Emergency Deep recounts the experiences of a nuclear attack submarine commanding officer in the U.S. Navy at the height of the Cold War. Captain Alfred (Fred) Scott McLaren, USN (Ret.) takes the reader on a journey that in a sense completes the narrative of his career in submarines. His previous effort, Silent and Unseen: On Patrol in Three Cold War Attack Submarines, told the story of his early experiences as a junior and mid-career officer. In this fascinating new memoir, McLaren focuses on his tour in command of the USS Queenfish (SSN 651), a ship he also served on as executive officer. Although Emergency Deep covers some of the same period and material as his first book, Unknown Waters: A Firsthand Account of the Historic Under-Ice Survey of the Siberian Continental Shelf by USS Queenfish, McLaren seeks to place that voyage in the broader context of the Cold...

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