Tabloids might call this “the untold story” of what caused the sinking of the submarine Scorpion in 1968. Probabilities that a Soviet torpedo, or safety and maintenance shortcomings, were to blame are extremely remote, according to the Special Assistant for Submarines to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research and Development at ...

USS Scorpion (SSN-589) was a Skipjack-class nuclear-powered submarine that served in the United States Navy, the sixth vessel and second submarine to carry that name. Scorpion sank on 27 May 1968. She is one of two nuclear submarines that the U.S. Navy has lost, the other being USS Thresher. [4]

2018年5月14日 · The Norfolk-based USS Scorpion, one of the Atlantic Fleet’s 19 nuclear attack submarines, had been scheduled to transmit a four-word “Check Report”—encrypted to prevent the Soviets from intercepting it—that meant, in essence, “Situation normal, …

There are some who believe that the Soviets discovered the Scorpion and followed her before deciding to sink her. Ultimately, this article summarizes that both the US and the USSR agreed to cover up the details of the sinking of both submarines to prevent the outbreak of war.

2021年9月20日 · During the height of the Cold War, in 1968, four submarines disappeared with all hands on board: the Israeli submarine INS Dakar, the French Minerve, and the Soviet K-129, as well as the USS...

2023年9月25日 · On May 22, 1968, the nuclear submarine USS Scorpion sank while on a surveillance mission — but the Navy hid the full truth of the disaster from the public for decades.

2019年5月22日 · The Norfolk-based Scorpion, one of the Atlantic Fleet’s 19 nuclear attack submarines, had been scheduled to transmit a four-word “Check Report”— encrypted to prevent the Soviets from ...

2013年5月31日 · Scorpion down : sunk by the Soviets, buried by the Pentagon : the untold story of the USS Scorpion Bookreader Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Share to Twitter. Share to Facebook. Share to Reddit. Share to Tumblr. Share to Pinterest ...

In this stunning work of investigative journalism, author Ed Offley reveals that the U.S. Navy knew from the very beginning that Scorpion had been sunk by the Soviets. Even before Scorpion failed to show up at port, senior Navy officials had initiated an elaborate cover-up to suppress the real story of the undersea battle.

2007年4月20日 · 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.