Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 623.8257
EAN num: 9780451211514
ISBN number: 0451211510
Label: NAL Trade
Manufacturer: NAL Trade
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 272
Printing Date: April 06, 2004
Publishing house: NAL Trade
Release Date: April 06, 2004
Sale Popularity Level: 290139
Studio: NAL Trade
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In a collision with a steamship, City of Rome, on the night of September 25, 1925, the U.S. Navy Submarine S-51 sank in 132 feet of water, taking 33 sailors to the ocean floor. This is the story of the men charged with doing the impossible-raising the thousand ton sub from the bottom of the sea. Added to this modern classic of true adventure are a foreword and afterword giving specifics of the accident and the aftermath, additional photographs, a publisher's preface, and appendices.
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When I was a kid, browsing a used book sale at a mall in San Antonio, I bought a book named "Thirty Fathoms Deep" by Commander Edward Ellsberg. It was a pretty good yarn about diving on sunken treasure, not very plausible but a good read. I still have the book, and a few years ago (probably after reading "Run Silent, Run Deep") I started wondering who this Ellsberg guy was, especially as there were a bunch of other books by him printed on the flyleaf of "Thirty Fathoms Deep". Google to the rescue - I found a website containing the US Navy report on the raising of the S-51 (which seemed to be the "Columbia" incident of its day) in 1926, written by Ellsberg. Here was the source of technical themes repeated in "Thirty Fathoms Deep" and I read it thoroughly. In spite of the dry Navy language, it was a thrilling story, and then I read "On The Bottom". This book is more or less the same information found in the Navy report, of course, but with a more human touch. While still somewhat dry and full of technical details, the picture painted is one of men struggling to perform a herculean task in extreme conditions with primitive tools (some invented as they went along), against cruel setbacks seemingly thrown by a pantheon of laughing gods. This is truth on par with Spielbergian fiction and worth a movie, with no embellishment required.
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A fantastic reprint of one of the all time classics of the sea. The introduction by Captain Ned Beach is a wonderful tribute to Admiral Edward Ellsberg and the book includes a CD recording of the 1925 hit song "The Sinking of Submarine S-51," and a DVD of period newsreel footage. It's a must for any naval history buff!
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