Active duty of Northern Fleet diesel submarines in the Mediterranean during the Cold War years.

From: Military Thought | Date: April 1, 2006| Author: Chernavin, L.D. | Copyright information

The first long-range diesel submarine patrols in the Mediterranean tended to be mainly of the training and exploratory character. Everyone felt like a trainee: the designers, shipbuilders and the submariners themselves. Those, who acquired practical skills and techniques during the cruises on the first diesel submarines, later qualified as Al specialists and the commanders of the next generation of diesel-driven and nuclear-powered submarines. In after years, some of those speciali...

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