Year: 2016 Language: english Author: Charles River Editors Genre: History Publisher: Creat Space Independent Publishing Platform Edition: First ISBN: 9781537026862 Format: PDF Quality: eBook Pages count: 45 Description: This interesting book examines the case of the sudden disappearance of the USS Scorpion on May 22, 1968. Excerpt from a Navy report says that “It takes a special type of person to serve in a nation’s navy, especially on long voyages that separate men and women from their loved ones, and no service is both loved and hated as that aboard submarines, for very few people ever serve on them on a whim. For one thing, the psychological impact of being trapped for long periods underwater in tight, cramped quarters is more than many people can stand. Also, submarine service is uncharacteristically hazardous; after all, if a surface vessel is sunk, the crew has a reasonable chance of escaping death in lifeboats or being rescued out of the water by another ship. Conversely, if a submarine is badly damaged while submerged, the crew’s chances of survival are at best remote. On the other hand, for those who choose to make the careers as submariners, there is no more beloved service. That is, one hopes, how it was for the 99 men who were serving on the USS Scorpion on May 22, 1968, the fateful day the submarine is believed to have sunk.” It appears that the crew members died quickly, but however it happened, the grief experienced by their family members dragged on for decades, exacerbated both by the Navy’s lack of information about the submarine’s final moments and the government’s unwillingness to share what little knowledge it had. God bless the soles of all the brave crew members and protect their families!
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The Disappearance of the USS Scorpion
Language: english
Author: Charles River Editors
Genre: History
Publisher: Creat Space Independent Publishing Platform
Edition: First
ISBN: 9781537026862
Format: PDF
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 45
Description: This interesting book examines the case of the sudden disappearance of the USS Scorpion on May 22, 1968.
Excerpt from a Navy report says that “It takes a special type of person to serve in a nation’s navy, especially on long voyages that separate men and women from their loved ones, and no service is both loved and hated as that aboard submarines, for very few people ever serve on them on a whim. For one thing, the psychological impact of being trapped for long periods underwater in tight, cramped quarters is more than many people can stand. Also, submarine service is uncharacteristically hazardous; after all, if a surface vessel is sunk, the crew has a reasonable chance of escaping death in lifeboats or being rescued out of the water by another ship. Conversely, if a submarine is badly damaged while submerged, the crew’s chances of survival are at best remote. On the other hand, for those who choose to make the careers as submariners, there is no more beloved service. That is, one hopes, how it was for the 99 men who were serving on the USS Scorpion on May 22, 1968, the fateful day the submarine is believed to have sunk.”
It appears that the crew members died quickly, but however it happened, the grief experienced by their family members dragged on for decades, exacerbated both by the Navy’s lack of information about the submarine’s final moments and the government’s unwillingness to share what little knowledge it had.
God bless the soles of all the brave crew members and protect their families!
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