- larger image -	ASIN: 0743297989 Binding: Hardcover List price: $26.00 USD Amazon price: $17.16 USD

Description

Although the book Hostile Waters, published in 1997, is based on the true story of K-219, this article is a more accurate technical representation of what took place – it leaves out the “Hollywood” aspects and describes the heroic efforts of a crew attempting to save a submarine....

Captain Britanov states that in the eyes of his government, there were no heroes on K-219. When asked the number of times he is called to be a guest lecturer at Russian functions, he simply states, “None – I do not tell the story the way my government wants me to tell it. I did not collide with an American sub.”

- larger image -	ASIN: 0595265065 Binding: Paperback List price: $15.95 USD Amazon price: $14.35 USD

Description

	ASIN: 0394424328 Binding: Hardcover

Description

- larger image -	ASIN: 0743261127 Binding: Hardcover List price: $25.00 USD

Description

This is probably one of the best stories of the Cold War. A sunken Soviet missile sub that may have been hijacked, a possible rogue missile launch against Pearl Harbor, and the Navy and CIA scrambling to find and recover the sub. Oh and there's an eccentric billionaire. I don't know if it gets any better especially since it seems to be mostly true. :-) Here are some links with a fair amount of reading and some good illustrations of the unusual and classified hardware involved in this story.

The Amazing Story of the K-129  large page on the sinking and recovery

Russian K-129 description wikipedia.org entry

Here's a fun article by a British author describing his recently purchased Russian submarine escape suit.  The suit, model IDA59, is a 1960's vintage bit of equipment which is free of electronics and has a depth limitation of 300meters.  Interestingly, it uses a highly reactive scrubber compound known as '03' which when combined with water it will dissolve glass! 

This suit was worn by officers escaping from the Soviet submarine Komsomolets after the boat caught fire and sank.  One note is that the author describes this suit as used in the deepest ever ascent from a submarine.  I'd add that the sailors were in an escape pod and I believe were not at ambient pressure during the ascent to the surface. 

The author describes the suit and rebreather and does a couple of test dives but doesn't give much detail on how it went.

I wish I could post a photo of this suit, but just go to the first link here to read the whole review and see some photos of the author testing it.

Divernet article - Russian rebreather suit

Komsomolets submarine - Federation of American Scientists  description of submarine, the accident and wreck status with photos

- larger image -	ASIN: 0471415340 Binding: Hardcover List price: $32.50 USD Amazon price: $23.55 USD

Description

The Mir I and Mir II are battery-powered, three-person submersibles with a maximum operating depth of 6,000 m (20,000 ft). This ties the Mirs with the French submersible Nautile as the second-deepest-diving submersibles in the world. The Japanese Shinkai 6500 is the leader, with a depth rating of 6,500 m...

- larger image -	Sub Command ASIN: B00005MJ9O Binding: CD-ROM List price: $14.99 USD

Description

- larger image -	ASIN: B00005MJ9O Binding: CD-ROM List price: $14.99 USD

Description

The K-159 was an aging Russian nuclear submarine that had been decommisioned in 1989.  While under tow to a dismantlement yard it sank, killing 9 of 10 crew aboard.  The boat now lies in 240m of water near Kildin Island in the Barents Sea.  Some information on the stalled salvage work and how radioactive leaks may occur. 

  Bellona article...

- larger image -	ASIN: 1844151387 Binding: Hardcover List price: $32.99 USD Amazon price: $22.10 USD

Description

By Norman Polmar

Early in World War II the Soviet Navy occasionally employed submarines as transports for small numbers of people, usually saboteurs and "agents," and limited cargo. This situation changed when German forces began the siege of the Crimean port of Sevastopol. When Soviet defenses collapsed in the Crimea in the fall of 1941, about 110,000 soldiers, sailors, and marines remained in the beleaguered port. Soviet ships and submarines, running a gauntlet of bombs and shells, brought men, munitions, and supplies into the city.

- larger image -	ASIN: B00005JLGJ Binding: DVD List price: $9.98 USD Amazon price: $7.49 USD

Description