Welcome To terminalrun.com, Cyberspace Home Of National Bestselling Submarine Fiction Author Michael DiMercurio

“Compelling and visionary. DiMercurio’s characters run as deep as his submarines themselves!”
--Joe Buff, author of Crush Depth and Thunder in the Deep
"DiMercurio really knows his subs...his characters step right off the sub deck and onto his pages."
--Larry Bond
"A Master Rivaling Tom Clancy."
--Publishers Weekly
"Terrific."
--San Francisco Examiner
"Thrilling."
--Associated Press

"Superb storytelling."
--Virginia-Pilot/Ledger Star

ACRONYMS:

# / A / B / C / D / E / F / G / H / I / J / K / L / M / N / O / P / Q / R / S / T / U / V / W / X / Y / Z

-#- / 1MC

-A- / ADCAP / ADM / AFFF / Akula / AMR #1 or #2 / AN/BSY-1 / ASDIC / ASW / AUTEC

-B- / BCP

-C- / C3I / CAPT / CDR / CHIEF / CNO / CINC / CNO / CO or C.O. / COB / COM / COMSUBPAC / CON / COW / CPO / CVBG / CWO

-D- / DDS / DEV / DIV / DNR / DSRV

-E- / EAB / ECM / ECP / EFPH / ELF / ENS / EOOW / EPCP

-F- / FAC / FADM / FEF / FIDUs / FLE

-G- / GRU

-H- /

-I- /

-J- /

-K- /

-L- / LANT / LCDR / LLTV / LOFAR / LT / LTJG

-M- / MBT / MCPO / MCPON / MGU / MIDAS / MPA

-N- / NCO

-O- / OPNAV / OTH

-P- / PD / PO / PO1 / PO2 / PO3 / PWR

-Q- /

-R- / RADAR / RADM / RAM / RON / RPCP RTE

-S- / SAM / SECNAV / SCPO / SCP / SGWLC / SINS / SLBM / SLCM / SLOT / SNAPS / SOBC / SONAR / SOSUS / SPCP / SS / SSA / SSC / SSBN / SSGN / SSM / SSN / SSK / SSTG / SUB

-T- / TDU / TMA / TRA

-U- /

-V- / VADM / VLS

-W- / WCP / WRT / WO

-X- / XC XO

-Y- /

-Z- /

GLOSSARY:

# / A / B / C / D / E / F / G / H / I / J / K / L / M / N / O / P / Q / R / S / T / U / V / W / X / Y / Z

-#- / 1MC / 2MC / 2JV / 4MC / 7MC / 8MC /

-A- / ACR / Active Sonar / Aft / Anechoic Coating / Angles and Dangles / ASH

-B- / Baffles / Ballast / Ballistic / Beam / Bearing / Broadband / Blow / Blue/Gold crew / Blue Nose / Bomb / Bomb shop / Bombers / Boomers / Bottom bounce / Breech door / Bridge / Bridge Access Trunk / Bubblehead / Buoyancy

-C- / Cavitation / Chicken Switches / Clamshells / Clear Datum / C.O. / CommSat / Conn / Conning Tower / Contact / Control Room / Course / Critical

-D- / Delayed Neutrons / Delta / Depth Charge / Depth Control / Dailex / Direct Path / Dogs / Dolphins / Doppler Effect / Draft / Dry-Deck Shelter

-E- / Echo / Electronics Countermeasures / Electronics Countermeasures Cubicle / EMBT Blow / Emergency Blow / Eng / EPM / EO / EOOW / Escape Trunk / Ethan Allen / Exocet / EWS

-F- / Fairwater / Fast Attack / Fast Neutrons / Fathom / Fathometer / Fin / Final Bearing and Shoot / Firecontrol Party / Firecontrol System / Firecontrol Target Solution / Firing Point Procedures / Fix / Flank Speed / Flash / Forced Circulation / Forward

-G- / Gertrude / Goat Locker / Geographic Plot

-H- / Harpoon / Head / Helm / Horizontal Salvo / Hot Racking / Hovering System / Hull / Hull Array / HUMINT / Hydrophones

-I- / Intermediate Range

-J- / JA / JOOD

-K- /

-L- / Ladder / Layer, Layer Depth / Leg / Line-of-Sight / List / Littoral Operations / Locking In / Locking Out / Lookaround / Lose the Bubble

-M- / MAD / Main Ballast Tank / Main Engines / Main Steam Valves One and Two / Maneuvering / Maneuvering Watch / Mark On Top / Muzzle door / Master / Melee / Moderator / MPA

-N- / Narrowband Processor / Natural Circulation / Negative Buoyancy / NESTOR Secure Voice / Neutral Buoyancy / NMCC / Nukes

-O- / Old Man / OOD / OP / Op Area / OpRep 3 Pinnacle / Overhead / Own Ship / Own Ship's Unit

-P- / Passive Sonar / Patrol Quiet / PCO / PCO Waltz / PD / Pig Boat / Ping / Plank Owner / Polaris / Poopy Suit / Poseidon / Port / Pos One / Pos Two / Pos Three / Power Range / Prompt Neutrons / Prompt Critical / Prompt Critical Rapid Disassembly / Propulsor / PSA

-Q- / Quartermaster

-R- / Range / Reactor Compartment / Reactor Main Coolant Pumps / Reactor Plant Control Panel / Reduction Gear / REM / Rig for Black / Rig for Dive / Rig for Patrol Quiet / Rig for Ultraquiet / Rig for White / RO / RPG / Run / Run-to-Enable

-S- / Sail / Scram / Scrubber / Sea Hag / SEAL / Sea Trials / Section Tracking Party / Senior / Shield / Ship Control Panel / Ship Control Party / Shoot on Generated Bearing / Sierra / Signal Ejector / SINS / SITREP / Skimmer or Skimmer Puke / Skipjack / SLAAM / Snapshot / Snorkel / Solution / Sonar / Sonar girls / Sonobuoys / Source Range / SPEC-OP / SPEC-WAR / Spherical Array / Spin Up / Spook / SSN / Starboard / Steam Leak / Steam Plant Control Panel / Sternplanes / Sternplanesman / Squiggle / Starboard

-T- / Target / Target Zig / Target Motion Analysis / Thermoluminescent Dosimeter / Throttles / Throttleman / Tonal / Torpedo / Torpedo in the Water / Transient / Trim / Turbine

-U- / Ultraquiet / UQC / Unit

-V- / Vertical Launch System / Vertical Surface / Vertical Salvo

-W- / Wardroom / Warshot / Watch/Watchstation / Watchsection / Waterfall Display / Water-Tight Door / Weapon Control Console

-X- / XO

-Y- /

-Z- / Zig / Zulu

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Michael DiMercurio
Princeton, New Jersey
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