John Piña Craven ( Eng. John Piña Craven : October 30, 1924 - February 12, 2015 ) - American scientist; made a significant contribution to mathematical methods in applied problems of search for underwater objects. During the Cold War, he was the scientific director of the special projects department of the US Navy . The main focus of Craven’s work was the search and recovery of lost military facilities in the deep-sea parts of the world ocean and other special operations using submarines [1] .
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Biography
For many years he lived in Hawaii. Died in Honolulu on February 12, 2015 [2]
Projects
During the Cold War, Craven participated in the development of the Bayesian search theory for detecting underwater objects:
- detection of a hydrogen bomb lost as a result of the B-52 crash (1966) [3] [4] ;
- detection of a submarine USS Scorpion [5] .
As the head of the special projects department of the US Navy, he performed a number of unique works:
- re-equipment of the USS Halibut submarine to search for underwater objects and special operations [6] [app. 1] ;
- was responsible for the work on the development of deep-sea apparatuses , including the project SEALAB ;
- according to rumors, he participated in the development of the special vessel “ Glomar Explorer ” to lift the K-129 ;
- underwater connection to the USSR Navy communication line .
Works
- John Piña Craven The Silent War: The Cold War
Notes
- ↑ It was Halibut who discovered the sunken Soviet submarine K-129 , at a depth of more than 3 km (August 1968), which later made it possible to carry out lifting work ( Azorian Project )
Footnotes
- ↑ "20,000 feet under the sea", The Economist, Feb 28th 2015
- ↑ Scientist who Shaped Cold War Spying at Sea Dies . nytimes.com .
- ↑ Craven, John Piña (2001). The Silent War: New York : Simon & Schuster . ISBN 0-684-87213-7
- ↑ William J. Broad. John P. Craven, 90, Pioneer of Spying at Sea, Dies . nytimes.com .
- ↑ Moody, DH 40th Anniversary of Palomares (Neopr.) // Faceplate. - Naval Sea Systems Command. Archived May 5, 2009.
- ↑ Ann Wroe. 20,000 feet under the sea . The Economist (February 28, 2015). - "Halibut detected it, 22,000 photos and three miles down; The CIM then sent a wild, and in 1974 sent a submarine. The appeal date is March 3, 2015.
Additional Materials
- Sherry Sontag, The Blind Man of the American Submarine Espionage (New York: Public Affairs, 1998), ISBN 1-891620-08-8 . Craven is mentioned in this nonfiction book on American submarine-based espionage.
- Roger C. Dunham, Spy Sub - The Secret Of The Pacific (New York: Penguin Books , 1996), ISBN 0-451-40797-0
- Roy Varner and Wayne Collier, "A Matter of Risk: Hughes Glomar Explorer and the Russian Submarine", 1978
Literature
- All hands down by Kenneth Sewell and Jerome Preisler, Pocket Star, 2009.