Summary of Sherry Sontag & Christopher Drew's Blind Man's Bluff

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

#1 Harris Austin was a radio man who had been trained to snatch Soviet military signals and electronic communications out of thin air. He was going to be part of the crew of the U. S. submarine Cochino, which was about to become an experimental spy boat.

#2 Benitez was shocked to hear that Austin would be drilling holes in the submarine’s hull to install the spy equipment. He was going to take this to his command. At the very least, he was not going to stay and argue with Austin.

#3 The United States had a new adversary in the Soviet Union, and people were terrified of the means of victory. The Soviets had come into possession of a few German U-boats, highly advanced subs with snorkels and new sophisticated types of sonar.

#4 The United States was also preparing for the ultimate in undersea one-upmanship: nuclear-powered submarines that could stay underwater indefinitely without ever having to snorkel.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 15, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669386216

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Harris Austin was a radio man who had been trained to snatch Soviet military signals and electronic communications out of thin air. He was going to be part of the crew of the U. S. submarine Cochino, which was about to become an experimental spy boat.

#2

Benitez was shocked to hear that Austin would be drilling holes in the submarine’s hull to install the spy equipment. He was going to take this to his command. At the very least, he was not going to stay and argue with Austin.

#3

The United States had a new adversary in the Soviet Union, and people were terrified of the means of victory. The Soviets had come into possession of a few German U-boats, highly advanced subs with snorkels and new sophisticated types of sonar.

#4

The United States was also preparing for the ultimate in undersea one-upmanship: nuclear-powered submarines that could stay underwater indefinitely without ever having to snorkel.

#5

The Navy had sent two fleet boats, the USS Sea Dog and the USS Blackfin, into the Bering Sea in 1948 to see if they could intercept Soviet radio communications and count how quickly propeller blades turned on Soviet destroyers and merchant ships.

#6

Austin was a radioman, but he worked for the Naval Security Group, the cryptological service that had intercepted and decoded crucial Japanese Navy communications during World War II. The crew knew that he was not a common radioman.

#7

Austin was very popular on board Cochino, and he played a mean game of acey-deucey. He brought war stories from his cruiser days, and he spent his first few hours chugging up through the Norwegian Sea north of the Arctic Circle.

#8

The black box that Austin was operating captured the higher frequency bands of a launch in progress. If something were happening, he should be able to hear it. He was hoping to record some Soviet missile telemetry.

#9

On August 24, Cochino played hide-and-seek with Tusk. The two subs began to learn how to become hunters and killers. Cochino spotted Tusk off her starboard beam, and began moving ahead at snorkel depth. It was her turn to hide.

#10

The crew of Cochino tried to save the crew of Tusk,