Martin Antonenko
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Flammable Muscle Games Under Water ...!
On November 15, 1969, the Soviet submarine "K-19" of the Northern Fleet with three ballistic R-21 nuclear missiles on board (each one has the multiple explosive power of the Hiroshima bomb) leaves the Severodvinsk naval base in the Kola Fjord out on a patrol trip ...:
Because of its many nuclear accidents (it was put into service in a hurry in 1960!), K-19 is nicknamed the “Hiroshima boat” in the Northern Fleet! Many also say "widowmaker"!
While still in the Barents Sea, the Soviet submarine is rammed 60 meters under water by the hunting submarine "USS Gato".
"USS Gato" (SSN 615) ...
... under Commander Albert Joseph Baciocco Jr.(here later as Vice Adminral)...
... had driven an aggressive close-up shadowing, to which the US doctrine expressly encouraged its commanders!
"K-19" is hit exactly where the nuclear missiles are, on the tower ...:
The boat is pushed down and immediately begins to sink uncontrollably!
With a quick-witted maneuver, the Soviet commander, captain 1sdt Rank Konstantin Matwejitsch Schabanow ...
... to bring "K-19" back to the surface by immediately draining all of the diving cells.
While "USS Gato" sustained only minor damage, "K-19" was seriously damaged. The damages can be clearly seen in the following pictures ...:
The US-Americans, who were on an espionage mission (they were supposed to scout out naval bases and ship movements in the Barents Sea) leave and Captain Shabanov can limp back to the Severodvinsk with his badly damaged boat ...:
Radioactive fission products had escaped from the ramming and got into the ventilation system as well as the bilge water, contaminating the entire boat and exposing the crew to a high dose of radiation
The emergency calls from K-19 were eventually answered by S-270 ...
... a diesel-powered submarine of the Soviet Northern Fleet, intercepted, which rushed to the rescue!
S-270 initially took over the seriously injured sailors from K-19: three men from the repair unit who had to be brought on board unable to move on stretchers, and eight others who could still walk.
In the event that NATO ships should try to take over K-19, S-270 had two torpedoes ready to fire in order to be able to sink K-19 quickly if necessary. Three days later, K-19 was towed after the clash.
In fact, the US-Americans were just waiting to board the Soviet boat as soon as the crew gave up!
K-19 was escorted up close to the border of the Soviet territorial waters by a US Navy tug ...:
Over the next ten years, another seventeen crew members died as a result of the contamination.
Here the graves of the two K-19 submariners Boris Korchilow and Yurij Powstyew at the Krasnenkoye cemetery in St. Petersburg...:
For the rescue of the boat and the crew, Captain Schabanow was awarded the title and order of "Hero of the Soviet Union"!
The incident was long hushed up by both the US and the USSR until it became public in 1975 through research by the New York Times newspaper.
"K-19" lies - to this day - in a north Russian fjord and is bogging down, without weapons, but with two nuclear reactors on board. The four large barrels in the picture are filled with air and should prevent the leaky boat from simply drowning ...:
Until 2008 the boat lied in Sewerodwinsk, without weapons, but with two nuclear reactors on board. ...
... then it was scrapped.
The tower was preserved and placed on the bank of the Pyalovskoye Reservoir (near Moscow) as a memorial ...:
The story of this highly dangerous incident caused by the US-Americans was filmed in 2002 under the title "The Widowmaker" with Harrison Ford in the lead role (as Captain Schabanow) ...:
On November 15, 1969, the Soviet submarine "K-19" of the Northern Fleet with three ballistic R-21 nuclear missiles on board (each one has the multiple explosive power of the Hiroshima bomb) leaves the Severodvinsk naval base in the Kola Fjord out on a patrol trip ...:
Because of its many nuclear accidents (it was put into service in a hurry in 1960!), K-19 is nicknamed the “Hiroshima boat” in the Northern Fleet! Many also say "widowmaker"!
While still in the Barents Sea, the Soviet submarine is rammed 60 meters under water by the hunting submarine "USS Gato".
"USS Gato" (SSN 615) ...
... under Commander Albert Joseph Baciocco Jr.(here later as Vice Adminral)...
... had driven an aggressive close-up shadowing, to which the US doctrine expressly encouraged its commanders!
"K-19" is hit exactly where the nuclear missiles are, on the tower ...:
The boat is pushed down and immediately begins to sink uncontrollably!
With a quick-witted maneuver, the Soviet commander, captain 1sdt Rank Konstantin Matwejitsch Schabanow ...
... to bring "K-19" back to the surface by immediately draining all of the diving cells.
While "USS Gato" sustained only minor damage, "K-19" was seriously damaged. The damages can be clearly seen in the following pictures ...:
The US-Americans, who were on an espionage mission (they were supposed to scout out naval bases and ship movements in the Barents Sea) leave and Captain Shabanov can limp back to the Severodvinsk with his badly damaged boat ...:
Radioactive fission products had escaped from the ramming and got into the ventilation system as well as the bilge water, contaminating the entire boat and exposing the crew to a high dose of radiation
The emergency calls from K-19 were eventually answered by S-270 ...
... a diesel-powered submarine of the Soviet Northern Fleet, intercepted, which rushed to the rescue!
S-270 initially took over the seriously injured sailors from K-19: three men from the repair unit who had to be brought on board unable to move on stretchers, and eight others who could still walk.
In the event that NATO ships should try to take over K-19, S-270 had two torpedoes ready to fire in order to be able to sink K-19 quickly if necessary. Three days later, K-19 was towed after the clash.
In fact, the US-Americans were just waiting to board the Soviet boat as soon as the crew gave up!
K-19 was escorted up close to the border of the Soviet territorial waters by a US Navy tug ...:
Over the next ten years, another seventeen crew members died as a result of the contamination.
Here the graves of the two K-19 submariners Boris Korchilow and Yurij Powstyew at the Krasnenkoye cemetery in St. Petersburg...:
For the rescue of the boat and the crew, Captain Schabanow was awarded the title and order of "Hero of the Soviet Union"!
The incident was long hushed up by both the US and the USSR until it became public in 1975 through research by the New York Times newspaper.
"K-19" lies - to this day - in a north Russian fjord and is bogging down, without weapons, but with two nuclear reactors on board. The four large barrels in the picture are filled with air and should prevent the leaky boat from simply drowning ...:
Until 2008 the boat lied in Sewerodwinsk, without weapons, but with two nuclear reactors on board. ...
... then it was scrapped.
The tower was preserved and placed on the bank of the Pyalovskoye Reservoir (near Moscow) as a memorial ...:
The story of this highly dangerous incident caused by the US-Americans was filmed in 2002 under the title "The Widowmaker" with Harrison Ford in the lead role (as Captain Schabanow) ...:
