Synopses & Reviews
As millions have come to know from such immensely popular books and movies as The Hunt for Red October and U-571, the world of submarines is secretive...and dangerous. On the ocean floor lie over a century and a half of subs, lost both in war and in peace. Now, for the first time, the individual stories of these sunken ships are woven together to create an amazing history of underwater warfare and exploration...and the price that hundred of subs and thousands of sailors have paid. In gripping text and powerful photographs (including state-of-the-art contemporary underwater images), Lost Subs chronicles the fate of some of the most famous subs in naval history--from the sinking of the Confederate Army's sub Hunley to the recent loss of the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk. With a wealth of archival material, modern deep-sea photography, and stunning paintings by renowned Titanic artist Ken Marschall, this definitive illustrated history brings to life the museum of submarines resting in their underwater graves and the submariners on eternal patrol. And it vividly re-creates the missions to explore and raise many famous sunken subs, including the Hunley and the Kursk--missions sometimes as fraught with peril as any wartime duty. Filled with mystery, drama, and daring, and as current as today's headlines, Lost Subs is a powerful, true thriller.
Synopsis
From the ghostly wreck of the Civil War submersible Hunley to the grave of the Kursk beheath the Barents Sea, here is a riveting saga of life and death that has been played out below the surface of the earth's oceans for more than a hundred years. Now, for the first time, the gripping stories of the world's most famous lost subs are matched with amazing underwater images in this unforgettable illustrated history.