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“HELL At 50 FATHOMS” US Navy Submarine Disasters that led to Modern Survival and Salvage Methods. - By Vice Admiral Charles A. Lockwood, Jr. USN (Ret.) and Colonel Hans Christian Adamson, USAF (Ret.). Foreword by Vice Admiral C. B. Momsen, USN (Ret.). Lockwood and Adamson team up again for another impressive book dealing with American submarines. These two authors also wrote "HellCats Of The Sea" and many other popular submarine titles. Written in 1962, the "Hell At 50 Fathoms" follows the history of American submarine disasters from the early 1900’s with the loss of the F-4 up to and including the tragic sinking of USS Cochino (SS-345) in 1949. Charles ‘Swede’ Momsen, the brilliant man behind the rescue of the men trapped inside the sunken sub USS Squalus (SS-192) in 1939 wrote the foreword in this book. First edition 1962 Hardback with dust jacket. Jacket wrapped in new protective plastic cover. 299 pages with 32 historic black and white photos, 2 maps and 2 diagrams. An impressive appendix with a chronological listing of all (World wide) submarine accidents from 1864 to 1960. This ultra-rare book was never published in paperback. This is a former library book with the usual markings.
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The Authors
Vice Admiral Charles A. Lockwood, Jr. USN (Ret.): Born in 1890, Lockwood graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1912. In 1914, he entered the submarine service and spent most of 39 years in submersibles. As a Three-Star Vice Admiral, Lockwood was Commander Submarines, Pacific (ComSubPac) in World War II. He has written the story of our Pacific submarine operations in his widely read "Sink 'Em All." He coauthors several other books with Col Hans Christian Adamson, USAF (Ret.), including "Hellcats of the Sea" and "Zoomies, Subs and Zeros."
Colonel Hans Christian Adamson, USAF, (Ret.): Like his coauthor, Charles Lockwood, Col Hans Adamson was also born in 1890. In 1942, Adamson was on a flight over the Pacific in a B-17 Flying Fortress. Off course and running low on fuel the 4-engine bomber was forced to ditch in the sea. Among the crew was famed World War I fighter ace, 52 year old Captain Eddie Rickenbacker and six others. The men drifted on rubber rafts for 23 days before being rescued. As Chief of the USAF Personnel Narrative Office, Colonel Adamson directed the collection and writing of all the human interest history of the Army Air Force in all theatres of war––frequently under most hazardous conditions. He coauthors several other books with Vice Admiral Charles Lockwood, USN (Ret.), including "Through Hell And Deep Water" and "Hell At 50 Fathoms."
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Other books by Charles A. Lockwood, Jr.
Battles of the Philippine Sea
Down To The Sea In Subs
Through Hell and Deep Water
Tragedy At Honda