Nuclear submarines gained an ominous prominence during the between the United States and the Soviet Union, where one mere mistake or the malicious push of a button from a nuclear sub could have triggered a cataclysmic war that ended life on the planet.
The aircraft's commander, Richard Lucas, reported that most of the U-boat's 52 crew managed to abandon ship, but all died from.
Run Silent, Run Deep A loose adaptation of the book of the same name, this 1958-movie depicts a fictional chapter of the American-Japanese conflict during the Second World War.