K-19: The Widowmaker

[Prof]

Originally Posted by Kapitan

Another thing is where the heck did that american destroyer come from? the K-19 was in an ice field for goodness sake not many ships only ice breakers go up to where K-19 was hence why there were no diesel submarines in the immediate area.

It's been a while since I read Huchthausen's book, but didn't K-19 eventually make contact with a nearby Soviet Diesel boat on the short-range radio?