SŬbmarine-Ër
Jerry Pait
An American submarine hero’s sometimes irreverent story of Cold War action on diesel and nuke submarines, how he tested their ballistic missiles, and salvaged the Space Shuttle Challenger.
“The book is like an old friend telling stories over dinner.” — Priscilla Bettis, Amazon Reader
Lieutenant Commander Jerry Pait's semi-autobiographical collection of sixty stories recounts his thirty years in and around the U.S. Navy's submarine fleet. Ranging from light-hearted to wrenching, all are poignant inside looks at naval operations rarely seen by outsiders. Topics include the real story behind the shuttle Challenger tragedy, risking his own life underwater, discovering a Soviet spy living across the street, surviving when a DELTA Rocket engine ignites, critical missions, and the everyday lives of men and women of the fleet. Dive into Sŭbmarine-ër for hijinks and breathtaking adventure with this poignant memoir by a true American hero.
Duration - 10h 43m.
Author - Jerry Pait.
Narrator - Trenton Bennett.
Published Date - Saturday, 11 January 2025.
Copyright - © 2022 Jerry Pait ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
An American submarine hero’s sometimes irreverent story of Cold War action on diesel and nuke submarines, how he tested their ballistic missiles, and salvaged the Space Shuttle Challenger. “The book is like an old friend telling stories over dinner.” — Priscilla Bettis, Amazon Reader Lieutenant Commander Jerry Pait's semi-autobiographical collection of sixty stories recounts his thirty years in and around the U.S. Navy's submarine fleet. Ranging from light-hearted to wrenching, all are poignant inside looks at naval operations rarely seen by outsiders. Topics include the real story behind the shuttle Challenger tragedy, risking his own life underwater, discovering a Soviet spy living across the street, surviving when a DELTA Rocket engine ignites, critical missions, and the everyday lives of men and women of the fleet. Dive into Sŭbmarine-ër for hijinks and breathtaking adventure with this poignant memoir by a true American hero. Duration - 10h 43m. Author - Jerry Pait. Narrator - Trenton Bennett. Published Date - Saturday, 11 January 2025. Copyright - © 2022 Jerry Pait ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:23
Overture—Take her Down!
Duration:00:00:37
Part one: Diesel Boat—Chapter one: You're in the Navy Now!
Duration:00:11:12
Chapter two—Submarining basics
Duration:00:05:35
Chapter three—Submarine escape training
Duration:00:02:24
Chapter four—My first underway
Duration:00:19:40
Chapter five—Sally
Duration:00:10:19
Chapter six—Kicked out of Bermuda
Duration:00:05:15
Chapter seven—The Caribbean
Duration:00:08:54
Chapter eight—How cold is it?
Duration:00:07:58
Chapter nine—Camden, Maine
Duration:00:07:42
Chapter ten—SCUBA diving & other matters
Duration:00:17:29
Chapter eleven—Denizen of the deep
Duration:00:04:19
Chapter twelve—Needle in a wet haystack
Duration:00:07:44
Chapter thirteen—How I met my wife
Duration:00:17:07
Chapter fourteen—One of many port visits to St. Thomas
Duration:00:05:26
Chapter fifteen—Pilgrim Airlines
Duration:00:09:36
Chapter sixteen—Sonar B-school
Duration:00:07:43
Part two: Nuke—Chapter seventeen: Hijinks on the high seas
Duration:00:07:54
Chapter eighteen—Head for Bermuda and make it fast!
Duration:00:11:08
Chapter nineteen—How to do a 30-day refit in 14 days
Duration:00:04:30
Chapter twenty—We were so quiet that we never showed up
Duration:00:14:26
Chapter twenty-one—Cornelius Wild MS2 (SS)
Duration:00:13:06
Chapter twenty-two—Fine dining in Glasgow
Duration:00:14:43
Chapter twenty-three—The great cup caper
Duration:00:09:10
Chapter twenty-four—I make chief
Duration:00:03:41
Chapter twenty-five—Spy vs. Spy
Duration:00:05:50
Chapter twenty-six—Thunder in the attic
Duration:00:25:43
Chapter twenty-seven—Traveling for the Navy & other matters
Duration:00:05:47
Chapter twenty-eight—Moving up
Duration:00:07:52
Part three: Shore—Chapter twenty-nine: Entering a new world
Duration:00:12:37
Chapter thirty—Welcome back to Charleston
Duration:00:04:57
Chapter thirty-one—Preparing to survive GITMO
Duration:00:07:16
Chapter thirty-two—Seaman Sams is dead
Duration:00:08:12
Chapter thirty-three—Off to GITMO and far-off exotic adventures
Duration:00:08:00
Chapter thirty-four—Toward Gibraltar
Duration:00:15:33
Chapter thirty-five—Onward to Suez, Red Sea, and Indian Ocean
Duration:00:08:52
Chapter thirty-six—Crossing the line
Duration:00:12:23
Chapter thirty-seven—What we did in Diego Garcia
Duration:00:15:34
Chapter thirty-eight—Things we learned after the fact
Duration:00:14:09
Chapter thirty-nine—Homeward bound across the Pacific
Duration:00:13:37
Chapter forty—The Panama Canal and beyond
Duration:00:11:08
Chapter forty-one—Consequences & R-1 Div Officer to Cape Canaveral
Duration:00:15:13
Chapter forty-two—How my two-year tour turned into five years at NOTU
Duration:00:11:58
Chapter forty-three—At some point in your career, large quantities of fecal matter will hit the fan
Duration:00:12:56
Chapter forty-four—How to get ahead of the power curve
Duration:00:12:21
Chapter forty-five—The spy next door
Duration:00:08:48
Chapter forty-six—Security Guards-R-Us
Duration:00:09:26
Chapter forty-seven—1986, a nation mourns
Duration:00:11:54
Chapter forty-eight—The beginning of the long nights
Duration:00:12:58
Chapter forty-nine—The junkyard
Duration:00:15:39
Chapter-fifty—I can almost see the light at the end of the tunnel
Duration:00:14:10
Chapter fifty-one—Dead man walking
Duration:00:08:27
Chapter fifty-two—The British are coming, the British are coming
Duration:00:07:59
Chapter fifty-three—Service School Command, Orlando
Duration:00:16:41
Chapter fifty-four—Still at SSC, Orlando
Duration:00:10:15
Chapter fifty-five—Ethics or why it matters
Duration:00:08:18
Chapter fifty-six—Computers and Courts Martial
Duration:00:08:16
Chapter fifty-seven—Welcome back to NOTU, PECAN
Duration:00:09:06
Chapter fifty-eight—SEAL games
Duration:00:08:56
Chapter fifty-nine—My last year in the Navy
Duration:00:12:53
Chapter sixty—Retirement and OMG!
Duration:00:20:03
Coda—Take her Down!
Duration:00:00:39
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:40