the Craven's idea about the torpedo explosion or hot start. He conclude thaht the real cause is unknow at this time. __________________ Modern Naval Warfare Community Manager