America's Secret Submarine Quotes

“I continued to find it much easier to assimilate knowledge within the structured military environment than at college, for at training sites such as Mare Island, outside influences were kept to a minimum.  All I had to do was make my bunk in the morning, show up at the appointed classrooms, and focus on the subject at hand.  Others took care of the daily routine of life while we hit the books.”
― Manager Lee Vyborny, America's Secret Submarine: An Insider's Account of the Cold War's Undercover Nuclear Sub

“Captain, we’ve got a problem.”  A second crew pilot was driving along the floor of the Mediterranean Sea and reached around to shake the shoulder of Toby Warson, who was in his usual sleeping position behind the two pilot chairs, simultaneously sound asleep and not really resting at all.  Warson blinked, looked at the screens, and shuddered.  Every TV camera on the boat showed the NR‑1 was in the middle of a field of mines that had sunk to the bottom during World War II.  The sonar, for reasons unknown, had not warned the pilot of the danger, and now the boat was completely surrounded by the ominous spines of the black mines. “Jesus!  Don’t move!  Don’t do anything!”  Warson was wide awake, knowing that high explosives become”
― Manager Lee Vyborny, America's Secret Submarine: An Insider's Account of the Cold War's Undercover Nuclear Sub

“The Kiowa was used to rescuing huge vessels like battleships and messaged her first question, “How much diesel fuel do you have?” “None,” came the answer from the NR‑1. “Well, how long can you keep your power on?” “Twenty years.”
― Manager Lee Vyborny, America's Secret Submarine: An Insider's Account of the Cold War's Undercover Nuclear Sub

“One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn”
― Manager Lee Vyborny, America's Secret Submarine: An Insider's Account of the Cold War's Undercover Nuclear Sub