On the Bottom - The Tale of the Dangerous and Ground Breaking Salvage of the Sunken

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 publisher’s preface, and appendices.

Product details

• Authors: Edward L. Beach, Edward Ellsberg, Edward/ Beach Ellsberg
• Assisted by: Edward L. Beach (Introduction)
• Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.04.2004
• EAN: 9780451211514
• ISBN: 978-0-451-21151-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 227 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous