Unknown Waters: A First-Hand Account of the Historic Under-Ice Survey of the Siberian Continental Shelf by USS Queenfish SSN-651 - Couverture souple

McLaren, Alfred S.

 
9780817359775: Unknown Waters: A First-Hand Account of the Historic Under-Ice Survey of the Siberian Continental Shelf by USS Queenfish SSN-651
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ISBN 10 : 081735977X ISBN 13 : 9780817359775
Editeur : The University of Alabama Press, 2019

Synopsis

"A first-person view of submarine under-ice operations that appears in very few other works." --Gary E. Weir, author of Rising Tide: The Untold Story of the Russian Submarines that Fought the Cold War

Unknown Waters tells the story of the brave officers and men of the nuclear attack submarine USS Queenfish (SSN-651), who made the first survey of an extremely important and remote region of the Arctic Ocean. The unpredictability of deep-draft sea ice, shallow water, and possible Soviet discovery, all played a dramatic part in this engrossing 1970 voyage.

Covering 3,100 miles over a period of some 20 days at a laborious average speed of 6.5 knots or less, the attack submarine carefully threaded its way through innumerable underwater canyons of ice and over irregular seafloors, at one point becoming entrapped in an "ice garage." Only cool thinking and skillful maneuvering of the nearly 5,000-ton vessel enabled a successful exit.

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À propos de l?auteur

Alfred S. McLaren is a retired US Navy Captain, recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal and two Legions of Merit, president emeritus of The Explorers Club, senior pilot of the SAS Aviator submersible, and president of The American Polar Society.
William R. Anderson was skipper of USS Nautilus (SSN-571) during that vessel's 1958 achievement of the North Pole and historic Pacific to Atlantic crossing of the Arctic Ocean. He was subsequently awarded the Legion of Merit by President Eisenhower and, following his retirement from the Navy, elected to the U.S. Congress from Tennessee for four terms. He died in 2007 and was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.

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Éditeur
The University of Alabama Press
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
081735977X
ISBN 13 
9780817359775
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
268
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
Buchpark GmbH
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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780817316020: Unknown Waters: A Firsthand Account of the Historic Under-ice Survey of the Siberian Continental Shelf by Uss Queenfish Ssn-651

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0817316027 ISBN 13 :  9780817316020
Editeur : The University of Alabama Press, 2008
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