Handbook of Submarine Operations, Paperback

The book describes probable deployment of submarines in different parts of the world. The chapters include basic principles that are required to be followed when deploying them on operational and tactical missions. The book is particularly useful for the newer submarine operating navies around the world.

Contents: -

The Undersea Environment

The Submarine, Submarine Control

Deployment Strategies

Passage Planning

Deployment Areas

The Arctic & Atlantic Oceans

Pacific & Indian Oceans

Actions By The Submarine

Survivability Considerations

Evasion At Sea

Intelligence Reconnaissance

SSK Operations

Torpedo Attacks

Operational/Tactical

Missile Attacks

Mine Laying Operations

Submarine Communications

Operating In Complex Environments

Submarine Rescue

Remotely Operated Vehicles From Submarines

Crystal-Ball Gazing

Cmde P.R. Franklin, AVSM, VSM, did his submarine training in Vladivostok, in erstwhile USSR. He commissioned the third and the sixth of the eight 'Foxtrot' class submarines that the Indian Navy purchased in the late sixties/early seventies. He subsequently commanded two of them. After a few squadron appointments both afloat and ashore, he headed the submarine arm as Director Submarine Operations in Naval Headquarters. Among his other appointments in the navy, he was Naval Assistant to the Chief of the Naval Staff and the Naval Advisor to the Indian High Commissioner in UK. He has also authored the book Foxtrots of the Indian Navy.