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.
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"A marvelous tale, filled with moments of horrified expectancy, of impossible deeds and endurances, of achievements that smack of magic." -- The New York Times
"A narrative more thrilling than any imaginative tale of adventure in the dark depths of the sea." -- San Francisco Chronicle
"For sheer vividness this battle with the treacherous waters has no equal in recent fiction or nonfiction." -- William McFee in the New York Herald Tribune --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
"A narrative more thrilling than any imaginative tale of adventure in the dark depths of the sea." -- San Francisco Chronicle
"For sheer vividness this battle with the treacherous waters has no equal in recent fiction or nonfiction." -- William McFee in the New York Herald Tribune --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Originally published in 1929, this magnificent account of the struggle on the ocean floor to salvage the sunken U.S. Navy submarine, S-51, has become a modern classic of the sea.
What was not included in Edward Ellsberg's gripping account are specifics of the accident, the aftermath, and the extent that the event touched the nation. This expanded edition presents this and more by including an introduction by renowned submariner and author Edward L. Beach; a publisher's preface; additional photographs; an afterward; and appendixes. Also added is a CD recording of the period ballad "Sinking of the Submarine S-51," an oral interview with Rear Admiral Ellsberg, and a DVD of rare on scene newsreel footage. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Ellsberg is an unrecognized icon of the US Navy,
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When I was a kid, browsing a used book sale at a mall in San Antonio, I bought a book named "Thirty Fathoms Deep" by Commander Edward Ellsberg. It was a pretty good yarn about diving on sunken treasure, not very plausible but a good read. I still have the book, and a few years ago (probably after reading "Run Silent, Run Deep") I started wondering who this Ellsberg guy was, especially as there were a bunch of other books by him printed on the flyleaf of "Thirty Fathoms Deep". Google to the rescue - I found a website containing the US Navy report on the raising of the S-51 (which seemed to be the "Columbia" incident of its day) in 1926, written by Ellsberg. Here was the source of technical themes repeated in "Thirty Fathoms Deep" and I read it thoroughly. In spite of the dry Navy language, it was a thrilling story, and then I read "On The Bottom". This book is more or less the same information found in the Navy report, of course, but with a more human touch. While still somewhat dry and full of technical details, the picture painted is one of men struggling to perform a herculean task in extreme conditions with primitive tools (some invented as they went along), against cruel setbacks seemingly thrown by a pantheon of laughing gods. This is truth on par with Spielbergian fiction and worth a movie, with no embellishment required.
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A fantastic reprint of one of the all time classics of the sea. The introduction by Captain Ned Beach is a wonderful tribute to Admiral Edward Ellsberg and the book includes a CD recording of the 1925 hit song "The Sinking of Submarine S-51," and a DVD of period newsreel footage. It's a must for any naval history buff!
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Excellent account of how hat divers raised a submarine sunk in 132 feet of water in the North Atlantic. This book makes recreational SCUBA divers appreciatewhat a hard job this was, and how diving has evolved over the years
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On a dark September night, with a cold breeze whipping up a choppy sea about fifteen miles to the eastward of Block Island, the steamship City of Rome plowed northward towards Boston. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
small manila line, gun access trunk, salvage squadron, strongback bolt, reeving line, recompression tank, wrecking pump, stern pontoons, bow pontoons, port pontoon, hauling wires, toggle bar, last pontoon, starboard pontoon, flood valves, manila hawser, second pontoon, motor room, iron doctor, whistling buoy, lowering lines, wire slings, diving ship, ventilation valve, first pontoon Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Point Judith, City of Rome, Block Island, Lieutenant Hartley, George Anderson, Captain King, East River, New London, Admiral Plunkett, Francis Smith, Boatswain Hawes, Navy Department, Tom Eadie, United States, Harbor of Refuge, Joe Eiben, Surgeon Flotte, Torpedo Station, Lieutenant Commander Lenney, Tell Joe, The Race, Blackwell's Island, Chief Torpedoman Kelley, Long Island Sound New!
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On a dark September night, with a cold breeze whipping up a choppy sea about fifteen miles to the eastward of Block Island, the steamship City of Rome plowed northward towards Boston. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
small manila line, gun access trunk, salvage squadron, strongback bolt, reeving line, recompression tank, wrecking pump, stern pontoons, bow pontoons, port pontoon, hauling wires, toggle bar, last pontoon, starboard pontoon, flood valves, manila hawser, second pontoon, motor room, iron doctor, whistling buoy, lowering lines, wire slings, diving ship, ventilation valve, first pontoon Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Point Judith, City of Rome, Block Island, Lieutenant Hartley, George Anderson, Captain King, East River, New London, Admiral Plunkett, Francis Smith, Boatswain Hawes, Navy Department, Tom Eadie, United States, Harbor of Refuge, Joe Eiben, Surgeon Flotte, Torpedo Station, Lieutenant Commander Lenney, Tell Joe, The Race, Blackwell's Island, Chief Torpedoman Kelley, Long Island Sound New!
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- The far shore by Edward Ellsberg on 4 pages
- Under the Sea (Fantastic Journeys) by Steve Skidmore in Front Matter
- Run Silent Run Deep (Cassell Military Paperbacks) by Edward L. Beach in Front Matter
- Run Silent, Run Deep (Curley Large Print Books) by Edward L. Beach in Front Matter
- Treasure Below by Ellsberg in Front Matter
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- Dark Descent: Diving and the Deadly Allure of the Empress of Ireland by Kevin F. McMurray on page 46, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans by Sylvia Earle on page 39, page 44, and Back Matter
- Water Waves Generated by Underwater Expl (Methods in Chromatography) by Bernard Lemehaute in Back Matter
- Collectors Guide to Glass Banks by Charles V. Reynolds on page 104
- Navy Times Book of Submarines, The: A Political, Social andMilitary His by Brayton Harris on page 286
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