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

"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...

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Main Author: McLaren, Alfred Scott
Language:English
Published: Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2015]
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Silent and Unseen: On Patrol in Three Cold War Attack Submarines
Format: Electronic eBook
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"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.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781612518466 (online)