Phyllis O. reviewed The Terrible Hours: The Man Behind the Greatest Submarine Rescue in History on + 13 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Peter Maas' tale of the Squalus and of Navy hero Charles 'Swede' Momsen. Reads like an edge of your seat thriller made even more emotionally resonant since it is a true story.
Danny N. (Alameda) - , reviewed The Terrible Hours: The Man Behind the Greatest Submarine Rescue in History on + 336 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
The man behind the greatest submarine rescue in history.
The true story of the rescue of the crew of 'S-192' the Navy's newest submarine, the USS Squalus.
This has got to be one of the best,.on the edge of your seat readings that I have experienced in a long time. History, real history, action, real action, death around the next page, what's going to happen, how's it going to happen, time is running out . . .
A very, very good read.
The true story of the rescue of the crew of 'S-192' the Navy's newest submarine, the USS Squalus.
This has got to be one of the best,.on the edge of your seat readings that I have experienced in a long time. History, real history, action, real action, death around the next page, what's going to happen, how's it going to happen, time is running out . . .
A very, very good read.
James M. reviewed The Terrible Hours: The Man Behind the Greatest Submarine Rescue in History on + 101 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
This is Swede Momsens' story. A real hero.
Rick M. (rickmillls9) reviewed The Terrible Hours: The Man Behind the Greatest Submarine Rescue in History on + 9 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Exciting narrative of a submarine disaster and ultimate rescue of most of the crew in 1939 off Portsmouth NH. The book also is an insightful telling of the career of Swede Momsen as he struggled to experiment and find ways to bring people back from the deep; resulting in safety devices mandatory on subs to this day. Not familiar with submarine layout, I did find the descriptions of the various rooms within the submarine hard to follow, and a line drawing would certainly have clarified that for the reader. A couple of little geographic nitpicks from a local, too: The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is not in Portsmouth NH, it is really in Kittery, ME ... and Campobello Island is not in Maine, it is in nearby New Brunswick, Canada. But those are minor points. The book is excellent and kept me reading long after bedtime.