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Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 DVD (138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Captain Vostrikov, a Russian naval officer has been given command of the Soviet Union's first nuclear submarine, K-19, at the height of the Cold War in 1961. The vessel's executive officer Captain Polenin asserts that the flagship is not yet ready for deployment. But political pressure forces Vostrikov to sail his crew into the North Atlantic anyway for a missile fire test that serves as a warning to the U.S. The test is a success, but a leak in the...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
403 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
When her brother is killed, brilliant marine architect Hannah Bryson must discover the volatile mystery behind a decommissioned Soviet submarine, Silent Thunder, that was recently purchased by the U.S. government for use as a maritime museum. Though the U.S. government tries to warn Hannah away, she'll stop at nothing to find the ruthless mastermind behind her brother's death. Even if it means joining forces with a mysterious man who may be even more...
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2003], c1990
Physical Desc
1 DVD (137 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A new technologically superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading the the United States coast under the command of Captian Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. A lone CIA analyst has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it. At the same time, the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find Ramius too.
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 1
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
266 pages ; 20 cm
Description
Undersea adventurer Dirk Pitt faces the toughest challenge of his life when he plunges into a deadly sea zone to rescue the gigantic Starbuck, America's nuclear arsenal, while battling deep-sea assassins.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This film explores the dramatic and little-known events that unfolded inside a nuclear-armed Soviet submarine during the Cuban Missile Crisis. While politicians sought a solution to the stand-off, Vasili Arkhipov, an officer aboard the submarine, refused to fire a nuclear torpedo, thus averting disaster.
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
310 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 21 cm
Description
Known as the “Father of the Nuclear Navy,” Admiral Hyman George Rickover (1899-1986) remains an almost mythical figure in the United States Navy. A brilliant engineer with a ferocious will and combative personality, he oversaw the invention of the world's first practical nuclear power reactor. As important as the transition from sail to steam, his development of nuclear-propelled submarines and ships transformed naval power and Cold War strategy....
9) America
Author
Series
Jake Grafton novels volume 9
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
454 pages ; 21 cm
10) Phantom
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
At the height of the cold war, the world holds its breath when a Soviet submarine armed with nuclear missiles goes missing in the Pacific. On board the vessel, the battle-tested captain and a rogue KGB agent are waging a life-and-death game of cat and mouse. With enemy forces closing in and time running out, the captain fights to keep control with nuclear armageddon hanging in the balance.
Author
Series
Jack Ryan and John Clark novels volume 4
Formats
Description
CIA analyst Jack Ryan, tries to figure out if Russian submarine captain, Marko Ramius, is planning to attack the U.S. coast or planning to defect.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (392 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The hunt for Red October: A new technologically superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading the the United States coast under the command of Captain Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. A lone CIA analyst has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it. At the same time, the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find Ramius...
13) Scorpion down: sunk by the Soviets, buried by the Pentagon : the untold story of the USS Scorpion
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
xiv, 482 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A scientist and his colleagues hire an ex-Naval officer to lead an expedition in an Alaskan submarine to stop a Red Chinese anti-American conspiracy that could lead to WW III.
Author
Series
NUMA files volume 20
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
ix, 419 pages : illustration ; 24 cm.
Description
On a NUMA training mission in the Caribbean, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala catch a distress call from a nearby freighter. Leaping into action, they locate a damaged vessel and a dead captain clutching a shotgun. While searching the freighter for clues, Kurt and Joe are ambushed by crew members who seem terrified and disoriented, almost brainwashed. The trawler they were hauling has vanished, taken-the men say-by baffling lights that circled the ship....
16) The abyss
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (377 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks, the Navy commandeers the crew of a civilian deep sea oil rig to help in the rescue operation. This perilous mission becomes a wondrous odyssey into the unknown as forces from the ocean's deepest region begin to make contact with the divers.
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