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Reading the new Rickover book |
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Rontini599 ![]() Admin Group ![]() ![]() Joined: 23 Aug 2016 Location: Sheridan, WY Status: Offline Points: 723 |
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1. President Truman signed off on the first Nuclear Submarine 5 years to the day of the bomb on Nagasaki 2. President Carter (a nuclear submarine officer) was very good friends with Adm. Rickover 3. Admiral Zumwalt and Rickover were not on good terms nor were SecDev Maknamara 4. Rickover was married twice. His first wife passed of a heart issue. They had a son Robert who lives in Omaha |
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SaltiDawg ![]() Rickover ![]() ![]() Joined: 03 Jan 2016 Location: Rockville, MD Status: Offline Points: 2866 |
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Is this the book of which you speak?
Admiral Hyman Rickover: Engineer of Power (Jewish Lives) Kindle Edition |
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Rontini599 ![]() Admin Group ![]() ![]() Joined: 23 Aug 2016 Location: Sheridan, WY Status: Offline Points: 723 |
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Sorry: The new books is: Admiral Hyman Rickover by Marc Wortman Also little know facts: Jimmy Carter and Wife got a cruise on the Los Angles (688) and actually made a dive. The only woman to dive on a submarine as a relative of a President. Rickover was the longest ever serving U.S.N. Officer at 63 years. Only Omar Bradley had more "military" time. President Reagan's new SecNav (John Lehman) was determined to push Rickover out. VP Bush also supported Lehman but Reagan was non-committal at the time. But it was done. Rickover made 126 Sea Trials. Rickover interviewed 15,000 naval officers. Only 15% passed his scrutiny. He passed July 8, 1986 after two strokes and pneumonia.
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Rontini599 ![]() Admin Group ![]() ![]() Joined: 23 Aug 2016 Location: Sheridan, WY Status: Offline Points: 723 |
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Yes but it is available on Amazon in Hardback for $20.76.
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Rontini599 ![]() Admin Group ![]() ![]() Joined: 23 Aug 2016 Location: Sheridan, WY Status: Offline Points: 723 |
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Yes but it is available on Amazon in Hardback
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SaltiDawg ![]() Rickover ![]() ![]() Joined: 03 Jan 2016 Location: Rockville, MD Status: Offline Points: 2866 |
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It's also available at Amazon Kindle for $12.99.
Finished reading. Not a favorite. Edited by SaltiDawg - 09 May 2022 at 10:52am |
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