Alfred Scott McLaren

Gebundenes Buch

Emergency Deep

Cold War Missions of a Submarine Commander

Beschreibung

Conveys the spectrum of Captain Alfred Scott McLaren's experiences commanding the USS Queenfish in waters of the Russian Far East and off Vietnam. The book is a riveting and deeply human story that illuminates the intensity and pressures of commanding a nuclear attack submarine in some of the most challenging circumstances imaginable.

Autor

Alfred Scott McLaren, Ph.D. and retired US Navy Captain, is recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal and two Legions of Merit, president emeritus of The Explorers Club, former senior pilot of the SAS Super Aviator submersible, and president emeritus of The American Polar Society. He is author of Unknown Waters: A First-Hand Account of the Historic Under-ice Survey of the Siberian Continental Shelf by USS Queenfish (SSN-651) and Silent and Unseen: On Patrol in Three Cold War Attack Submarines.

Produktdetails

• Maritime Currents: History and Archaeology
• Verlag: The University of Alabama Press
• First Edition, First edition
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 594g
• ISBN-13: 9780817320928
• ISBN-10: 081732092X
• Artikelnr.: 61180572