Title Broken arrow : how the U.S. Navy lost a nuclear bomb / Jim Winchester.

Descript 1 online resource (viii, 4 unnumbered, 271 pages) : illustrations, maps Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary On December 5, 1965, no flying was scheduled from aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga, which was cruising from the Yankee Station toward Japan. Although Ticonderoga was fighting a real conflict and losing men in conventional warfare, the ship's primary mission was Cold War nuclear combat with the Communist bloc. That day, during the course of a weapons-loading drill and simulated mission, Douglas Webster and his armed A-4 Skyhawk toppled overboard. A young pilot from Ohio, Webster was newly married and with 17 combat missions under his belt. The loss of the bomber, the pilot and the live B43 one-megaton thermonuclear bomb was a major incident, and one that should have been investigated immediately. But instead a cover-up mission began. Though the crew was ordered to stay quiet, rumors circulated of sabotage, a damaged weapon and a troublesome pilot who needed "disposing of." The incident, a "Broken Arrow" in the parlance of the Pentagon, was kept under wraps for a quarter of a century. In the late 1980s, researchers discovered archived documents that disclosed the true location of the carier, hundreds of miles closer to land than admitted. Emerging in 1989, this information caused a diplomatic incident, as the public - and Webster's family - learned that the United States had violated agreements not to bring nuclear weapons into Japan. Broken Arrow tells the story of Ticonderoga's sailors and airmen, the dangers of combat missions and shipboard life, and the accident that threatened to wipe her off the map and blow American-Japanese relations apart Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Eve of Destruction -- 2. Looking for the Sky to Save Me -- 3. We are the Champions -- 4. The Big T -- 5. Shore Leave -- 6. All Day and All of the Night -- 7. In the Middle of Nowhere -- 8. Enquiry in Yokosuka -- 9. Day Tripper -- 10. Hope and Prayer -- 11. Keep on Running -- 12. Homeward Bound -- 13. Big in Japan -- 14. Cover- up -- 15. Fade Away and Radiate. Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide Subject Webster, Douglas Morey, 1941-1965. Ticonderoga (Antisubmarine warfare support aircraft carrier) -- History. Webster, Douglas Morey, 1941-1965. (OCoLC)fst00351289 Ticonderoga (Antisubmarine warfare support aircraft carrier) (OCoLC)fst00673413 United States -- History -- 1961-1969. Nuclear weapons -- Accidents -- United States -- History. Cold War -- History. Aircraft accidents. Communist countries -- History. United States -- Military relations -- Japan. Accidents, Aviation TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science. Aircraft accidents. (OCoLC)fst00802778 Military relations. (OCoLC)fst01353799 Nuclear weapons -- Accidents. (OCoLC)fst01040972 Communist countries. (OCoLC)fst01240119 Japan. (OCoLC)fst01204082 United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155 Cold War (1945-1989) (OCoLC)fst01754978 1945-1989 ISBN 9781612006925 (electronic bk.) 1612006922 (electronic bk.) 1612006914 9781612006918