Silent and unseen : on patrol in three Cold War attack submarines / Alfred Scott McLaren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McLaren, Alfred Scott.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

McLaren, Alfred Scott.

Submariners--United States--Biography.

Submariners.

Submarines (Ships)--United States--History--20th century.

Submarines (Ships).

Cold War--Biography.

Cold War.

United States. Navy--Submarine forces--Biography.

United States.

United States. Navy--Officers--Biography.

Seadragon (Submarine : SSN-584).

Skipjack (Submarine : SSN-585).

Greenfish (Submarine : SS-351).

United States--History, Naval--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Silent and Unseen is a memoir of a submariner's life on a U.S. attack submarine during the Cold War by Capt. Alfred S. McLaren, an experienced submarine officer and nuclear attack submarine commander. He describes in riveting detail the significant events that occurred early in the Cold War during his seven years, 1958-1965, on board three attack submarines: the USS Greenfish (SS 351), USS Seadragon (SSN 584), and USS Skipjack (SSN 585). He took part in the first submerged transit of the Northwest Passage, a Baffin Bay expedition, and, as commander of USS Queenfish (SSN-651), a North Pole expedition that completed the first survey of the entire Siberian Continental Shelf"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Table of Contents; List of Photos and Illustrations ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; Part I. USS Greenfish (SS 351) Workhorse of the Pacific; 1. Early History and Post-World War II Modifications ; 2. On Board USS Greenfish ; 3. Our First Depoloyment: Western Pacific 1958; 4. Coming into Yokosuka; 5. Off the Soviet Far East Coast ; 6. Homeward to Pearl Harbor ; PART II. USS Seadragon (SSN 584) Arctic Pioneer; 7. My First Nuclear Submarine; 8. Into Davis Strait and Baffin Bay ; 9. Through the Northwest Passage; 10. Surfacing at the Pole ; 11. The Bering Strait and Nome

12. Pearl Harbor at Last 13. A New Commanding Officer ; PART III. USS Skipjack (SSN 585) Root of the New Sea Power; 14. First Months on Board ; 15. In the Mediterranean ; 16. Home Port in New London ; 17. Evaluation of the Nuclear Attack Submarine ; 18. A Year to Remember; 19. One More Cold War Mission and a Change of Command; 20. England and Then Home ; Epilogue; Notes ; Index ; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: McLaren, Alfred Scott. Silent and unseen

ISBN:

1-61251-846-X

1-61251-845-1