Peter Huchthausen
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Peter Huchthausen is a former US Navy officer and the author of several maritime books. After serving on destroyers for several years in the Atlantic Ocean, he became the chief engineer of the USS Orleck, operating off the coast of Vietnam. He later commanded a unit of ten swift boats on the Mekong River. After the Vietnam War Huchthausen served as an analyst on Soviet Navy submarines, a specialist on anti-submarine warfare, and held a position in the Defense Intelligence Agency. He was the senior U.S. Naval Attaché in Yugoslavia, Romania, and the Soviet Union. After retirement he began his research and writing career.
[edit] Published books
- Echos of the Mekong (1996)
- Hostile Waters (1997) Sold more than 200,000 copies worldwide and became an HBO movie of the same name.
- Frye Island Maine's Newest Town, A History, 1748-1995 (1998)
- K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) Also became a movie by the same name starring Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson.
- October Fury (2002)
- America's Splendid Little Wars: A Short History of U.S Military Engagements 1975-2000 (2003)
- Shadow Voyage (2005) A story about the escape of the German passenger liner Bremen during the early months of World War II.
