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Super Nuke!

A Memoir About Life as a Nuclear Submariner and the Contributions of a "Super Nuke" - the USS RAY (SSN653) Toward Winning the Cold War

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Super Nuke!

By: Charles Cranston Jett
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“Charles Jett has written an entertaining and factual memoir of an important time and series of events in the history of the cold war. He has succeeded in telling the unclassified story of the journey taken by an extraordinary group of men who built the first operational “Super Nuke” and effectively shared what they developed with others in the entire US nuclear submarine force. He created the SSN Pre Deployment training program, consolidated developments made on the Ray to create the highly useful Geographic Plot (Geo Plot) and wrote the tactical doctrine for the SSN based electronic intelligence collection system, AN/WLR-6. Well done, Charlie. I am proud to have had you as a shipmate.” Albert L. Kelln Rear Admiral, United States Navy (Ret.) Former Commanding Officer and Plank Owner USS RAY (SSN 653) - The original “Super Nuke” “Charlie Jett succeeds in providing an unclassified account of what it was like to be a nuclear qualified submariner who had the unique experience of building and serving aboard the first operational “Super Nuke” - the most modern fast attack nuclear submarine designed specifically to face the Soviet Navy during the Cold War. He describes the contributions of the commissioning crew in developing sonar techniques and operational tactics and how these lessons were ultimately and effectively communicated to later “Super Nukes.” Charlie provided the initial idea and was instrumental in establishing and implementing a new concept of training which significantly improved the operational readiness of the nuclear attack submarine force. He created the “Geographic Plot” to improve operational safety and wrote the tactical doctrine for a new and sophisticated nuclear attack submarine electronic intelligence gathering system. “Super Nuke” is a good read for those who have an interest in life as a submarine officer and how these marvelous machines and their crews contributed to winning the Cold War.” The Honorable John H. Dalton Former Nuclear Submarine Officer and 70th Secretary of the Navy “This is a most interesting work on the U.S. Navy’s program to combat the Soviet submarine threat during the long Cold War. Charlie was in at the beginning and accurately describes the significant efforts, both in individual sacrifice and technical development that led to U.S. undersea superiority. As a junior officer his individual accomplishments were most significant. The submarine efforts were probably the most important U.S. competitive strategy that drove the Soviets to the poor house and led to the demise of the Soviet Union.” Bruce DeMars Admiral, United States Navy (Ret.) Former Commanding Officer, USS CAVALLA (SSN 684) - a subsequent “Super Nuke” Former Director of Naval Reactors Military & War Submarine Military Memoir Biographies & Memoirs Adventurers, Explorers & Survival
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matter of fact and accurate about the times and the subject matter with the quiet matter of fact delivery of someone who was there

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I served on submarines during my time in the Navy. This book brought back a lot of memories I had not thought about in a long time. Really enjoyed this book.

Brought back memories.

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The book as written is great. The book as read is terrible. I hate when virtual voice is used and here it is distracting as all the Naval acronyms are massacred in pronunciation. The funniest part is when the virtual voice reads a sentence about how the river Thames in Connecticut is not pronounced like the river with the same spelling in Great Britain, as virtual voice does exactly that, the whole book. If you can get past the distractions, the book is a gem.

Excellent book with stories about a very interesting subject.

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This book is like slipping on an old pair of shoes. I rode two different boats out of Norfolk from the same pier. This book brought back great memories and even a few bad ones. But all in all great book if you can get past how the AI reads the Navy acronyms.

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