Sub warfare: Cold War undersea collision

[Mr Quatro]

This is one of the most exciting cold war stories I have heard


https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com...rIOt2d5FyGonno

Former San Diego submariner recalls accident with a Soviet sub, desperate getaway

That night on watch, just over two months into our boring SpecOp, a technical “T-Brancher” spook tucked away in the radio room got a distant sniff on our BRD-7 electronics surveillance system. Faint at first, he almost missed the MRK-50 Series Topol radar, code named Snoop Tray 2 by NATO. As he analyzed the signal captured by the BRD-7 further, his eyes lit up. At that time, only Victor IIIs and some Delta-class submarines used that type of radar.

Our (commanding officer), Cmdr. Oliver, did a happy dance in the corridor outside the radio room when he heard the news. I watched his jig from the control room, wondering why he seemed so excited.