974: 2/4 Project Azorian: The CIA and the Raising of the K-129, by Norman Polmar and Michael White
Image: Video of the Soviet sailors being buried at sea Project Azorian: The CIA and the Raising of the K-129, by Norman Polmar (https://www.amazon.com/Norman-Polmar/e/B000AQ28NQ/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1) and Michael White (https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_2?ie=UTF8&field-author=Michael+White&text=Michael+White&sort=relevancerank&search-alias=books) In early August 1974, despite extraordinary risks and after six years of secret preparations, the CIA attempted to salvage the sunken Soviet ballistic missile submarine K-129 from the depths of the North Pacific Ocean. The audacious effort was undertaken with the cover of an undersea mining operation sponsored by the eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes. "Azorian"--incorrectly identified as Project Jennifer by the press--was the most ambitious ocean engineering endeavor attempted by Man. Following the accidental sinking of a Soviet missile submarine in March 1968, U.S. intelligence agencies were able to determine the precise location and to develop a means of raising the submarine from a depth of 16,400 feet. The remarkable salvage effort of the K-129, which contained nuclear-armed torpedoes and one nuclear-tipped missile as well as crypto equipment, was conducted with Soviet naval ships a few hundred yards from the lift ship, the Hughes Glomar Explorer. The book is based, in part, on the research for Michael White's documentary film Azorian: The Raising of the K-129, released in late 2009. The research for the book and the documentary forced the CIA to issue a brief report on Project Azorian in early 2010, with one-third of the document redacted. https://www.amazon.com/Project-Azorian-CIA-Raising-K-129/dp/1591146682/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Azorian&qid=1610237878&s=books&sr=1-1