Saturday, May 16, 2020

The Real Hunt for Red October - Mutiny on the Storozhevoy

On November 9, 1975, half of the entire Soviet Baltic Fleet was suddenly placed on high alert. Their orders: hunt down and stop the Soviet destroyer Storozhevoy by any means necessary. Earlier that evening, the ship had been seized from its captain by its Zampolit, Valery Mikhaylovich Sablin. The political commissar was leading a mutiny and had redirected the ship full-speed towards Sweden. It was to be a real-life “Hunt for Red October”...


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