Beyond his unique technical perspective, Romanov addresses the personnel, training, material, and political issues that impacted the submarine s loss. He participated personally in the most critical trials and practical tests of the specific operations of this unique ship as a whole, as well as in the tests of the technical concepts embodied in its design.
The designer s truthful and honest narrative should be useful both to all levels and ranks of specialists in the shipbuilding industry and naval personnel in service afloat. Anyone with an abiding interest in naval warfare, and submarine warfare in particular, will find this book to be fascinating reading. Those who have served in submarines may find it more than a little horrifying as well.
The book is riveting in its revelation of the extraordinarily low state of training permitted in the submarine force of the Soviet Navy in its final years, and there is little reason to believe things have since improved. Includes the most extensive treatment of the controversial accident available in English; Refutes the official investigation and the attempts to mask what the author views as profound systemic weaknesses in the Soviet Navy; Reveals the limit to which the weakening Soviet regime could tolerate reform.
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Romanov's vigorous defense of the people and institutions that built the ill-fated Soviet nuclear attack submarine Komsomolets which caught fire and sank in the Norwegian Sea on April 7, , while on its first patrol.
