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Search - The Terrible Hours
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Book Description:
On the eve of World War II, the Squalus, America's newest submarine, plunged to the bottom of the North Atlantic. Miraculously, thirty-three crew members still survived. While their loved ones waited in unbearable tension on shore, their ultimate fate would depend upon one man, U.S. Navy officer Charles "Swede" Momsen -- an extraordinary combination of visionary, scientist, and man of action. In this thrilling true account, prize-winning author Peter Maas vividly re-creates a moment-by-moment account of the disaster and the man at its center. Could he actually pluck those men from a watery grave? Or had all his pioneering work been in vain?
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Genres:
- History >> Military >> Naval
- History >> Military >> United States >> General
- History >> World >> Transportation >> Ships >> Ships & Shipwrecks
- Literature & Fiction >> General >> Contemporary
Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover, Paperback, Audio Cassette (Abridged), Audio Cassette (Unabridged), Paperback
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2 member(s) found this review helpful.
The man behind the greatest submarine rescue in history.
The true story of the rescue of the crew of 'S-192' the Navy's newest submarine, the USS Squalus.
This has got to be one of the best,.on the edge of your seat readings that I have experienced in a long time. History, real history, action, real action, death around the next page, what's going to happen, how's it going to happen, time is running out . . .
A very, very good read.
Phyllis O. from BAMBERG, SC wrote on 1/14/2007...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Peter Maas' tale of the Squalus and of Navy hero Charles 'Swede' Momsen. Reads like an edge of your seat thriller made even more emotionally resonant since it is a true story.
James M. from LAKE GROVE, NY wrote on 11/9/2006...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
This is Swede Momsens' story. A real hero.
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On the eve of World War II, the Squalus, America's newest submarine, plunged to the bottom of the North Atlantic. Miraculously, 39 crew members still survived. While their loved ones waited in unbearable tension on shore, their ultimate fate would depend upon one man, US Navy officer Charles "Swede" Momsen - an extraordinary combination of visionary, scientist, and man of action. In this thrilling true account, prize winning author Peter Maas vividly re-creates a moment-by-moment accoutn of the disaster and the man at its center. Could he actually pluck those men from a watery grave? Or had all his pioneering work been in vain?
Great book. True story of some larger than life American heroes.
on th eve of World war two the Squalus America's newest submarine plunged to the bottom of the North Atlantic Miraculously thirty three crew memeber still survived. while their loved one waited in unbearable tension on shore their ultimate fate would depend upon one man U,.S. Navy officer Cahrles swede Momsen and extraordinary combination of visionary scientist and a man of action
This is a well-researched narrative of the first deep-water submarine rescue on the eve of WWII and the man who engineered it, Swede Momsen. It also details how he invented the aqualung and fought Navy bureaucracy to get the lung and rescue equipment built, tested, and used.