Emergency Deep: Cold War Missions of a Submarine Commander (Maritime Currents: History and Archaeology)

by Alfred Scott McLaren

Book Overview

Conveys in dramatic detail the high-risk, covert operations of a nuclear attack submarine during the zenith of the Cold War

Captain Alfred Scott McLaren served as commander of the USS Queenfish (SSN 651) from September 1969 to May 1973, the very height of the Cold War. As commander, McLaren led at least six major clandestine operations, including the first-ever exploration of the entire Siberian Continental Shelf: a perilous...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817362282
• ISBN13: 9780817362287
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 296 Pages