Author Topic: Soviet Ships of the Cuban Missile Crisis (Read 11824 times)

Lopez 72 · « **on:** June 06, 2011, 06:04:55 PM »

Hello everyone.

I'm new in this forum. I found this site looking for info about the Soviet vessels that carried military equipment to and from Cuba, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, specially the Kasimov, the Okhotsk, and the Krasnograd.

The only pictures I've got, I have found them in this site:

http://www.ussmullinnix.org

Any help welcome.

I apologize if this is not the correct thread for this request. If so, please redirect me to the right place.

Thanks

Ian Thomas · « **Reply #1 on:** June 06, 2011, 08:53:16 PM »

Hello Lopez72 found this link with some photos to help you. http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/photos.htm

Regards
Ian Thomas

Magogman · « **Reply #2 on:** June 06, 2011, 09:51:59 PM »

I am sure the U.S. Navy has or had a LARGE collection of photos as they flew over and photographed all those ships. Finding them may be difficult. I remember seeing them in the media such as weekly news magazines and newspapers. I suspect the major weekly news magazines such as Time, Life, Newsweek have searchable archives and I know that most major libraries in the U.S. keep bound copies or microfilm copies in stock.

The semi-private U.S. Naval Institute has a huge photo archive and I would head there first. You can contact a person about photos at "[email protected]" or phone 1-800-233-8764, a toll-free call in the U.S.

I am kind of surprised someone has not written a book on the subject.

I was a high school senior or junior at the time of the Cuban Missle Crisis and I know it scared the heck out of me. 4 years later I was in the US Army in Germany on the front lines of the Cold War.

Good luck in your search.

Jens Heri · « **Reply #3 on:** June 06, 2011, 11:28:30 PM »

here some from gettyimages.
good luck

http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?contractUrl=2&language=en-US&family=editorial&assetType=image&p=cuban+missile#2

Glenn Kasner · « **Reply #4 on:** June 07, 2011, 02:49:23 PM »

You can try the SA Air force museum. The South African Air Force photographed many of these ships as they rounded the Cape of Good Hope.

www.saafmuseum.org.za

Magogman · « **Reply #5 on:** June 07, 2011, 06:38:26 PM »

Another suggestion would be the U.S. Library of Congress. I am led to believe that their photo collection can be accessed on the web but am not sure of that.