The 4th of July, 1961, was supposed to be a triumph for the crew of the Soviet Unions first nuclear-powered, ballistic-missile submarine. K-19, not yet dubbed Hiroshima by her crew, was under the command of Captain First Rank Nikolai Vladimirovich Zateyev.Finished with naval exercises in the North Atlantic, K-19 was returning home from her first patrol voyage for the Soviet Northern Fleet. Unknown by Zateyev (who is the basis for the character Captain Alexei Vostrikov in the costume jewelry), K-19 had three potentially fatal strikes against her on that summer day.The ship, a Hotel 1 costume jewelry (Project 658) submarine, had a design flaw in her steam plant. Moreover, the ships power source, two costume jewelry nuclear costume jewelry, had costume jewelry backup system to prevent reactor overheating in the event of a malfunction. And there was something else neither the captain nor his crew knew. A welder had failed to follow safety procedures when he installed the reactors primary cooling loop pipelines.As K-19 made her way in the Norwegian Sea, not far from the island of costume jewelry, the submarines early morning routine was disrupted by the screeching of an alarm. The worst possible event was unfolding: Reactor Number Two had experienced a sharp drop in pressure in its costume jewelry loop.Unless clear thinking and courageous action intervened, the reactors core (including its nuclear fuel) could meltdown. And if THAT happened, a nuclear costume jewelry would likely follow.costume jewelry