The Right Thing

The Untold Story of the Deadly Collision of the Nuclear Submarine, U.S.S. Greenville with a Japanese Fishing Vessel and One Man's Courage

Scott Waddle

• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• eBook ISBN:
  9781418571900
• Year: 2003

When a U.S. nuclear submarine collided with a Japanese fishing vessel in the spring of 2001, the story made national headlines. Navy Commander Scott Waddle, former captain of the U.S.S. Greeneville, was at the center of the controversy. This is the first-hand, never-before-published account of that fatal moment and the heart-breaking avalanche of events that followed.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• 1. A Time to Speak
• 2. Air Force Brat
• 3. A New Start
• 4. The Academy
• 5. Subs Are Us
• 6. Building the Boat Builder
• 7. Scott and Jill
• 8. Aloha, Inspector Waddle
• 9. Showtime
• 10. Life Aboard a Submarine
• 11. Holding Together
• 12. An Unusual Mission
• 13. No Visual Contacts
• 14. The Ride of My Life
• 15. Tears and Fears
• 16. The End of the Line
• 17. Spiritual Strength
• 18. It’s Hard to Say “I’m Sorry”
• 19. Thank God for Charlie!
• 20. Odd Man Out
• 21. Inquiring Minds
• 22. The Buck Stops Here
• 23. Rights versus Right
• 24. The Waiting Game
• 25. Guilty or Not?
• 26. Taking “Flight”
• 27. Doing the Right Thing
• Epilogue: Promises Broken; Promises Kept