Jennifer Project - Softcover

Burleson, Clyde W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0722120613 ISBN 13: 9780722120613

Publisher: Sphere, 1979

Synopsis

World Affairs / Warfare - The story of raising a 3000 ton sunken Russian submarine from 17,500 feet of water. Fantastic suspense and it's all true!

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Author's Summary
In February 1968, K-129, a Russian Golf class submarine, sank in the Pacific Ocean. Thanks to Sea Spider, a fantastic top-secret system which tracked every Soviet vessel on or under the Pacific Ocean, we knew what had happened to K-129. The Soviets did not.

K-129 carried the latest Russian nuclear missiles and torpedoes. She was also equipped with their most advanced Ships Internal Navigation System (SINS). All told, if that boat could be salvaged, it would be the intelligence coup of the Cold War.

There was only one problem. She lay on the bottom in 17,500 feet of water. And experts said it could not be done.

The CIA ignored the experts. Using a Howard Hughes seabed mining venture as cover, they hired Global Marine Inc. to raise K-129.

Working under immense time pressure because of a weather window, brave men sacrificed their personal lives to design and build a massive ship, a barge, a claw, and a lift pipe string.

By June 1974, the ship, carrying the claw and lift pipe, was ready for this hazardous mission.

The crew faced unknown dangers.

First, the nuclear warheads, after exposure to immense water pressure, might be unstable and explode during retrieval. Then, in addition to the normal hazards of salvage, they would be alone on the vast ocean. If the Russians discovered their true purpose they would be sunk. And if the weather window closed while lifting K-129's remains, they faced the risk of snapping the pipe string, which would tear their ship in half.

While they risked their lives, Richard Nixon resigned his presidency, the CIA had reason to believe the Russians had penetrated the mission's cover, and the Soviet Union feared a military takeover of the U.S. government, so went on full military alert.

The story elements are factual, dramatic, and fascinating. The characters, including Howard Hughes, Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger, Richard Helms, William Colby, Leonid Brezhnev, and other key 20th century figures, are the players in the greatest spy story ever told.

About the Author

Clyde W. Burleson is the author of ten other books, including two novels. He currently resides in Houston, Texas.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sphere
• Publication date: 1979
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0722120613
• ISBN 13: 9780722120613
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208