Japan Expedition to Find Russian Sub sunk during Cold War

[NCBabs]

Wreck Diving Magazine editor Joe Porter teamed up with Ken Sewell, author of Red Star Rogue and All Hands Down to locate and document a Russian submarine that recently declassified reports placed it sunk off the coast of Japan. In a Cold War era battle, the news of this sinking could have started World War III. Organizing this expedition was one of the toughest jobs I had becuase of the rural location diving wasn't heard of. So finding a boat captain willing, a translator, shipping in tanks, helium, O2, compressor and sonar equipment wasn't easy, but we pulled it off. I filmed the expedition and produced the short video trailer of events that took place.

click link below or go to www.fishtalesproductions.com then to video gallery

Video Gallery

It was great to be a part of history!

 

[uberdude]

Was an interesting watch, sounded like a very challenging dive given currents, remoteness, depth, etc. Any plans for a longer documentary? Any pointers to articles written about the dive? Great work!

 

[NCBabs]

thanks, and yes there are plans for a longer version of documentary also the author Ken Sewell is writting a book about the Cold War Russian sub events. He is a NY best seller if you like history his book Red Star Rogue is great read.