Description: Save the Belknap recounts Captain Robert Carney Powers’ experience commanding USS Claude V. Ricketts during the 1975 collision between USS John F. Kennedy and USS Belknap. After the ships collide and Belknap erupts in fire, Powers and his crew confront exploding ammunition, wounded sailors, heavy seas, and grave danger while conducting rescue and firefighting operations. The narrative connects this crisis with Powers’ naval upbringing, training, Vietnam service, command philosophy, and preparation of his crew. Through courage, discipline, teamwork, and accountability, the book explores how professional readiness shapes decisions when lives, ships, and leadership are tested under extraordinary pressure at sea.

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