BLIND MAN’S BLUFF AMERICAN SUBMARINE ESPIONAGE THE UNTOLD STORY OF SUBMARINE ESPIONAGE COPYRIGHT 1998 BY SHERRY SONTAG AND CHRISTOPHER DREW ISBN # 1-891620-08-8 No espionage missions have been kept more secret than those involving American submarines. Only presidents and a select few have known the truth about the submarines that have for decades silently roamed the depths in a dangerous battle for information and advantage. Even the families of the men on board had no idea what their husbands, sons and brothers were doing, and anyone who went looking for the truth behind these mysterious missions found only a veil of silence. America’s submarine espionage remained one of the last great secrets. This book reveals the exciting, epic story of adventure, ingenuity, courage and disaster beneath the sea. Blind Mans Bluff shows for the first time how the Navy sent submarines wired with self destruct charges into the heart of Soviet seas to tap crucial underwater telephone cables. Sontag and Drew unveil new evidence that the Navy’s own negligence might have been responsible for the loss of the USS Scorpion, a submarine that disappeared, all hands lost, thirty years ago. They disclose for the first time details of the bitter war between the CIA and the NAVY and how it threatened to sabotage one of Americas most important undersea missions. They tell the complete story of the audacious attempt to steal a Soviet submarine with the help of eccentric Howard Hughes, and how it was doomed from the start. And Sontag and Drew reveal how the Navy used the comforting notion of deep sea rescue vehicles to hide operations that were more James Bond than Jacques Cousteau. Blinds Man’s Bluff contains an unforgettable array of characters. Including the spy who brilliantly guided Americans under sea cable tapping on the basis of childhood memories of the Mississippi River, the cowboy sub commander who brazenly outraced torpedoes and couldn’t resist sneaking up to within feet of unaware enemy subs, the Star captain whose career was ruined in a disastrous undersea collision with a Soviet submarine, and the Navy scientist who wanted to build a fleet of submarines constructed entirely out of glass….. CONTENTS A DEADLY BEGINNING WHISKEY A GO GO TURN TO THE DEEP VELVET FIST THE BALLAD O FWHITEY MACK HERE SHE COMES OSHKOSH B’ GOSH THE $500 MILLION SAND CASTLE TRIUMPH AND CRISIS THE CROWN JEWELS TRUST BUT VERIFY EPILOGUE This book measures 9 ½ by 6 ½ inches and is in excellent condition. It has 352 pages