A Cold War disaster that took ninety-nine lives, and was denied for forty years. What really happened to the USS Scorpion?
May 1968: An American submarine is sent to investigate suspicious Soviet ships gathered in the mid-Atlantic. No one aboard the USS Scorpion was aware of the trap they rode into - that the Soviets planned revenge for the mysterious sinking of a Russian sub two months before... or that a traitor has been supplying the KGB with the US Navy's top-secret codes.
In this thrilling story that portray the human side of a naval tragedy that was officially denied for forty years, veteran submariner and bestselling author Kenneth Sewell chronicles the astounding true events behind the demise of the USS Scorpion.
- ISBN10 1439104549
- ISBN13 9781439104545
- Publish Date 28 July 2009 (first published 15 April 2008)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Simon & Schuster
- Format Paperback (US Mass Market)
- Pages 352
- Language English