A story in three books:

PREFACE; Book one— SUBMARINE MIDshipmen; Book two— OFFICERS OF SOVIET SUBMARINE CRUISERS; Book three— COMMANDER OF A SUBMARINE NUCLEAR MISSILE CARRIER.

The book is based on real events in which the author took part. This is not a memoir or an autobiography. The story is a work of fiction. It tells about the fate of a submariner, both seriously and with salty maritime humor. And it very accurately describes how it was in the life of many naval officers, and what it is like, the service of a submariner.

The commander and officers of the ship. Studying at the training center. Composition and assembling of the crew of an underwater missile cruiser.

Assembling the full crew. Moving to Severodvinsk. First impressions of your ship. New worries, new people, new bosses.

From the frying pan into the flames - there is no respite when you arrive at the base for the fleet. Passing the tasks of the combat training course and performing the first combat service.

How submariners lived on the shore in Gremikha. Why was this “Gremihanskoye” living space special?

Ships of cyclical use. How people felt in this cyclical whirlpool.

Another New Year has arrived. Life moves on and people change. Are they becoming the best? Here’s the question!

A submarine is a “fish” in the sea, but the success of its voyage is “forged” on the shore.

In war it’s like in war. How it is used under the gun of enemy torpedoes.

Return to base. Where disasters are forged.