|
WALDO K. We ended up in Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard for a badly needed OVERHAUL as well as R & R. We were tasked to conduct under ice preliminary explorations for the same DR. The book was important for me to read about the actual trials and tribulations NAUTILUS (SSN 571) went thru as they commenced transit from the Bering Sea thru the Chukchi Sea submerged until they surfaced in the Davis Straits off Greenland. LCDR.USNR (Ret). As you can see I definitely enjoyed the book and it brought back memories of thick ice formations inside the pressure hull as well as the ice floes on the surface grinding along the hull like a Giant Can Opener doing just that to our Main Ballast Tanks.
Quite a change from our viewing aboard REDFISH both in 1952 & 53.
LYON of USNEL IceLab using his initial topside fathometers to measure the thickness of the ice pack while submerged for 8 hours and 43 minutes off Point Barrow, Alaska during both the Summers of 1952 & 1953.
LT.
Reason being my own personal experience as a crew member of the USS REDFISH (SS 395) of SUBDIV 32 based in San Diego,CA.
A Good Read for sure.
We survived both REDFISH Expeditions and got as far as Banks Island on the surface thru the ice floe stackups.
DR.LYON sent me a letter about how easy it was to view the ice pinnacles at 150 feet or deeper using the NAUTILUS closed circuit TV.
JOHN R LASTOVA, Jr.
2/15/2009
(1)The Emergency Air Breathing System now known as EABs became a standard on all US Submarines. This book will provide you an exclusive look and feel into the locked enviroment of a sub and it's crew as they attempted to transit the polar route. As only a submariner will note, other important achievements were made in their attempts to travel under the ice. (2)The reinforced sail/superstructures from these mission attempts.A great book that presents to the reader the hard work, dedication, talent and life of present day crew members currently on patrol.F. SilviaTRICCSMA Test Director ret.
The reader will feel the frustration of the two failed attempts and the success of the third mission. The reason I looked at it was very simple design a miniature submarine and the title and the author's name. The interior of the Nautilus is clean and a great deal of the areas is stainless steel. The reader discovers President Eisenhower was behind the mission to go under the North Pole. Reading Ice Diaries, I learned that Admiral Rickover was initially opposed to the Nautilus going under the North Pole. I have been aboard the Nautilus in Groton, Connecticut. The book is about the Nautilus, its crew, and their two attempts and finally, the success of being the first nuclear submarine to go under the North Pole.
It was the US Navy's first nuclear submarine and it was ahead of its time. When I toured the boat I noticed it was much bigger than World War II submarines. The Ice Diaries The Untold Story of the Cold War's Most Daring MissionBy Captain William Anderson with Don KeithPublisher Thomas Nelson Pp 2008PhotosIndexI looked at the dust jacket The Ice Diaries, The Untold Story of the Cold War's Most Daring Mission and it caught my eye. I did not realize how difficult it was to do. The book Ice Diaries takes you back to the 1950's when the Russians were launching satellites and our own rockets were blowing up on the launch pad. He wanted to show the world that the United States had the ability to accomplish a technical challenge that no one else had done before. I suggest you read the book and then visit the Nautilus in Groton, CT and you will understand what a crowning achievement this one submarine made in our history. Ice Diaries is a very interesting book.
I usually do not read many books about the United States let alone books dealing specifically with submarines. There was much riding on these voyages our national pride was at stake.As a soldier, I learned how a submarine and crew work together as team. The diagram on the tour guides shows all the areas except the nuclear power plant. I took it for granted that submarines could go under the North Pole and could operate years with out refueling. I know why the Nautilus was our premier sub and has been preserved for future generations. Eric ShulerMAJ NJARNG (ret)
I was pleasantly surprised at the nice hardcover binding Ice Diaries book. I am very happy about the quality of the book and although I did not read yet, after skimming through I can't wait to read it.
Having been blessed to be a crewman in US Nautilus on all three of her Arctic cruises, one in 1957 and two in 1958, with the last successfully gaining the North Pole, I'm familiar with all the details. John C. This is reflected in his writings and as I read 'Ice Diaries', I could hear his soft Tennasee accent speaking right off the pages.
Anderson's first book,'Nautilus 90 North', written just after the Polar trip of 1958 was also a great read, but of necessity, omitted much of the background information and intrigue that led up to all these trips, especially the 1957 trip. It is a complete accounting of our adventures across two years of under ice excursions and I highly recomend it. However, it was such a pleasure to read our late skipper's recent and highly updated accounting of those wonderful days.
Anyone who has an interest in history, the sea, the Navy, or especially submarines, will enjoy this book. Capt. Anderson was one of the most remarkable and humble men I've ever had the privilege to know, and as was his nature, always put the interest of the crew and ship before himself.
It should be on every school library shelf in the country. Yuill
|
