Scorpion Down

Sunk by the Soviets, Buried by the Pentagon: The Untold Story of the USS Scorpion

By: Ed Offley

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Paperback | 25 March 2008 | Edition Number 1

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One Navy admiral called it "one of the greatest unsolved sea mysteries of our era." The U.S. Navy officially describes it an inexplicable accident. For decades, the real story of the disaster eluded journalists, historians, and the family members of the lost crew. But a small handful of Navy and government officials knew the truth: The sinking of the U.S.S. Scorpion on May 22, 1968, was an act of war. In Scorpion Down, military reporter Ed Offley reveals that the true cause of the Scorpion's sinking was buried by the U.S. government in an attempt to keep the Cold War from turning hot. For five months, the families of the Scorpion crew waited while the Navy searched feverishly for the missing submarine. For the first time, Offley reveals that entire search was cover-up, devised to conceal that fact that the Scorpion had been torpedoed by the Soviets. In this gripping and controversial book, Offley takes the reader inside the shadowy world of the Cold War military, where rival superpowers fought secret battles far below the surface of the sea.

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Prologue	p. xi
"We May Have Lost a Submarine"	p. 1
The Old Admiral's Revelation	p. 27
The Sports Car of Ships	p. 53
The Secret War	p. 83
The Russians Are Coming	p. 109
Leaving Home	p. 143
A Soviet Submarine Vanishes	p. 165
The Last Voyage	p. 179
A Twisted, Shiny Piece of Metal	p. 211
What Were They Trying to Hide?	p. 241
Burn Before You Read	p. 281
The Fatal Triangle	p. 317
With Maximum Punishment	p. 349
Epilogue	p. 365
Afterword: The Scorpion Debate Continues	p. 377
Acknowledgments	p. 385
Glossary	p. 391
USS Scorpion Search Roster	p. 401
USS Scorpion Chronology of Events	p. 407
Notes	p. 419
Bibliography	p. 461
Index	p. 475
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