LEADER 04713nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910957683103321 005 20241107101023.0 010 $a1-283-04957-0 010 $a9786613049575 010 $a1-61251-000-0 035 $a(CKB)2560000000061157 035 $a(EBL)665757 035 $a(OCoLC)707067874 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000486776 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12193939 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000486776 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10441528 035 $a(PQKB)11287873 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC665757 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL665757 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10454910 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL304957 035 $a(ODN)ODN0000549967 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000061157 100 $a20100908d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aProject Azorian $ethe CIA and the raising of the K-129 /$fNorman Polmar and Michael White 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAnnapolis, Md. $cNaval Institute Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (274 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a1-59114-690-9 311 08$a1-59114-668-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; Perspective; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; ONE The Bubble; TWO Sailing on Combat Duty; THREE Two Submarines; FOUR A Series of Events; FIVE Finding the Target Object; SIX The Plan; SEVEN Get Ready, Get Set...; EIGHT The Lift; NINE The Bounty; TEN Exposure and Revelation; ELEVEN Conspiracies and Causes; TWELVE Failure and Frustration; Appendix A The Kamchatka Flotilla; Appendix B The Crew of the K-129; Appendix C The Submarine K-129; Appendix D The R-21/SS-N-5 Serb Missile; Appendix E The Submarine Halibut; Appendix F The Lift Ship Hughes Glomar Explorer 327 $aAppendix G The Capture VehicleAppendix H The Hughes Mining Barge No. 1; Notes; Book List; Index; Author Biographies 330 $aDespite incredible political, military, and intelligence risks, and after six years of secret preparations, the CIA attempted to salvage the sunken Soviet ballistic missile submarine K-129 from the depths of the North Pacific Ocean in early August 1974. This audacious effort was carried out under the cover of an undersea mining operation sponsored by eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes. "Azorian"-incorrectly identified as Project Jennifer by the press- was the most ambitious ocean engineering endeavor ever attempted and can be compared to the 1969 moon landing for its level of technological achievement. Following the sinking of a Soviet missile submarine in March 1968, U.S. intelligence agencies were able to determine the precise location and to develop a means of raising the submarine from a depth of more than 16,000 feet. Previously, the deepest salvage attempt of a submarine had been accomplished at 245 feet. The remarkable effort to reach the K-129, which contained nuclear-armed torpedoes and missiles as well as cryptographic equipment, was conducted with Soviet naval ships a few hundred yards from the lift ship, the Hughes Glomar Explorer. While other books have been published about this secret project, none has provided an accurate and detailed account of this remarkable undertaking. To fully document the story, the authors conducted extensive interviews with men who were on board the Glomar Explorer and the USS Halibut, the submarine that found the wreckage, as well as with U.S. naval intelligence officers and with Soviet naval officers and scientists. The authors had access to the Glomar Explorer's logs and to other documents from U.S. and Soviet sources. The book is based, in part, on the research for Michael White's ground-breaking documentary film,Azorian: The Raising of the K-129, released in late 2009. As a result of the research for 330 8 $athe book and the documentary film, the CIA reluctantly issued a report on Project Azorian in early 2010, even though they tried to withhold details that were in that brief document from the public record by redacting one-third of it. In this book, the story of the CIA's Project Azorian is finally revealed after decades of secrecy. 606 $aJennifer Project 606 $aSubmarine disasters$zSoviet Union 615 0$aJennifer Project. 615 0$aSubmarine disasters 676 $a910.9164/9 686 $aPOL036000$2bisacsh 700 $aPolmar$b Norman$029981 701 $aWhite$b Michael$f1950-$028398 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910957683103321 996 $aProject Azorian$94379995 997 $aUNINA