Globe Pequot / Lyons Press
Pages: 224
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Trim: 6 x 9
978-1-4930-2753-8 • Paperback • December 2017 • $16.95 • (£12.99)
Norman Polmar has been a consultant to senior officials of the U.S. Navy and Department of Defense, and has directed studies for U.S. and foreign aerospace and shipbuilding firms. He was a member of the Secretary of the Navy's Research Advisory Committee (NRAC) and the steering group for the Secretary's analysis of the Falklands War. For four years-as an employee of the Northrop Corporation-he worked for the Navy's Deep Submergence Systems Project (DSSP), which developed advanced escape and rescue systems in the wake of the Thresher disaster. He is the author of more than thirty books on naval, aviation, and intelligence projects. He lives in Alexandria, Virginia.
CONTENTS
Preface
1.The Thresher
2.A Brief Career
3.In the Yard
4.The Last Cruise
5.Inside the Thresher
6.The Early Search
7.Finding the Thresher
8.The Inquiry
9.A Sequence of Events
10.Aftermath
Appendices
A.An announcement that the Thresher is "overdue and presumed missing."
B.The first press briefing of the Thresher disaster
C.Death certificate for the 129 Navymen and Civilians
aboard the Thresher on April 10, 1963
D.Report of the Thresher Court of Inquiry
E.Statement announcing the finding of the Thresher's remains
F.The 129 Navymen and Civilians who died in the Thresher
"Submarines and underwater navigation have long interested people, even some of the most dyed-in-the-wool landlubbers. One worthy "new" book about submarines is The Death of the U.S.S. Thresher. It was written in 1964. This new edition has been updated by its author, Norman Polmar, to incorporate information that has been declassified since the book was first published."-- AP Newswires
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