Project Azorian : the CIA and the Raising of the K-129.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Polmar, Norman.
Imprint:	New York : Naval Institute Press, 2010.
Description:	1 online resource (275 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	K-129 (Submarine) Glomar Explorer (Ship) Soviet Union. -- Voenno-Morskoĭ Flot -- Submarine forces -- History. United States. -- Central Intelligence Agency -- History. Glomar Explorer (Ship) K-129 (Submarine) Soviet Union. -- Voenno-Morskoĭ Flot. United States. -- Central Intelligence Agency. Jennifer Project. Submarine disasters -- Soviet Union. Jennifer Project. Submarine disasters. Submarine forces. Soviet Union. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11246777

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Other authors / contributors:	White, Michael, 1950-
ISBN:	9781612510002 1612510000 1591146909 9781591146902 1283049570 9781283049573 9781591146681 1591146682
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Despite incredible political, military, and intelligence risks, and after six years of secret preparations, the CIA attempted to salvage the sunken Soviet ballistic missile submarine K-129 from the depths of the North Pacific Ocean in early August 1974. This audacious effort was carried out under the cover of an undersea mining operation sponsored by eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes. "Azorian"--Incorrectly identified as Project Jennifer by the press-- was the most ambitious ocean engineering endeavor ever attempted and can be compared to the 1969 moon landing for its level of technological ac.
Other form:	Print version: Polmar, Norman. Project Azorian : The CIA and the Raising of the K-129. New York : Naval Institute Press, ©2010
Standard no.:	9786613049575

Table of Contents:

Perspective; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; ONE: The Bubble; TWO: Sailing on Combat Duty; THREE: Two Submarines; FOUR: A Series of Events; FIVE: Finding the Target Object; SIX: The Plan; SEVEN: Get Ready, Get Set . . .; EIGHT: The Lift; NINE: The Bounty; TEN: Exposure and Revelat ion; ELEVEN: Conspiracies and Causes; TWELVE: Failure and Frustration; APPENDIX A: The Kamchatka Flotilla; APPENDIX B: The crew of the K-129; APPENDIX C: The Submarine K-129; APPENDIX D: The R-21/SS-N-5 Serb Missile; APPENDIX E: The submarine Halibut; APPENDIX F: The lift ship Hughes glomar explorer.

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