Forty years ago, in May 1968, the submarine USS "Scorpion" sank in
mysterious circumstances with a loss of ninety-nine lives. The
tragedy occurred during the height of the Cold War between the
United States and the Soviet Union, and it followed by only weeks
the sinking of a Soviet sub near Hawaii. Now in "All Hands Down, "
drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews, many with exclusive
sources in the naval and intelligence communities, as well as
recently declassified United States and Soviet intelligence files,
Kenneth Sewell and Jerome Preisler explain what really happened to
"Scorpion."
In January 1968, a U.S. intelligence ship, USS "Pueblo, " was
seized by North Korea. Among other items, the North Koreans
confiscated a valuable cryptographic unit that was capable of
deciphering the Navy's top-secret codes. Unknown to the Navy, a
traitor named John Walker had begun supplying the Navy's codes to
the KGB. Once the KGB acquired the crypto unit from the North
Koreans, the Russians were able to read highly classified naval
communications.
In March, a Soviet sub, K-129, mysteriously sank near Hawaii,
hundreds of miles from its normal station in the Pacific. Soviet
naval leaders mistakenly believed that a U.S. submarine was to
blame for the loss, and they planned revenge. A trap was set:
several Soviet vessels were gathered in the Atlantic, acting
suspiciously. It would be only a matter of time before a U.S. sub
was sent to investigate. That sub was "Scorpion." Using the
top-secret codes and the deciphering machine, the Soviets could
intercept and decode communication between the Navy and "Scorpion,
" the final element in carrying out the planned attack.
"All Hands Down" shows how the Soviet plan was executed and
explains why the truth of the attack has been officially denied for
forty years. Sewell and Preisler debunk various official
explanations for the tragedy and bring to life the personal stories
of some of the men who were lost when "Scorpion" went to the
bottom. This true story, finally told after exhaustive research, is
more exciting than any novel.
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