Where the Eagles Fly — Greg Evans

Compressed air began flowing from the air flasks into the main ballast tanks and the seawater was forced out as the submarine's overall density became lower than the volume of the surrounding ocean, the hydroplanes angled up at fifteen degrees allowing the giant teardrop hull shaped mechanical beast to come to the surface at positive buoyancy. A careful search for nearby aircraft that may identify the vessel's thermal scar by FLIR technology came up negative. Captain Will Craig, as he always did, would exit the vessel for a smoke and a breath of fresh air while awaiting the tugs to guide them into dock. The ballistic missile submarine, a SSBN/SSGN was in the U.S. Navy's Ohio Fleet at 170 meters long with a beam of 13 meters, able to hold a crew of 155, (140 enlisted and 15 officers). Its maximum speed reached 20+ knots and had a water displacement of 18,450 long tons submerged. It was the perfect vessel for transporting the world's two most deadly bombs and was called SS-570.