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Book SynopsisConveys 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.
Trade ReviewEmergency Deep is authored by a highly-rated, successful commander of a combat submarine in a conflict that while 'cold' could have gone 'hot' at any time. The human side-the personalities, the honest discussions of human behavior, including tension, humor, and occasional terror are handled very well. The volume does an exceptional job of being relatable to anyone who might never get a chance to be in a virtual pressure cooker like a nuclear submarine." - James P. Delgado, author of
War at Sea: A Shipwrecked History from Antiquity to the Twentieth Century and
Silent Killers: Submarines and Underwater Warfare"A superb portrayal of a senior command officer conducting some of the most daring, pioneering, exploratory, and military missions it is possible to conceive. It is the description, in part, of primary original geographic, oceanographic, and bathymetric research in some of the most challenging environments the planet has to offer and the human technology, endurance, intelligence, and creativity to match those almost unbelievable and unexplored places, all while maintaining absolute military secrecy and stealth." - Peter J. Capelotti, author of
Adventures in Archaeology: The Wreck of the Orca II and Other ExplorationsTable of Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Prologue: Change of Command
- Part I. 1969
- Chapter 1. Prospective Commanding Officers School, Washington, DC
- Chapter 2. Prospective Commanding Officer, USS Queenfish
- Chapter 3. Commanding Officer, USS Queenfish
- Chapter 4. The Pacific Northwest
- Part II. 1970
- Chapter 5. First Cold War Mission
- Chapter 6. Initial Patrol Area
- Chapter 7. A Golf II-Class SSB
- Chapter 8. An Echo II SSGN and Other Submarines Encountered
- Chapter 9. Pearl Harbor to the Pacific Northwest
- Chapter 10. En Route to the Arctic Ocean
- Chapter 11. To the North Pole
- Chapter 12. Toward the Siberian Continental Shelf
- Chapter 13. Severnaya Zemlya and the Laptev Sea
- Chapter 14. Across the Laptev Sea
- Chapter 15. North of the New Siberian Islands
- Chapter 16. The Malevolent East Siberian Sea
- Chapter 17. The Chukchi Sea
- Chapter 18. Nome and the Voyage Home
- Chapter 19. Pearl Harbor
- Part III. 1971
- Chapter 20. Local Operations
- Chapter 21. A Cold War Mission and Preparations for WestPac
- Chapter 22. WestPac Deployment
- Chapter 23. The Big Event
- Chapter 24. Off Again!
- Chapter 25. Yokosuka, Japan
- Chapter 26. Our Third Cold War Mission
- Chapter 27. Zaliv Petra Velikogo
- Chapter 28. Yokosuka Again
- Chapter 29. Yankee Station, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Guam, and Home
- Part IV. The Hard Years, 1972 and 1973
- Chapter 30. Final Months in Command
- Chapter 31. The Operational Reactor Safeguards Examination
- Chapter 32. Genesis
- Chapter 33. Final Deployment to WestPac
- Chapter 34. Last Cold War Mission
- Chapter 35. Yokosuka and Hong Kong
- Chapter 36. Services to Seventh Fleet and Vietnam
- Chapter 37. Guam and Return to Pearl Harbor
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- Index
