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Scorpion Down: Sunk by the Soviets, Buried by the Pentagon: The Untold Story of the USS Scorpion | 
 enlarge | Author: Ed Offley
Creator: Richard Ferrone
Publisher: HighBridge Company
Category: Book
List Price: $39.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  46 reviews
Sales Rank: 758329
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 12
Pages: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5.1 x 1
ISBN: 1598870939
Dewey Decimal Number: 359
EAN: 9781598870930
ASIN: 1598870939
Publication Date: April 20, 2007
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Condition: Factory sealed. 15 hours on 12 CDs. Unabridged.
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Product Description
The Hunt for Red October meets Blind Man's Bluff in the untold story of an American submarine torpedoed at the height of the Cold War—and the 40-year cover-up that followed.
The last thing they heard was the faint scree-scree of a high-speed propeller. Then the torpedo hit, the warhead detonated, the ocean thundered in, and 99 men died. On May 22, 1968, an American submarine was sunk by the Soviets as reprisal for the sinking of a Soviet sub just 10 weeks before. The tragic loss of the USS Scorpion and its crew is still described by the U.S. Navy as an "inexplicable accident." In fact, it was a secret buried by both the U.S. and the Soviet governments to prevent the Cold War from turning into World War III.
For nearly 40 years, researchers, journalists, and family members of the lost crew have tried to learn the truth while the Navy and U.S. intelligence communities have covered up the facts. Based on a quarter-century of research, an extraordinary array of new resources, and hundreds of interviews with military personnel with direct connections to the disaster, Scorpion Down is the first book to tell what really happened. It's the first to reveal that the official Scorpion story—the sub’s failure to make port, the frantic open-ocean hunt, the search that ultimately "found" the wreckage, and the Court of Inquiry's carefully crafted conclusions—was all a lie.
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 Cannot be considered as factual. September 11, 2008
The book has many inaccuracies that help the author with his theories. The findings of the U.S. Navy investigation do not agree with the authors conclusions. I asked three of my Navy brothers to read this book and let me know their opinions. All of them said the book was easy to read but that the author would have been better to make it a novel. There are just too many unjustified conclusions. Too much speculation. The conditions surrounding the sinking of the submarine fit much better as an on-board accident.
Many people love reading books like this as they attack the integrity of the U.S. Navy investigations and provide for a mystery with an alternative conclusion. Most of us believe the book was simply written with one eye closed to make money for the author rather than exposing any truth. In my opinion this is a disservice to the crew that died in the service of their country. Coming closer to the real cause and learning from it would be the very best way to honor these fallen Navy men and their families.
 this is extrapolation at best July 27, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm sorry to say i bought this book and suggest you never buy a book from this author. too many others have written reviews recently and have given negative feedback about this book and also specific information about why this is not so.
i do know that too many things can go wrong on a sub and that on this class of submarine torpedo room flooding can be a concern. the author spends too much time on supposed interviews with people who have died since the "research" was done and cannot confirm or deny the authors statement. i wont call this book theory, i'll just call it irresponsible.
I did not see anything documented about his main statement that the russians sunk the scorpion.
The one thing i will suggest that the navy do is release photos of the torpedo room interior to confirm or deny the MK 37 theory. they should do this primarily to stop the unrest the author has started.
 Excellent July 4, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Excellent book. Liked it so much I bought another for my Dad for Father's Day. Great price and arrived right away.
SOMETIMES WE LOOK TO HARD AND SEE THINGS THAT AREN'T REALLY THERE June 23, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
IS IT SO HARD FOR PEOPLE TO JUST BELIEVE THE OFFICIAL STORY? THE USS SCORPION SUFFERED A TRAGIC ACCIDENT AND ALL HANDS WERE LOST. I ALSO READ RED STAR ROGUE AND BOUGHT IT TO THAT A LOT MORE THAN THIS. HOWEVER I SEE THE AUTHOR IS BACKING THIS STORY WITH HIS OWN BOOK WHICH GIVES ME DOUBT. SOMETIMES WE LOOK TO HARD AND SEE THINGS THAT AREN'T REALLY THERE. LET'S JUST SAY THAT ANY EVIDENCE THAT SUPPORTS THE AUTHOR'S CASE CANNOT BE PROVEN. THIS BIGGEST BEING A SOSUS TAPE LABELED "DEATH OF THE SCORPION" THAT CONTAINS A DOGFIGHT BETWEEN US AND THE SOVIETS FOLLOWED BY THE SOUND OF HER HULL IMPLODING. WHERE IS THIS TAPE? IF THERE WAS A COVER UP YOU DON'T THINK THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONFISCATE THAT TAPE INSTEAD OF LETTING IT BE USED AS A TRAINING TOOL???
fantastic story June 11, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
If only half true it is still the best sub story I have yet read. I read RED STAR ROGUE first and then charged into this. They go together like pie and ice cream. My only service experience is 3 years overseas in the USAF medical corps during the sixties [66 to 68] and did not have access to any secrets but my gut feeling is both stories COULD BE TRUE.
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