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Product Identifiers
PublisherNaval Institute Press
ISBN-101591147247
ISBN-139781591147244
eBay Product ID (ePID)110982010
Product Key Features
Book TitleDescent Into Darkness : Pearl Harbor, 1941-A Navy Diver's Memoir
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2012
TopicMilitary / World War II, Emergency Management
IllustratorYes
GenreTechnology & Engineering, History
AuthorEstate of Edward C. Raymer
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight9.5 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsThis is an impressive book written by an impressive individual.Naval Books of the Year column in Warship, 2013, "This is an impressive book written by an impressive individual." -- Naval Books of the Year column in Warship, 2013
Dewey Decimal940.545973
SynopsisOn December 7, 1941, as the great battleships Arizona , Oklahoma , and Utah lie paralyzed and burning in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a crack team of U.S. Navy salvage divers headed by Edward C. Raymer are hurriedly flown to Oahu from the mainland. The divers have been given a Herculean task: rescue the sailors and Marines trapped below, and resurrect the pride of the Pacific fleet. Now for the first time, the chief diver of the Pearl Harbor salvage operations, Cmdr. Edward C. Raymer, USN (Ret.), tells the whole story of the desperate attempts to save crewmembers caught inside their sinking ships. Descent into Darkness is the only book available that describes the raising and salvage operations of sunken battleships following the December 7th attack. Once Raymer and his crew of divers entered the interiors of the sunken shipwrecks--attempting untested and potentially deadly diving techniques--they experienced a world of total blackness, unable to see even the faceplates of their helmets. By memorizing the ships' blueprints and using their sense of touch, the divers groped their way hundreds of feet inside the sunken vessels to make repairs and salvage vital war material. The divers learned how to cope with such unseen dangers as falling objects, sharks, the eerie presence of floating human bodies, and the constant threat of Japanese attacks from above. Though many of these divers were killed or seriously injured during the wartime salvage operations, on the whole they had great success performing what seemed to be impossible jobs. Among their credits, Raymer's crew raised the sunken battleships West Virginia , Nevada , and California . After Pearl Harbor they moved on to other crucial salvage work off Guadalcanal and the sites of other great sea battles., On December 7, 1941, as the battleships Arizona, Oklahoma, and Utah lie paralysed and burning in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a team of US Navy salvage divers headed by Edward C. Raymer are hurriedly flown to Oahu to rescue the sailors and Marines trapped below. Now for the first time, Raymer tells the story of the desperate attempts to save crewmembers caught inside their sinking ships., On December 7, 1941, as the great battleships Arizona, Oklahoma, and Utah lie paralyzed and burning in the aftermath of the Japanese ttack on Pearl Harbor, a crack team of U.S. Navy salvage divers headed by Edward C. Raymer are hurriedly flown to Oahu from the mainland. The divers have been given a Herculean task: rescue the sailors and Marines trapped below, and resurrect the pride of the Pacific fleet. Now for the first time, the chief diver of the Pearl Harbor salvage operations, Cmdr. Edward C. Raymer, USN (Ret.), tells the whole story of the desperate attempts to save crewmembers caught inside their sinking ships. Descent into Darkness is the only book available that describes the raising and salvage operations of sunken battleships following the December 7th attack. Once Raymer and his crew of divers entered the interiors of the sunken shipwrecks--attempting untested and potentially deadly diving techniques--they experienced a world of total blackness, unable to see even the faceplates of their helmets. By memorizing the ships' blueprints and using their sense of touch, the divers groped their way hundreds of feet inside the sunken vessels to make repairs and salvage vital war material. The divers learned how to cope with such unseen dangers as falling objects, sharks, the eerie presence of floating human bodies, and the constant threat of Japanese attacks from above. Though many of these divers were killed or seriously injured during the wartime salvage operations, on the whole they had great success performing what seemed to be impossible jobs. Among their credits, Raymer's crew raised the sunken battleships West Virginia, Nevada, and California. After Pearl Harbor they moved on to other crucial salvage work off Guadalcanal and the sites of other great sea battles.
LC Classification NumberD767.92.R37 2012
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