Norman Polmar is an analyst and consultant specializing in the naval, aviation, and intelligence fields. He has been an adviser on naval issues to three U.S. senators, the speaker of the House of Representatives, and three secretaries of the U.S. Navy, as well as to the leadership of Australian, Chinese, and Israeli navies. Polmar is the author or coauthor or more than fifty books, including Cold War Submarines: The Design and Construction of U.S. and Soviet Submarines, 1945–2001 with coauthor K. J. Moore (Potomac, 2005) and The Enola Gay: The B-29 That Dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima (Potomac, 2004). Lee J. Mathers was on active duty with the Navy from 1967 to 1978 as a surface warfare officer with an intelligence subspecialty. He made two deployments to Vietnam, including a one-year in-country tour. He is the coauthor with Norman Polmar of Opening the Great Depths: The Bathyscaph Trieste and Pioneers of Undersea Exploration.

"The release of this book creates high expectations. It is subject matter with a clear gap in the historical record and now a distinguished naval expert attempts to fill the void. . . . Readers will discover that the high expectations are well met."-D. Colt Denfeld, Journal of America's Military Past "Norman Polmar and Lee Mathers's new book is the first comprehensive history of spy ships, and the authors should be lauded not only for closing a relevant desideratum in naval and maritime history, but also for collecting a trove of sources that allowed them to reconstruct the operational history of spy ships on both sides of the major conflicts of the 20th century-and, most important, during the Cold War."-Ingo Heidbrink, Proceedings "An interesting and valuable addition to the intelligence officer's bookshelf."-Admiral Tom Brooks, ReadBook “Spy Ships by Norman Polmar and Lee Mathers is another authoritative, comprehensive, and professional narrative that one expects from these authors. . . . Spy Ships fills a gap in our understanding of the importance of intelligence collection in naval operations. This book is a welcome edition in my reference library. BZ!”-Capt. John A. Rodgaard, U.S. Navy (Ret.), author of Tailships: Hunting Soviets with a Microphone

• List of IllustrationsForeword by Rear Admiral Thomas A. Brooks, U.S. Navy (Ret.)PerspectiveAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsU.S. Navy Ship and Submarine Designations1. The Dawn of Spy Ships2. Western Spy Submarines3. The Cold War: The Red Side4. The Cold War: Red Submarines5. American Spy Ships: Part 16. The Attack on the USS Liberty7. American Spy Ships: Part 28. The Seizure of the USS Pueblo9. Unusual Spy Ships10. Some Bottom LinesAppendix A. Soviet/Russian Spy ShipsAppendix B. U.S. Spy ShipsAppendix C. Other Spy ShipsNotesBibliographyGeneral IndexShip and Submarine Index

Norman Polmar is an analyst and consultant specializing in the naval, aviation, and intelligence fields. He has been an adviser on naval issues to three U.S. senators, the speaker of the House of Representatives, and three secretaries of the U.S. Navy, as well as to the leadership of Australian, Chinese, and Israeli navies. Polmar is the author or coauthor or more than fifty books, including Cold War Submarines: The Design and Construction of U.S. and Soviet Submarines, 1945–2001 with coauthor K. J. Moore (Potomac, 2005) and The Enola Gay: The B-29 That Dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima (Potomac, 2004). Lee J. Mathers was on active duty with the Navy from 1967 to 1978 as a surface warfare officer with an intelligence subspecialty. He made two deployments to Vietnam, including a one-year in-country tour. He is the coauthor with Norman Polmar of Opening the Great Depths: The Bathyscaph Trieste and Pioneers of Undersea Exploration.

"The release of this book creates high expectations. It is subject matter with a clear gap in the historical record and now a distinguished naval expert attempts to fill the void. . . . Readers will discover that the high expectations are well met."-D. Colt Denfeld, Journal of America's Military Past "Norman Polmar and Lee Mathers's new book is the first comprehensive history of spy ships, and the authors should be lauded not only for closing a relevant desideratum in naval and maritime history, but also for collecting a trove of sources that allowed them to reconstruct the operational history of spy ships on both sides of the major conflicts of the 20th century-and, most important, during the Cold War."-Ingo Heidbrink, Proceedings "An interesting and valuable addition to the intelligence officer's bookshelf."-Admiral Tom Brooks, ReadBook “Spy Ships by Norman Polmar and Lee Mathers is another authoritative, comprehensive, and professional narrative that one expects from these authors. . . . Spy Ships fills a gap in our understanding of the importance of intelligence collection in naval operations. This book is a welcome edition in my reference library. BZ!”-Capt. John A. Rodgaard, U.S. Navy (Ret.), author of Tailships: Hunting Soviets with a Microphone

• List of IllustrationsForeword by Rear Admiral Thomas A. Brooks, U.S. Navy (Ret.)PerspectiveAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsU.S. Navy Ship and Submarine Designations1. The Dawn of Spy Ships2. Western Spy Submarines3. The Cold War: The Red Side4. The Cold War: Red Submarines5. American Spy Ships: Part 16. The Attack on the USS Liberty7. American Spy Ships: Part 28. The Seizure of the USS Pueblo9. Unusual Spy Ships10. Some Bottom LinesAppendix A. Soviet/Russian Spy ShipsAppendix B. U.S. Spy ShipsAppendix C. Other Spy ShipsNotesBibliographyGeneral IndexShip and Submarine Index

Norman Polmar is an analyst and consultant specializing in the naval, aviation, and intelligence fields. He has been an adviser on naval issues to three U.S. senators, the speaker of the House of Representatives, and three secretaries of the U.S. Navy, as well as to the leadership of Australian, Chinese, and Israeli navies. Polmar is the author or coauthor or more than fifty books, including Cold War Submarines: The Design and Construction of U.S. and Soviet Submarines, 1945–2001 with coauthor K. J. Moore (Potomac, 2005) and The Enola Gay: The B-29 That Dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima (Potomac, 2004). Lee J. Mathers was on active duty with the Navy from 1967 to 1978 as a surface warfare officer with an intelligence subspecialty. He made two deployments to Vietnam, including a one-year in-country tour. He is the coauthor with Norman Polmar of Opening the Great Depths: The Bathyscaph Trieste and Pioneers of Undersea Exploration.

"The release of this book creates high expectations. It is subject matter with a clear gap in the historical record and now a distinguished naval expert attempts to fill the void. . . . Readers will discover that the high expectations are well met."-D. Colt Denfeld, Journal of America's Military Past "Norman Polmar and Lee Mathers's new book is the first comprehensive history of spy ships, and the authors should be lauded not only for closing a relevant desideratum in naval and maritime history, but also for collecting a trove of sources that allowed them to reconstruct the operational history of spy ships on both sides of the major conflicts of the 20th century-and, most important, during the Cold War."-Ingo Heidbrink, Proceedings "An interesting and valuable addition to the intelligence officer's bookshelf."-Admiral Tom Brooks, ReadBook “Spy Ships by Norman Polmar and Lee Mathers is another authoritative, comprehensive, and professional narrative that one expects from these authors. . . . Spy Ships fills a gap in our understanding of the importance of intelligence collection in naval operations. This book is a welcome edition in my reference library. BZ!”-Capt. John A. Rodgaard, U.S. Navy (Ret.), author of Tailships: Hunting Soviets with a Microphone

• List of IllustrationsForeword by Rear Admiral Thomas A. Brooks, U.S. Navy (Ret.)PerspectiveAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsU.S. Navy Ship and Submarine Designations1. The Dawn of Spy Ships2. Western Spy Submarines3. The Cold War: The Red Side4. The Cold War: Red Submarines5. American Spy Ships: Part 16. The Attack on the USS Liberty7. American Spy Ships: Part 28. The Seizure of the USS Pueblo9. Unusual Spy Ships10. Some Bottom LinesAppendix A. Soviet/Russian Spy ShipsAppendix B. U.S. Spy ShipsAppendix C. Other Spy ShipsNotesBibliographyGeneral IndexShip and Submarine Index