First of the new, Hotel-class, nuclear, ballistic, missile submarines, the hastily designed and constructed vessel seems headed for disaster long before its launching. While cruising in the Atlantic Ocean, K-19 experiences a cooling system failure in one of its nuclear reactors. An improvised method of cooling the reactor prevents a thermonuclear explosion but with terrible consequences for the men of the repair crew. This action-packed incident during the Cold War brings to life the tensions between the U.S.
