The Twelfth Day, Tuesday, 14 December Summary

The USS Dallas locks on the Red October. The Red October is using a monitoring turn to keep any ships at a distance. The Dallas is unsure that the Red October knows that they are there. They send the information they have back to headquarters. At the Pentagon, they decide that the Soviet Navy intends to trap the Red October using one of the submarines guarding the available ports. They decide to use the HMS Invincible to track the Red October, while pretending that the ship is returning to England. They need to warn the Red October not to approach the port. They want to find the submarine before the Soviets do so that they can use their secret plan to keep the submarine itself. Ryan, on the HMS Invincible, gets permission to try an idea. The Dallas surfaces...