Review
A breathtaking adventure story about one of America's most secret Cold War weapons. It is a true story of covert operations, imminent danger, personal bravery, technological wonder and historic discovery in a deep underwater environment never before patrolled by mankind.
Product Description
"Dark Waters" is a breathtaking adventure story about one of America's most closely guarded secret Cold War weapons. It follows the creation, construction and clandestine Cold War operations of the smallest nuclear-powered submarine in the US Navy, a one-of-a-kind ship so secret that it wasn't even given a proper name. This is a true story of cover operations, imminent danger, personal bravery, technological wonder and historic discovery in a deep underwater environment never before patrolled by mankind.
From the Author
Dark Waters is the story of the Submarine NR-1
How and why it was built
Its mission(s)
The people who brought it to life
The excitement encountered during its early operation
All told as an action-adventure tale from the perspective of an initial crewmember. It includes 16 pages of largely unpublished photographs of the boat and the principal people involved.
Structure:
The NR-1 is the subject and several interwoven threads to describe its progress are maintained:
The first person narrative of a crewmember.
Admiral Rickover and his drive to create the boat.
The NR-1’s progress from idea to actual operations .
The rapidly changing backdrop of Cold War events .
The recollections of the people who built and manned it.
Content:
The book contains chapters that:
Establish what was going on and the narrator’s place
Describe a typical Cold War submarine patrol
Summarize events leading to the building of the NR-1
Detail the construction and testing of the boat
Follow the crew:
During their training for the NR-1
While they learned to operate in contact with the bottom
Reconstruct a number of exciting missions, and
Reveal some of the unexpected adventure experienced.
About the Author
Lee Vyborny has been involved with the US Navy submarine force for more than 30 years, serving aboard a fast attack submarine and being chosen as one of the original 12 crew on the NR-1. He was an instructor at the Nuclear Power Training Unit in Windsor, Connecticut, and a navy diver. He later became a design and production engineer at the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics, and a programme manager for the development and production of navigations equipment at Sperry Marine Systems. Now retired, he lives in Virginia. Don Davis has written 11 books, three of which have become New York Times bestsellers, most recently The Last Man on the Moon with Apollo 17 Commander Gene Cernan. As a news correspondent for 20 years, he covered stories ranging from the Vietnam war to the White House.
