The Terrible Hours by Peter Maas

The Terrible Hours by Peter Maas
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is the story of the most daring submarine rescue in history. In May 1939 of the coast of New Hampshire the USS Squalus conducts what was suppose to be a routine dive but something terrible happens and they end up at the bottom of the ocean in about 250 feet below the ice cold Atlantic. Alt the survivors can do is wait for rescue. As the story unfolds we learn about the legendary "Swede" Momsen and his diving bell he helped create after other tragic Submarine mishaps. It's a harrowing ordeal as they fight the elements above and below the water to rescue the remaining cold and wearing thirty-three sailors awaiting to see the sun again.

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