On the Bottom: The Tale of the Dangerous and Ground-Breaking Salvage of the Sunken S-51
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
On the Bottom: The Tale of the Dangerous and Ground-Breaking Salvage of the Sunken S-51
By (Author) Edward Ellsberg
Introduction by Edward L. Beach
Penguin Putnam Inc
Portfolio
6th April 2004
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Warfare and defence
359.009
Physical Properties
Paperback
272
Width 154mm, Height 227mm, Spine 19mm
306g
Description
In a collision with a steamship, City of Rome, on the night of September 25, 1925, the U.S. Navy Submarine S-51 sank in 132 feet of water, taking 33 sailors to the ocean floor. This is the story of the men charged with doing the impossible-raising the thousand ton sub from the bottom of the sea. Added to this modern classic of true adventure are a foreword and afterword giving specifics of the accident and the aftermath, additional photographs, a publisher's preface, and appendices.
Reviews
"Will surely rank among the epics of the sea."
