Published Resources Details Journal Article

Author
Young, G. D.
Title
Families of Russian sub casualties need help
In
U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings
Imprint
vol. 131, no. 4, 38443, pp. 70-74
Description

Accession No.3401

Abstract

"The article reports that the hundreds of Russian families affected by the loss of submarines during the Cold War, have been woefully under compensated. An organization led by a retired Russian vice admiral is devoted to helping the victim's families, but much more needs to be done. Far from the area tourists normally frequent in Saint Petersburg, Russia, is a beautiful but run-down Orthodox Church dedicated to the memory of Russian sailors lost at sea. One of the previously unseen consequences of the Cold War arms race was the Soviet rush to get unproved submarines operational to compete with the perceived U.S. technological edge."