Raymer Edward C. Descent Into Darkness: Pearl Harbor, 1941a Navy Diver`s Memoir 9781591147244

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Автор: Raymer Edward C.
Название: Descent Into Darkness: Pearl Harbor, 1941a Navy Diver`s Memoir
Перевод названия: Падение в темноту: Перл-Харбор, мемуары 1941г. Военно-морского флота дайвера
ISBN: 9781591147244
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
Классификация:

История Америк

История 20 века: с 1900 по 2000

Вторая мировая война

Военно-морские силы и военные действия

ISBN-10: 1591147247
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 240
Вес: 0.33 кг.
Дата издания: 30.08.2012
Серия: Political Science
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 20 photos
Размер: 135 x 216 x 17
Читательская аудитория: Professional and scholarly
Ключевые слова: Naval forces & warfare
Подзаголовок: Pearl harbor, 1941 - a navy diver`s memoir
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: On December 7, 1941, as the great battleships Arizona, Oklahoma, and Utah lie paralysed and burning in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a crack team of U.S. Navy salvage divers headed by Edward C. Raymer are hurriedly flown to Oahu from the mainland. The divers have been given a Herculean task: rescue the sailors and Marines trapped below, and resurrect the pride of the Pacific fleet. Now for the first time, the chief diver of the Pearl Harbor salvage operations, Cmdr. Edward C. Raymer, USN (Ret.), tells the whole story of the desperate attempts to save crewmembers caught inside their sinking ships. Descent into Darkness is the only book available that describes the raising and salvage operations of sunken battleships following the December 7th attack. Once Raymer and his crew of divers entered the interiors of the sunken shipwrecks—attempting untested and potentially deadly diving techniques—they experienced a world of total blackness, unable to see even the faceplates of their helmets. By memorising the ships’ blueprints and using their sense of touch, the divers groped their way hundreds of feet inside the sunken vessels to make repairs and salvage vital war material. The divers learned how to cope with such unseen dangers as falling objects, sharks, the eerie presence of floating human bodies, and the constant threat of Japanese attacks from above. Though many of these divers were killed or seriously injured during the wartime salvage operations, on the whole they had great success performing what seemed to be impossible jobs. Among their credits, Raymer’s crew raised the sunken battleships West Virginia, Nevada, and California. After Pearl Harbor, they moved on to other crucial salvage work off Guadalcanal and the sites of other great sea battles.

Descent Into Darkness: Pearl Harbor, 1941a Navy Diver`s Memoir, Raymer Edward C.