Deep Venture: A Sailor"s Story of Cold War Submarines

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EAN/UPC/ISBN Code 9781589808706


Deep Venture This engaging autobiography relives Gary Penley"s childhood on a remote cattle ranch in Colorado, the personal struggles he endures after his grandfather passes away, and his decision to enlist in the U.S. Navy. After completing the rigid demands of boot camp and one of the navy"s toughest programs-the Nuclear Power School-Penley embarks on an underwater adventure across the world. During his years in the navy, Penley and his crew encounter such frightening situations as striking an object while underwater, which results in a enormous gash on the forward ballast tank, and riding out a ferocious storm in the Arctic Circle. After the warship springs a leak and...