Scorpion Down Sunk by the Soviets, Buried by the Pentagon: The Untold Story of the USS Scorpion

The loss of the nuclear submarine USS Scorpion (SSN-589) on Memorial Day, May 27, 1968, has been commemorated by an American admiral as "one of the greatest unsolved sea mysteries of our era." To this day, the U.S. Navy officially describes it as an inexplicable accident, in which the submarine and the ninety-nine crewmen on board were presumed lost. In this stunning work of investigative journalism, Ed Offley tells the dramatic story of a secret battle that could have brought about World War III, and reveals that a handful of Navy and government officials knew the truth all along: that the sinking of the USS Scorpion was no accident-it was an act of war. Book jacket.

Ed Offley has been a military reporting specialist for newspapers and online publications since 1981, including the Ledger-Star in Norfolk, Virginia, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Stripes.com, and DefenseWatch magazine. He is currently Military Reporter for the News Herald in Panama City, Florida. A graduate of the University of Virginia, Offley served in the U.S. Navy in Vietnam. He lives in Panama City Beach, Florida.