27 October 1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
Savitsky considered using a nuclear torpedo after United States forces used signalling depth charges near submarine B-59.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Sargasso Sea in Russia. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Savitsky considered using a nuclear torpedo after United States forces used signalling depth charges near submarine B-59.
Arkhipov opposed launching B-59's nuclear torpedo and helped persuade the submarine commander to surface.
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