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UNINA9910955034403321 |
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Summitt Dan <1924-> |
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Tales of a Cold War submariner / / Dan Summitt |
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College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2004 |
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1-299-05380-7 |
1-60344-652-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (279 p.) |
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Collana |
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Texas A & M University military history series ; ; 95 |
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Soggetti |
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Admirals - United States |
Cold War |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1 How It All Started""; ""2 My Destroyer Days""; ""3 My Early Submarine Days""; ""4 Annapolis and West Point""; ""5 Back to Sea Duty""; ""6 Nuclear Power Training""; ""7 Duty aboard Sargo""; ""8 Prospective Commanding Officer Training""; ""9 Seadragon Operations""; ""10 Off to the Arctic""; ""11 Seadragon and Skate Conduct Joint Operations""; ""12 Heading Home""; ""13 Final Days aboard Seadragon""; ""14 Working at Naval Reactors""; ""15 Preparing for Command of USS""; ""16 Command of USS Alexander Hamilton""; ""17 Duty with comsublant Staff""; ""18 comsubflot 8"" |
""19 The Pentagon and Retirement""""Appendix: USS Seadragon Sailing List""; ""Index"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Navy life at the height of the Cold War as commander of two nuclear submarines kept Dan Summitt on his toes. Summitt relates his work with Admiral Rickover, recounts secret missions to the North Pole in the USS Seadragon, and shares the everyday dangers faced by a submarine crew |
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