On the Bottom

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Publication Year:
2014

ISBN-13: 9781480493650

<DIV><B>On September 25, 1925, the <I>S-51</I> tragically sank to the ocean floor, and Edward Ellsberg was the man whose courage and determination brought it back</B><BR /><BR />The sinking of the submarine <I>S-51</I> was one of the greatest tragedies in American naval history. Due to a miscommunication and subsequent collision between the sub and a passing steamship on a September night, the <I>S-51</I>, including thirty-three of its crew of thirty-six, sank to the ocean depths. The tragedy of the <I>S-51</I> captivated the nation, and was a fixture in the pages of American newspapers. The story took on a whole new dimension when the navy decided to take over the salvage of the thousand-ton behemoth from a civilian company.<BR />&#160;<BR />Heading the crew tasked with this impossible feat was Edward Ellsberg, at the time a lieutenant commander. <I>On the Bottom</I> is Ellsberg&rsquo;s account of the successes and failures he and his men experienced as they attempted an astonishing feat of engineering and bravery: the first salvage of a submarine from the open ocean.<BR />&#160;<BR /></DIV>