Tragedy at Three Hundred Fathoms

by Tom Gaston

Overview

"After decades their story and the truth can now be told."
Following the successful completion of extended special operation missions in both the Mediterranean and Black Sea during the period 6 May 1967 through 6 January 1968, the submarine USS (Redacted) (SSN-Hull Number Classified Secret) was reported missing. After an exhaustive search by surface ships and aircraft, the submarine was located on 24 March 1968 just south of the Azores at the base of an uncharted submerged mountain range at a depth of 300 fathoms beneath the sea. Attempts to salvage and raise the submarine by both the United States Navy and later by the Soviet Military Maritime Fleet failed. Reports of survivors aboard the stricken submarine were never confirmed. On 22 May 1968 the submarine USS (Redacted) (SSN-Hull Number Classified Secret) was removed from rolls of commissioned U.S. Navy vessels and listed as missing and declared sunk. The official details surrounding the tragic loss of the submarine and its crew were never disclosed and remained classified ...until now.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781666239270
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	01/19/2021
Pages:	262
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

Bio: Lieutenant USN (Ret) Tom Gaston served aboard five submarines from 1956 until his retirement in 1976. He rose from the enlisted ranks and received his commission as Ensign from Officer Candidate School in Newport, RI after graduation from the University of Texas in Austin in 1965. His undergraduate degree is in Applied Mathematics and received his master’s degree in Finance from SIUE and the Citadel in 1976. He earned both his Silver Dolphins as enlisted and Gold Dolphins as a commissioned officer. Following his career in the Navy, he joined the Nuclear Engineering Department of Ohio Edison Company in Akron, Ohio as an Economic Analyst and Nuclear Fuel Planner. In 1995, as Owner/President, he established his own consulting company Nuclear Fuels Management Services, Inc. He developed nuclear power plant fuel planning and procurement strategies for public utility companies. His publications include “Report on Analysis of Optimum Uranium Raw Material Inventory Levels,” presented at the NEI Conference in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1995. He was employed as a Principal Nuclear Fuel Consultant at FirstEnergy Corporation in Akron, Ohio from 2006 until his retirement in 2009. He currently resides with his wife Bonnie in Rapid City, South Dakota.