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Summary: Great Stories made even better when you realize they are tru
Review: If you enjoyed this book, check out the Nova special that was based on the book. Nova did a great job bringing the book to life with reenactments, graphs, and visual effects
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Summary: Good reading
Review: I wish to comment on the accuracy of the USS Barbel SS-580 "collision". It did happen and we were knocked to the bottom - Our planes WERE NOT torn from the sail. I have a piece of the concrete ballast from the Chinese ship. A DBF'er who was there !!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: It's pretty good, but it's still not the Phrog Log.
Review: Somebody needs to write a book that publishes the view from Engine Room Lower Level. When you've read that, then you'll know what it was >really< like down there--when the 8K was rocked up--and why I still have nightmares.
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Summary: Rickover WAS a ruthless empire builder. So what?
Review: I was there in the 70s, and enjoyed reading this book. The Admiral was indeed ruthless, and he was also pretty eccentric. But the fleet of nuclear reactors his organization built and operated still has the best nuclear safety record on the planet. This is because he required us all to understand what we were dealing with and take Murphy's Law to heart: "If a piece of equipment CAN be operated in a particular way, then someone WILL operate it that way and experience the consequences." He was a dedicated and thorough empiricist: he always demanded to know what evidence you were basing your statements on, and heaven help the guy who tried to bluff him. This insistence on backing up every statement with demonstrable facts--especially in the mandatory EOOW/EWS seminars--is the hallmark of a Navy Nuclear Power education, and it has been the cornerstone of many successful careers. One of my nuc-school classmates went to Harvard Law School after his naval service, graduated at the top of his class, and went on to a high-powered career as a Wall Street lawyer. His nuc training made him prepare every legal brief as relentlessly and thoroughly as if his own life was at stake. Many more of us went on to be top-notch commercial software developers for the same reason: Rickover's program taught us to check every possibility, verify every claim, and NEVER take anything for granted, so that we insist on writing robust, efficient, user-proof code.I served with Pete Graef, but not on Parche. Pete is the greatest leader of men I have ever known. He was every bit as diligent and capable as the Admiral. But he also had a sense of humor as infectious, irreverent and inspiring as those of the physicist Richard Feynman and the actor Alan Alda (who played MASH's Hawkeye Pierce). I miss Pete a lot, and wish him well wherever he is now. --DBF pin--
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Summary: Mesmerizing
Review: BLIND MAN'S BLUFF packs even more of a whallop than fictional war thrillers like "The Hunt For Red October" or "The Triumph and the Glory". Fans of Clancy or Rustad or Coontz will love this one. Not since "Run Silent, Run Deep" has an author done justice to the drama and inherent perils of the Silent Service. For you-are-there insights and fascinating revelations into undersea warfare tactics and strategy this one can't be topped!
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Summary: Actual true to life story
Review: I worked as a designer at Mare Island Navshpyd in a group called Ocean Engineering during the time of 1980-85 in the area of systems integration. We installed the systems that made the missions Sontag wrote about. I can tell you that this is what the Navy held us to secrecy for the past 15 yrs. I couldn't even tell my wife about what we were working on and why. This book has taken a load off of my mind that has haunted myself and I'm sure the other engineers alike for years. Althought I can't talk about specific systems. The book was pretty darned accurate and a fine military adventure to read. Thanks for bringing to light the fine accomplishments of the men and women of the Submarine service and the civilians that designed the Parche, R.R.Russell and Seawolf.
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Summary: Well written book for those interested in the Silent Service
Review: This book is well written and very well researched. Each story is tense and riveting. The amount of detail will answer many questions, but sometimes gets in the way. This book belongs on your bookshelf next to "Das Boat"!
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Summary: Find out what might have really happened
Review: Until now, it was almost impossible to find out anything about the Submarine Service. My brother was in the Submarine Service for 11 years. I asked him for years to tell me some stories, but he never told me anything and says he never will. He did, however, tell me about this book, and suggest that I might wish to read it. Ethically and morally, I'm not sure where publication of this information fits in the great scheme of things, but I couldn't put the book down.
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Summary: from one who was there
Review: As a former member of the crew of the H-Boat and Parche and of Deep Dive Team One, I was in a unique position to participate in this little bit of history. My reactions to seeing these things in print were mixed. I eventually felt as if a little bit of a burden had lifted. From the cook to the Captain, the Crew of the Halibut were some of the most dedicated and professional people I have ever known. Thank you Sherry for bringing us in a little from the cold.
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Summary: Good try at exposing Submarine secrets, but simple minded.
Review: Made big deal about >largely untested< snorkel technology when in fact the German U boats had used it operationally since 1944. On page 62 the talk is about when computer components in the fish failed, that replacements were sent to Pearl Harbor in the luggage of American Airlines stewardesses. Now why would the Navy have to send its top secret stuff this way? It is neither credible nor believable.
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