May 29, 201610 yr Chilling Cold War story narrated simply and plainly. Also almost inadvertly featured the mythic "Crazy Ivan" maneouver! "The former commanding officer of the Tench-class diesel submarine USS Grenadier (SS 525) recounted the experience of his crew 50 years ago; the events of May 28, 1959 impacted submarine warfare, especially during the Cold War era." ..... "He came within 400 and 800 yards of us, which is awfully close" said Davis. "When I thought that it was about time to turn, I heard, 'Left full rudder! All ahead flank!' The officers in conn were on top of the problem. As he went down our port side, we just curved right in behind him. "He thought he heard something behind him, but he wasn't sure, so he turned around and did it again," said Davis. "Then we did the same thing and fell right in behind him again. Then he took a course for home." ...... "It turned out that we found the first real evidence of a missile-firing Soviet submarine, something our intelligence community was trying hard to get the dope on," said Davis. "Here we had all the information they needed. We not only satisfied Jerauld Wright ... but this was a real break for the intelligence community as well." Link: http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=45746
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