The Silent Service: Los Angeles Class

by H. Jay Riker

Book Overview

The year is 1987. Military Intelligence has sent reports of an awesome new Soviet sub that no one in the West has ever seen before in the Russian-patrolled seas off the Kamchacka Peninsula. Now Tom Gorden, new commander of the Los Angeles Class submarine Pittsburgh, must transport a hand-picked team of U.S. Navy SEALs into hostile waters and go up against the phantom boat -- even at the risk of a shooting war. But the enemy has its own reasons for...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380804670
• ISBN13: 9780380804672
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Small

Well written , but its a novel so i do not like fiction and it is so small .Not much to my liking!

One of Riker's better submarine stories

"Los Angeles Class" is one of H. Jay Riker's better "Silent Service" stories about submarines. It takes place at the height of the Cold War with the Soviets, and is the story of a covert US mission in the Sea of Okhotsk, on the Eastern Siberian coast. The story is not dissimilar to actual incidents that are detailed in the famous "Blind Man's Bluff" expose on US submarine exploits. Once again, Riker's characterizations are somewhat thin. He tries to create a sub-plot dealing with the personal life of the Captain, but once again, it really does not go anywhere, and the recurrent theme seems to be that no submarine skipper has any business having a personal life. Surely this is not so. The plot moves at a brisk rate, and the action seems true-to-life, although I hope that both the US and the Russians were a little more careful to avoid confrontations than this novel suggests. Well, less caution no doubt makes for more action. No matter; this is an enjoyable and realistic read about brave men and submarines.

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Great Book!

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. In fact, I sat down one night and could NOT put this book down. I plan on attending the Naval Academy, and serving on submarines, and this book gave me a great picture of submarine life, including the treatment of the "nubs".

Excellent Read!

I judge most books by how much I look forward to getting back to it once I put it down and whether or not I fall asleep immediately after opening the cover. I do most of my reading during my daily train commute into the Big Apple and it takes a lot to keep me awake and interested in any reading material. Riker provides some excellent material to fill the 90 minute train ride and its material I look forward to reading and when I open the cover I DO NOT fall asleep. Technical content I don' know about, I do know his material keeps my interest high and I enjoy reading it! I look forward to other works by Riker!

Have to buy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love the way H. Jay Riker marry the Seal Team and the Superb SILENT SERVICE together. Although it is bit slow moving, it is interesting to read many aspect of the Submarine life of a person living in it. Those who had read the previous Grayback Class book, will either love it or hate it. I simply love both of them. It this book center around, the LOS ANGELES CLASS Submarine, SSN 720 Pittsburgh. Displacement standard, tons:6082 Displacement dived, tons:6927 Length, feet:362 Beam, feet:33Draught, feet:32.3 Speed, knots: 32 dived. One of the most fearsome underwater manmade machine as it pitt itself against the enermy. Love the author way of telling you Naval jargons and then follow up by explaining, the way he create a charactor, give him a background and then LIFE. So dun wait, go get it!!!!!!!!!