Soviet Cold War Attack Submarines

Author : Edward Hampshire
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472839350

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Soviet Cold War Attack Submarines by Edward Hampshire Pdf

In this highly detailed book, naval historian Edward Hampshire reveals the fascinating history of the nuclear-powered attack submarines built and operated by the Soviet Union in the Cold War, including each class of these formidable craft as they developed throughout the Cold War period. The November class, which were the Soviet Union's first nuclear submarines, had originally been designed to fire a single enormous nuclear-tipped torpedo but were eventually completed as boats firing standard torpedoes. The Alfa class were perhaps the most remarkable submarines of the Cold War: titanium-hulled (which was light and strong but extremely expensive and difficult to weld successfully), crewed with only thirty men due to considerable automation and 30% faster than any US submarines, they used a radical liquid lead-bismuth alloy in the reactor plant. The Victor class formed the backbone of the Soviet nuclear submarine fleet in the 1970s and 1980s, as hunter-killer submarines began to focus on tracking and potentially destroying NATO ballistic missile submarines. The Sierra classes were further titanium-hulled submarines and the single Mike-class submarine was an experimental type containing a number of innovations. Finally, the Akula class were being constructed as the Cold War ended, and these boats form the mainstay of the Russian nuclear attack submarine fleet today. This book explores the design, development, and deployment of each of these classes in detail, offering an unparalleled insight into the submarines which served the Soviet Union throughout the Cold War period. The text is supported by stunning illustrations, photographs and diagrams of the submarines.

Author : Mark H. Glissmeyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798985577129

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Soviet Attack Submarines by Mark H. Glissmeyer Pdf

Following the unimpressive performance of the Soviet Navy during World War Two, Soviet leadership realized that a stronger navy would be an important factor in their drive to gain recognition for their world power status. In less than a decade, the Soviet Union would develop a large naval force and would operate the largest submarine fleet in the world. By Stalin's death in 1953, their naval development program was well advanced; nine cruisers had been completed, construction had begun on two of a programmed four heavy cruisers, and construction of aircraft carriers was reportedly planned. The Soviet Navy was becoming a force which might eventually attempt to contest control of the high seas from the United States, as well as defend the USSR against any seaborne attack. This book traces the history and missions of the Soviet attack submarine force and describes the various classes of attack submarines which the Soviets built. It also discusses Soviet naval operations such as the conscription of their crews, and includes various submarine accidents at sea. It gives this chronology from two different viewpoints-that of the United States gleamed through US intelligence, and also from the viewpoint of the Soviet military. This hardcover version includes 53 figures and charts showing the various submarines including torpedo evolution, main development phases, maps, ballistic missile evolution, cruise missile comparisons, salvage and rescue, and construction numbers.

Author : Norman Polmar,Kenneth J. Moore
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
Page : 649 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781597973199

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Cold War Submarines by Norman Polmar,Kenneth J. Moore Pdf

Submarines had a vital, if often unheralded, role in the superpower navies during the Cold War. Their crews carried out intelligence-collection operations, sought out and stood ready to destroy opposing submarines, and, from the early 1960s, threatened missile attacks on their adversary's homeland, providing in many respects the most survivable nuclear deterrent of the Cold War. For both East and West, the modern submarine originated in German U-boat designs obtained at the end of World War II. Although enjoying a similar technology base, by the 1990s the superpowers had created submarine fleets of radically different designs and capabilities. Written in collaboration with the former Soviet submarine design bureaus, Norman Polmar and K. J. Moore authoritatively demonstrate in this landmark study how differing submarine missions, antisubmarine priorities, levels of technical competence, and approaches to submarine design organizations and management caused the divergence.

Author : Peter Sasgen
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781429966979

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Stalking the Red Bear by Peter Sasgen Pdf

Thrilling submarine espionage and an inside look at the U.S. Navy's "silent service" Stalking the Red Bear, for the first time ever, describes the action principally from the perspective of a commanding officer of a nuclear submarine during the Cold War -- the one man aboard a sub who makes the critical decisions -- taking readers closer to the Soviet target than any work on submarine espionage has ever done before. This is the untold story of a covert submarine espionage operation against the Soviet Union during the Cold War as experienced by the Commanding Officer of an active submarine. Few individuals outside the intelligence and submarine communities knew anything about these top-secret missions. Cloaking itself in virtual invisibility to avoid detection, the USS Blackfin went sub vs. sub deep within Soviet-controlled waters north of the Arctic Circle, where the risks were extraordinarily high and anything could happen. Readers will know what it was like to carry out a covert mission aboard a nuke and experience the sights, sounds, and dangers unique to submarining.

Author : Kenneth Sewell,Clint Richmond
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2006-09-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781416527336

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Red Star Rogue by Kenneth Sewell,Clint Richmond Pdf

"The Hunt for Red October" meets "Blind Man's Bluff" in this chilling, true story of a rogue Soviet submarine that sank while trying to provoke a war between the U.S. and China.

Author : Edward Hampshire
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472825018

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Soviet Cruise Missile Submarines of the Cold War by Edward Hampshire Pdf

The Soviet Union's cruise missile submarines from the modified Whiskey, to the Oscar II classes were among the most formidable vessels of the Cold War. They were initially designed to carry land attack nuclear-tipped cruise missiles designed to strike targets on the eastern coast of the United States. By the late 1960s, however, submarine-launched ballistic missiles made the nuclear land-attack mission unnecessary, so existing classes were converted to the 'carrier killer' role, armed with anti-ship cruise missiles designed to destroy US super-carriers and other important naval targets. This fully illustrated study examines these powerful machines that were some of the largest and fastest submarines ever built. If war had broken out, they would have been at the forefront of the Soviet Navy's campaign to destroy NATO's sea power and cut America's sea link with Europe.

Author : Kenneth Sewell,Clint Richmond
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2005-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780743274654

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Red Star Rogue by Kenneth Sewell,Clint Richmond Pdf

This riveting New York Times bestseller tells of the shocking true story of a rogue Soviet submarine poised for a nuclear strike on the United States, “reveal[ing] the explosive facts about one of the best-kept secrets of the Cold War” (The Flint Journal). On March 7, 1968, several hundred miles northwest of Hawaii, the nuclear-armed K-129 surfaced and sunk, taking its crewmen and officers with it to perish at sea. Who was commanding the rogue Russian sub? What was its target? How did it infiltrate American waters undetected? Drawing from recently declassified documents and extensive confidential interviews, Navy veteran Kenneth Sewell exposes the stunning truth behind an operation calculated to provoke war between the United States and China. With full, authoritative detail and sixteen pages of exclusive photographs, Red Star Rogue illuminates this history-shaping event and rings with chilling relevance in light of today’s terrorist threats.

Author : Edward Hampshire
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472825001

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Soviet Cruise Missile Submarines of the Cold War by Edward Hampshire Pdf

The Soviet Union's cruise missile submarines from the modified Whiskey, to the Oscar II classes were among the most formidable vessels of the Cold War. They were initially designed to carry land attack nuclear-tipped cruise missiles designed to strike targets on the eastern coast of the United States. By the late 1960s, however, submarine-launched ballistic missiles made the nuclear land-attack mission unnecessary, so existing classes were converted to the 'carrier killer' role, armed with anti-ship cruise missiles designed to destroy US super-carriers and other important naval targets. This fully illustrated study examines these powerful machines that were some of the largest and fastest submarines ever built. If war had broken out, they would have been at the forefront of the Soviet Navy's campaign to destroy NATO's sea power and cut America's sea link with Europe.

Author : Kenneth Sewell,Jerome Preisler
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009-07-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439104545

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All Hands Down by Kenneth Sewell,Jerome Preisler Pdf

Describes the events preceding and during the mysterious sinking of a United States submarine in 1968, using interviews and recent evidence to determine the act was a retaliation by the Soviet Union for a similar attack.

Author : Alfred Scott McLaren
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612518466

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Silent and Unseen by Alfred Scott McLaren Pdf

Silent and Unseen is a memoir of a submariner’s life on a U.S. attack submarine during the Cold War by Capt. Alfred S. McLaren, an experienced submarine officer and nuclear attack submarine commander. He describes in riveting detail the significant events that occurred early in the Cold War during his seven years, 1958–65, on board three attack submarines: the USS Greenfish (SS 351), USS Seadragon (SSN 584), and USS Skipjack (SSN 585). He took part in the first submerged transit of the Northwest Passage, a Baffin Bay expedition, and, as commander of USS Queenfish (SSN 651), a North Pole expedition that completed the first survey of the entire Siberian Continental Shelf. McLaren’s stories and anecdotes offer a look at the development of attack-boat tactics and under-ice exploration techniques. During the early high-risk years of the Cold War, submarines were continually at sea, and each reconnaissance and intelligence-collection mission was of potentially great value to the United States. The missions often required zeroing in on the potential enemy to collect the intelligence desired, generally within weapons range. Unlike a war patrol, the U.S. attack boat had to remain undetected, and then withdraw as silently and unseen as it's original approach. Greenfish was one of the most successful Pacific diesel submarines when McLaren served aboard her as a watch and weapons officer. He then served as watch officer on the Seadragon when she became the first nuclear submarine to transit from the Atlantic to the Pacific via the Arctic Ocean. En route, she examined the underside of icebergs, conducted the first underwater survey and passage through the Northwest Passage, and surfaced at the North Pole. McLaren concludes by recounting his experiences on board what was then the world’s fastest and most advanced submarine, USS Skipjack (SSN 585) during the Cuban Missile Crisis, two Cold War missions, and the very intensive and exciting period of new tactical and weapons development which followed to counter a rapidly emerging Soviet nuclear submarine threat.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UVA:35007004865014

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Understanding Soviet Naval Developments by Anonim Pdf

Author : W. Craig Reed
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780061992544

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Red November by W. Craig Reed Pdf

“Red November delivers the real life feel and fears of submariners who risked their lives to keep the peace.” —Steve Berry, author of The Paris Vendetta W. Craig Reed, a former navy diver and fast-attack submariner, provides a riveting portrayal of the secret underwater struggle between the US and the USSR in Red November. A spellbinding true-life adventure in the bestselling tradition of Blind Man’s Bluff, it reveals previously undisclosed details about the most dangerous, daring, and decorated missions of the Cold War, earning raves from New York Times bestselling authors David Morrell, who calls it, “palpably gripping,” and James Rollins, who says, “If Tom Clancy had turned The Hunt for Red October into a nonfiction thriller, Red November might be the result.”

Author : Peter A. Huchthausen
Publisher : National Geographic Society
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 079226472X

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K-19 by Peter A. Huchthausen Pdf

Tells the real story of a Russian submarine's narrowly averted nuclear meltdown at the height of the cold war. Companion volume to the feature film.

Author : Clive Archer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000280777

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The Soviet Union and Northern Waters by Clive Archer Pdf

This book, first published in 1988, analyses the interests and activities of the Soviet Union in the northern Atlantic. It gives particular attention to the growth in exploration and exploitation of resources and to the problems presented by jurisdictional disputes. The responses of NATO, the United States and the Nordic countries to the expanded Soviet military presence are examined in detail.

Author : Jan S. Breemer
Publisher : Ihs Global Incorporated
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Transportation
ISBN : UOM:39015012052943

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Soviet Submarines by Jan S. Breemer Pdf