| Description |
1 online resource (275 pages) |
|
text file |
| Note |
Contents; 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 Revelat ion; 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. |
|
APPENDIX G: The capture vehicleAPPENDIX H: The hughes mining barge no. 1; Notes; Book List; Index; Author Biographies. |
| Summary |
Despite 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 ac. |
| Contents |
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 Revelat ion; 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
K-129 (Submarine)
|
|
K-129 (Submarine) |
|
Glomar Explorer (Ship)
|
|
Glomar Explorer (Ship) |
|
Soviet Union. Voenno-Morskoĭ Flot -- Submarine forces -- History.
|
|
Soviet Union. Voenno-Morskoĭ Flot. |
|
Submarine forces. |
|
History. |
|
United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- History.
|
|
United States. Central Intelligence Agency. |
|
K-129 (Submarine) -- Submarine forces -- History. |
|
Glomar Explorer (Ship) -- Submarine forces -- History. |
|
Soviet Union. Voenno-Morskoi Flot -- Submarine forces -- History. |
|
United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- Submarine forces -- History. |
|
Jennifer Project.
|
|
Jennifer Project. |
|
Submarine disasters -- Soviet Union.
|
|
Submarine disasters. |
|
Soviet Union. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
|
|
History.
|
| Added Author |
White, Michael, 1950-
|
| Other Form: |
Print version: Polmar, Norman. Project Azorian : The CIA and the Raising of the K-129. New York : Naval Institute Press, ©2010 |
| ISBN |
9781612510002 (electronic book) |
|
1612510000 (electronic book) |
|
1591146909 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
|
9781591146902 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
|
1283049570 |
|
9781283049573 |
| Standard No. |
9786613049575 |
|
