Francis Slattery

September 15, 1931 (age 36)

West Paris, Maine , United States

He had spent time at the Nuclear Power School and, with his experience in other submersibles, he was appointed to command the Scorpion. He then became the youngest commander of a nuclear-powered submarine at the time. Main article: United States Ship Scorpion (Social Security Number-589) Slattery was in command of the boat during its fateful voyage to the bottom of the ocean in 1968. In the book All Hands Down, authors Kenneth Sewell and Jerome Preisler claim that the Scorpion"s disappearance was the result of an attack by Soviet forces using code materials supplied by turncoat seaman John Anthony Walker and American cryptographic equipment they seized from the United States Ship Pueblo (AGER-2). The authors claim the Soviets" motive was revenge for the loss of K-129, a Soviet submarine that sank in the Pacific Ocean earlier that year - a loss that Russian military officials had blamed on the Americans.

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officer submariner

Background

Slattery was born in West Paris, Maine on September 15, 1931.

Education

He attended the United States. Naval Academy in Annapolis and served in several submarines, including the United States Ship Tunny (Steamship-282) before his final assignment on the Scorpion.

Career

He had spent time at the Nuclear Power School and, with his experience in other submersibles, he was appointed to command the Scorpion. He then became the youngest commander of a nuclear-powered submarine at the time. Main article: United States Ship Scorpion (Social Security Number-589)

Slattery was in command of the boat during its fateful voyage to the bottom of the ocean in 1968.

In the book All Hands Down, authors Kenneth Sewell and Jerome Preisler claim that the Scorpion"s disappearance was the result of an attack by Soviet forces using code materials supplied by turncoat seaman John Anthony Walker and American cryptographic equipment they seized from the United States Ship Pueblo (AGER-2).

The authors claim the Soviets" motive was revenge for the loss of K-129, a Soviet submarine that sank in the Pacific Ocean earlier that year - a loss that Russian military officials had blamed on the Americans.

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