Fightin' Navy #98

Seaman Harold Simmons thought his assignment to the USS Hogarth Sound—a converted research vessel deployed to the Arctic—would be nothing but routine drills and tedious exercises, until a real intercontinental missile launches from enemy territory and the cold war transforms from distant threat into immediate combat. As the ship's modern weapons systems swing into action to counter the attack, Simmons discovers that the unglamorous scientific mission is frontline defense in a deadly struggle for survival.

When an underwater sentry discovers a sabotaged explosive device planted beneath an American carrier during a tense Cold War peace summit, he must hold on to the triggering mechanism with his last ounce of strength to buy time for rescue. As diplomats from both sides negotiate in nearby waters, the race to defuse the "surprise package" and turn the tables on those who planted it becomes a battle of nerves and naval cunning. "Summit Sabotage" captures the high-stakes drama of the Cold War era, where military readiness and quick thinking stand between catastrophe and victory.

A blustering naval officer takes command of a destroyer despite the crew's contempt for his boastful manner and dubious credentials, only to make a dangerous mistake during a weapons test that forces him to confront his own fitness for leadership. When his reckless order threatens the ship and crew, he prepares to face the consequences—but learns a humbling truth about second chances from an unexpected source.

Captain Jim Alben's destroyer is lured into a mysterious fog off the South Atlantic and finds itself trapped at a secret enemy island fortress bristling with submarines and advanced weaponry. With his ship seized and his crew imprisoned, Alben must rely on the resourcefulness of his men—including frogmen specialists left behind—to sabotage the operation from within and escape before the island collapses into the sea.