Unknown waters [electronic resource] : a firsthand account of the historic under-ice survey of the Siberian continental shelf by USS Queenfish (SSN-651) / Alfred S. McLaren ; with a foreword by William R. Anderson.
Material type: TextPublication details: Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, c2008.Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 243 p.) : ill., mapsISBN:- 9780817380069 (electronic)
- 081738006X (electronic)
- Firsthand account of the historic under-ice survey of the Siberian continental shelf by USS Queenfish
- McLaren, Alfred Scott
- Queenfish (Submarine)
- Continental shelf -- Arctic regions
- Continental shelf -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia
- Underwater exploration -- Arctic Ocean
- Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- American
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Marine & Naval
- 359.9/330973 22
- VA65.Q44 M33 2008eb
Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-232) and index.
Description based on print version record.
List of Illustrations; Foreword by Captain William R. Anderson, U.S. Navy (Ret.); Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Man Overboard!; 2. Becoming a Submarine Officer; 3. The Advent of the True Arctic Submarine; 4. Construction and Commissioning of USS Queenfish (SSN-651); 5. The First Arctic Test of Queenfish: The Davis Strait Marginal Sea-Ice Operation; 6. Prospective Commanding Officer Training for Submarine Command; 7. Taking Command of Queenfish; 8. Mission Underway: En Route to the Arctic at Last; 9. A Brief on the Arctic Ocean and Siberian Continental Shelf
Tells the story of the brave officers and crew of the nuclear submarine USS Queenfish (SSN-651), who made the first survey of the remote and important Arctic Ocean region. The unpredictability of floating sea ice, shallow waters, and possible Soviet discovery, all play a dramatic part in this 1970 voyage.
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