On the Bottom: The Raising of the U.S. Navy Submarine S-51 b

ISBN: 0451211510

Author: Ellsberg, Edward

Condition: new

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 publishers preface, and appendices.