![]() ![]() More importantly, we were to hone the crew coordination as well as master communications, control modes and tactics. What the real driving force was was the desire to develop this new territory and make this unexplored, unknown underwater world habitable, to try and test those new complex nuclear power installations in different climatic conditions to summarize the numerous hydrological observation results on undercurrents, water temperature and density as well as to obtain more specific information concerning the bottom topography. This circumnavigation was not accomplished for the sake of making a sensation. No doubt, it is not at all easy to undertake a one-submarine circumnavigation but, believe me, it is even more difficult and challenging to make it in squadron when the crews are expected to display coordination of actions of a higher level as well as their team-spirit. We were expected to navigate the oceans and seas which had not been navigated by the Russian naval seamen for more than a century. While we did not have any support bases of that kind on our way. Moreover, in the course of the cruise, “Triton” had been accompanied by the rear service ships which were capable of providing any kind of help in a case of emergency. Its crew could always rely on the help of the fleet and aviation of the numerous American naval bases throughout the entire navigation route. On board of this ship were the trip commanders, correspondent of the “Red Star” newspaper and several specialists- engineers of the most significant elements and components of the nuclear power installations including the author of these memoirs as a representative of the scientific adviser.Īmerican nuclear-powered submarine “Triton” had undertaken an underwater circumnavigation before we did it. Missile-carrying atomic-powered vessel was our flagship. Sorokin, commander of the nuclear-powered submarines squadron, was appointed the head of the crew. Stolyarov was to take command of the torpedo submarine. ![]() ![]() Vinogradov was put in command of the missile-carrying submarine while L.N. It was decided that the accomplishment of this hard mission should fall on the part of the two serial nuclear-powered submarines: one was missile-carrying submarine while the other one – torpedo submarine. ![]()
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