On the Bottom: The Raising of the U.S. Navy Submarine S-51
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| Rating | : | 4.44 (582 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0451211510 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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Jeanne B. said 19"1925 Naval Disaster -- Well Told by Man Who Raised the Sunken Sub" according to Jeanne B.. This is a very interesting chronicle of the Navy raising a submarine which went down in an "accident" with a freighter off the coast of the Atlantic in 1925. The sub was riding on the surface when the freighter hit it. It went down so fast, only three of the 1925 Naval Disaster -- Well Told by Man Who Raised the Sunken Sub This is a very interesting chronicle of the Navy raising a submarine which went down in an "accident" with a freighter off the coast of the Atlantic in 1925. The sub was riding on the surface when the freighter hit it. It went down so fast, only three of the 36 members of the crew escaped. The author is the man who headed the operation to raise the sub. He was a Lieutenant at that time and retired as an Admiral.One thing would have made it better. It needed a glossary for all the Navy and ship terminology. Battan. Belay. Bilge. Those are just some of the Bs. However, it is not a. 6 members of the crew escaped. The author is the man who headed the operation to raise the sub. He was a Lieutenant at that time and retired as an Admiral.One thing would have made it better. It needed a glossary for all the Navy and ship terminology. Battan. Belay. Bilge. Those are just some of the Bs. However, it is not a. 5 Naval Disaster -- Well Told by Man Who Raised the Sunken Sub. This is a very interesting chronicle of the Navy raising a submarine which went down in an "accident" with a freighter off the coast of the Atlantic in 19"1925 Naval Disaster -- Well Told by Man Who Raised the Sunken Sub" according to Jeanne B.. This is a very interesting chronicle of the Navy raising a submarine which went down in an "accident" with a freighter off the coast of the Atlantic in 1925. The sub was riding on the surface when the freighter hit it. It went down so fast, only three of the 1925 Naval Disaster -- Well Told by Man Who Raised the Sunken Sub This is a very interesting chronicle of the Navy raising a submarine which went down in an "accident" with a freighter off the coast of the Atlantic in 1925. The sub was riding on the surface when the freighter hit it. It went down so fast, only three of the 36 members of the crew escaped. The author is the man who headed the operation to raise the sub. He was a Lieutenant at that time and retired as an Admiral.One thing would have made it better. It needed a glossary for all the Navy and ship terminology. Battan. Belay. Bilge. Those are just some of the Bs. However, it is not a. 6 members of the crew escaped. The author is the man who headed the operation to raise the sub. He was a Lieutenant at that time and retired as an Admiral.One thing would have made it better. It needed a glossary for all the Navy and ship terminology. Battan. Belay. Bilge. Those are just some of the Bs. However, it is not a. 5. The sub was riding on the surface when the freighter hit it. It went down so fast, only three of the 1925 Naval Disaster -- Well Told by Man Who Raised the Sunken Sub This is a very interesting chronicle of the Navy raising a submarine which went down in an "accident" with a freighter off the coast of the Atlantic in 1925. The sub was riding on the surface when the freighter hit it. It went down so fast, only three of the 36 members of the crew escaped. The author is the man who headed the operation to raise the sub. He was a Lieutenant at that time and retired as an Admiral.One thing would have made it better. It needed a glossary for all the Navy and ship terminology. Battan. Belay. Bilge. Those are just some of the Bs. However, it is not a. 6 members of the crew escaped. The author is the man who headed the operation to raise the sub. He was a Lieutenant at that time and retired as an Admiral.One thing would have made it better. It needed a glossary for all the Navy and ship terminology. Battan. Belay. Bilge. Those are just some of the Bs. However, it is not a. Red Ryder said On the Bottom. I hesitated between a four and five. I went with the four because although it is a good slice of naval history and an interesting read there is a lot of naval terminology which keeps this reader looking in the glossary, and often times not finding term wanted. However, that being said it is a good read, a good slice of U.S. Navy history and captures the flavor of the times. And perhaps most importantly Ellesberg re-creates the dedication, even the heroics of the seamen involved both officer and enlisted. And typical of that time period no one is afraid to work beyond all expecta. Uncommon valor and dedication to duty under the sea. An excellent, first hand account of the salvage of SS 51. Although I wound up looking up many technical or naval terms that I was unfamiliar with, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Admiral Ellsberg's descriptive narrative had me right there on bottom with each harrowing dive. He described ingenuity that is not uncommon in Naval service, which allowed on site salvage to continue when it may well have been delayed days or weeks until proper parts were developed or supplied. This could be made into a great motion picture, showing uncommon valor and devotion to duty. They're all hero'
In a collision with a steamship, City of Rome, on the night of September 25, 1925, the U.S. This is the story of the men charged with doing the impossible—raising the thousand ton sub from the bottom of the sea. Navy Submarine S-51 sank in 132 feet of water, taking 33 sailors to the ocean floor. 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.
In the late 1920s, Ellsberg began his prolific career as a writer of Naval history and fiction. In 1925, he led the effort to raise the S-51, for which he became the first sailor to earn the Distinguished Service Medal during peacetime, and was promoted to Commander by a special act of Congress. Commander Edward Ellsberg graduated first in his class from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1914.
"A marvelous tale, filled with moments of horrified expectancy, of impossible deeds and endurances, of achievements that smack of magic." -- The New York Times"A narrative more thrilling than any imaginative tale of adventure in the dark depths of the sea." -- San Francisco Chronicle"For sheer vividness this battle with the treacherous waters has no equal in recent fiction or nonfiction." -- William McFee in the New York Herald Tribune