Three Knots to Nowhere: A Cold War Submariner on the Undersea Frontline

by Ted E. Dubay

Overview

This book follows the author's experiences in the United States Navy from 1966 through 1972. They include a personal background, boot camp, electrician's school, the U.S. Naval Nuclear Program, assignment to the USS Henry Clay during an overhaul in Charleston, South Carolina, subsequent transit to Hawaii, and deterrent patrols out of Guam. The work begins with the crew of one of the most powerful weapons on earth, the fleet ballistic missile submarine USS Henry Clay, manning Battle Station Missile.

What follows is a fresh perspective on the secret world of submarine life, ranging from behavioral insights and humorous anecdotes to many undocumented attributes of submarine life, exposing aspects of life under the sea no one else has revealed. This book is the most complete representation of submarine duty to date, with a high level of detail. The narrative focuses on the enlisted men--the backbone of the submarine service.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476614045
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	02/18/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	316,739
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Ted E. Dubay is a Nuclear Technical Specialist III at the Millstone Power Station in Waterford, Connecticut. He has worked there four decades and lives in Colchester, Connecticut.
Ted E. Dubay is a Nuclear Technical Specialist III at the Millstone Power Station in Waterford, Connecticut. He has worked there four decades and lives in Colchester, Connecticut.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1. Battle Stations
2. Troubled Times
3. Odyssey
4. Admiral Rickover’s Nuclear Power School
5. Submarine School—The Final Preparation
6. Reporting to the USS Henry Clay
7. Inside the Henry Clay
8. The Forbidden Zone: The Engineering Spaces
9. Test Depth
10. Transit to Hawaii
11. The Eve of My First Patrol
12. Getting Underway
13. Christmas on Patrol
14. Dolphins and Patrol Pins
15. R & R in Hawaii
16. The Escape Tower
17. Change of Command—The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
18. Surprise Package from the Blue Crew
19. Typhoon
20. Farewell to the Henry Clay
21. Flight Back to Hawaii
22. Ford Island
23. The Circle Begins
Index

Editorial Reviews

The author provides an excellent account of his service onboard Henry Clay during the course of two deterrent patrols. Those interested in U.S. Navy nuclear submarine operations will find much of interest in this book and it would be a welcome addition to anyone’s Cold War history library”—Military; “a refreshingly straightforward recollection of six years of a young man’s life in the U.S. Navy serving onboard a nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine...recommend...an excellent scene-setter for life onboard submarines”—The Northern Mariner/Le marin du nord.

From the Publisher

a refreshingly straightforward recollection of six years of a young man's life in the U.S. Navy serving onboard a nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine...recommend...an excellent scene-setter for life onboard submarines

The Northern Mariner/Le marin du nord