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Fatal Dive
- Solving the World War II Mystery of the USS Grunion
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
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Summary
No radio distress call ever crackled from the submarine USS Grunion. In 1942, under the fog of World War II, the vessel simply vanished without a trace. For nearly sixty-five years, only a dead silence lingered regarding the fate of the sub and its seventy-man crew—until now. Here author Peter F. Stevens reveals the incredible true story of the search for and discovery of the Grunion—as well as the navy’s shocking and willful cover-up of the submarine’s baffling disappearance. The Grunion was discovered in 2006 after a decades-long search by the Abele brothers, whose father commanded the submarine and met his untimely death aboard it, but one question remained: what sank the USS Grunion? Now, for the first time ever, Fatal Dive reveals the answer: one of the Grunion’s own missiles. The navy knowingly sent the Grunion out with faulty torpedoes, and Fatal Dive reveals damning and never-before-published government documents that provide irrefutable evidence of its shameful cover-up. Intriguing and explosive, Fatal Dive finally lays to rest one of World War II’s greatest mysteries.
Peter F. Stevens, news and features editor of the Boston Irish Reporter, is a veteran journalist with a specialty in historical writing. His work is syndicated by the New York Times and has been published in dozens of magazines and newspapers. He is also a two-time winner of the International Regional Magazine Association’s Gold Medal for Feature Writing and the award-winning author of The Voyage of the Catalpa. He lives in Boston.
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- Alexandra Bancroft
- 13-06-22
Wonderful and moving
I have read many books on WW2 and this is probably the most moving. Not only is it an amazing story it deals with the individual sailors who lost their lives like so many young men and women of the time. The personal stories of the men brings this to life and demonstrates the human costs of war.
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- Craig
- 26-08-22
Historical fact finding story.
A beautiful written story, of brave young men gone to war but let down by stupidity from those they trust. If it hadn't been for his sons education and personal success, this story might never have been told.
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- Lenso
- 28-10-22
Great story about the sub and crew.
Never even heard of this sub. so taught me alot about the history and men of this American sub that went down in ww2. really enjoyed it.
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- simon kemp
- 22-10-22
Fatal Dive and some fatal errors
This is a great story, describes all aspects of human emotion and the tragedy of loss in an area of the globe and part of the war largely forgotten. The family search for their lost relatives was truly moving. The whole story was nearly de raked by some glaring narration errors which would have been picked up by ever the most superficial technical errors such as the phonetic pronunciation of “submariners” no Navy in the world, not even the French say it as it is said in this audio. Similarly the abbreviation MK when describing a piece of equipment is “Mark” why repeatedly say “ M K” ? Annoying, no one calls it an “MK 15 torpedo “ it would commonly be referred to as a “ Mark 15 torpedo “
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