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The Hunt for Red October was the start of a loosely connected series by Tom Clancy which shared a rough continuity.

Many of the characters in the novel, particularly Jack Ryan, went on to be the central character of many of Clancy's later novels.

The ultimate fate of the Red October is explained in the Clancy novel The Cardinal of the Kremlin, where it is revealed that the vessel was reverse engineered and stripped of all technology.

The Red October was then sunk in a deep ocean trench off Puerto Rico to avoid discovery.

Both Ryan and Ramius are on hand to see the submarine off for the last time, and Ramius sentimentally comments, " He was a good ship.