Charleston, South Carolina, 7; Naval Shipyard, 177, 200, 212, 214
Chewning, Robert W. “Bob,” 144, 147, 170–71, 187
Chief of Naval Operations, 184
CHOP (change of operational control), 95, 154
Christie, Ralph W., 55
Chukchi Sea, 11, 66, 72, 98, 108
CincLant (commander in chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet), 95
CincPac (commander in chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet), 96, 98, 115
Coe, James W., 141
Cold War: 1, 7, 9, 11, 13–14, 23, 25, 42, 47, 66; attack submarines, 13, 217; deployment, 23; missions, 1–2, 11, 13, 42, 47, 61, 121, 121–22, 125, 133, 143, 198, 215, 241; operations 15, 25, 30, 39, 61, 67, 115, 118, 120, 131, 144, 146, 217; rules of engagement, 183, 185; surveillance and intelligence gathering, 47, 177, 184; trailing operations, 217
Collier, Merrill F., 175
Command & Staff Course, U.S. Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, 219
commander in chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet (CincLant), 95
commander in chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet (CincPac), 96
Commander Sixth Fleet, 154
Commander Submarine Division (DivCom), 172, 191, 203–4
Commander Submarine Force Atlantic (ComSubLant), 3, 61, 80, 95, 187, 219
Commander Submarine Force Group Seven (ComSubGrp7), 38, 41
Commander Submarine Force Pacific (ComSubPac), 3, 14, 15, 17, 55, 114, 115, 122, 128, 129
Commander Submarine Squadron Ten, 151, 168, 172, 185
Committee on Undersea Warfare, National Academy of Sciences, 185
ComSubGrp7 (Commander Submarine Force Group Seven), 38, 41
ComSubLant (Commander Submarine Force, Atlantic), 95
ComSubPac (Commander Submarine Force Pacific), 17, 55, 114, 115, 128, 129
Coppedge, John O. “Bo,” 8
Cornia, Howard, 209
Cornwallis Island, 88, 89, 90
Craig, Robert J., 126
Cramer, Shannon Jr., D., 172–73
Crowley, Earl J., III, 105
Cuban Missile Crisis, 148, 151, 156, 159
Dartmouth College, Stephansson Collection on Polar Exploration, 71
David Starr Jordan (U.S. research vessel), 18
David Taylor Model Basin, Bethesda, Maryland, 185
Davis, John: and British Northwest Passage Expedition, 78
Davis, John A. “Al,” Jr.: and Greenfish; Cold War missions, 42, 49, 61; in-port routine and leadership style, 49, 58–59; Navy Unit Commendation and, 61; Submarine Qualification Notebook and, 58–60; typhoon Ida, 47–49
Davis Strait, 75, 78, 79
Davy Island (suspected), 90
Dependents Cruise, 213
Devon Island, 78, 87, 88, 89
diesel electric attack submarines, U.S., 7, 11, 12, 13, 25; phasing out, 23. See also under Soviet
DiNola, Mike J., 175
Disciplinary Mast, 211
Disko Island, 78
DivCom (Submarine Division Commander), 172, 191, 203–4
Doelling, Robert D., 100, 103
Dogfish (SS 350), 9
Dorset Inuit, 78
Douglas A3D-2 Skywarrior, 126–28
dragonet, 65
dwarf minke whale, 18
East Siberian Sea, 72
EDO Corporation, 69
Elbow Beach Hotel (Bermuda, B.W. I.), 187, 214
Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut, 10. See also General Dynamics Corporation
electro-hydraulic failure, 152–53
electronic: countermeasure equipment, 12; countermeasures mast, 29, 33, 177: emissions collection, 28, 29, 33, 177; equipment, 12, 26, 33; signal collection, 29
Ellesmere Island, 78, 109; Ward Hunt Ice Shelf, 110
EPMs (battery-powered emergency propulsion motors), 132, 134
Erebus (sailing ship) (UK), 78
Eric the Red, 78
Eskimo queen of Nome, 111
Eurasian Basin, 109
Evans, John K., 96, 105
Eytchison, Ronald M. “Ron,” 144, 186, 193
Farrell, Joseph A., III, 67, 68
fathometer, upward-beamed, 69, 79, 80, 84, 91, 93, 95, 99
FBM (fleet ballistic missile submarine), 189–91; Blue Crew, 189–90
fire control: coordinator, 217; equipment, 15, 195–97, 217; solution, 130
Flemish Gap, 84, 85, 188
Franklin, John, 78 “Frank the Friendly Boatswains Mate,” 41
Franz Josef Land, 66
Fulton (submarine tender), 168, 181, 214
Garrett Island, 90, 92
General Dynamics Corporation, Electric Boat Division, Groton, Connecticut, 142
General Electric S-3-G Reactor Plant, West Milton, New York, 65
George Washington (SSBN 598), 173
Gold Dolphins, 17, 56, 57, 61, 96, 160
Grand Banks, 84, 85
greater underwater propulsion power, 8. See also GUPPY
Greenfish (SS 351): airless surfacing, 27; assigned to Pacific Fleet, 11; ASW services, 54; authorized, 10; Balao class, 7; battery charge 16–17; Battle Efficiency “E,” 61; Beaufort Sea, 11; characteristics of, 12–13; cockroach infestation, 30–31; Cold War role and missions, 10–12, 15, 23, 25–26, 28, 33, 47, 61; commissioned, 10; crash dives, 26–27; crew, 12–14; decommissioning, 61; floating mine encounter, 32, 34–35; GUPPY IIA conversion, 8–10; heating and air conditioning, 13; home port, 11; increased speed and time submerged, 10; keel laid, 10; military justice on, 20–22; mysterious boing, 17–18; name origin, 7; Navy Unit Commendation, 61; net encounter, 29–30; new captain, 42; operational routine, 23–25, 28; reassigned to Atlantic, 61; scrapped, 62; shakedown, 10; sinking of U-234, 10; snorkel system, 12–13; transfer to Brazil, 61; WestPac deployment, 24–38
Greenland, 75, 78, 79, 84
Greenling (SSN 614), 3, 118, 120, 218
Greenwich Meridian, 106
Griffith Island, 90, 91
Guam, 30, 47, 122, 123
GUPPY: conversion of Greenfish to, 8, 10; GUPPY IIA submarine, 8, 9, 10, 12, 23, 42; program, 184; submarines, 13
gyrocompass: Mk-19, 31, 179 ; Mk-23, 179
Haak, Frank S., 125–28
Habermas, Thomas W. “Tom,” 203
Hanssen, Henry R., 203, 204
Harder (SS 568), 67
Hardhead (SS 365), 67
Harlow, George, 82, 83
Harmon, Robert, 85
Harvey, John W. “Wes,” 122, 123, 175; and Thresher, 75, 144, 175
Hawaii, 30, 55, 122, 147; island chain, 25, 53; islands, 9, 15, 114; territory of, 8
Hecla (sailing ship) (UK), 78, 90, 92
Hermes aircraft carrier (UK), 174, 192
Hickam Air Force Base, 15
Hobart, Tasmania, 138
Hong Kong, 11, 24, 30, 39, 53, 124, 125, 138
hot bunking, 13, 73
Hudson Strait, 84
Hussey, William T. “Ted,” 144, 175, 176
Iceberg Alley, 82, 85
iceberg detector (under-ice piloting sonar), 69, 79, 83, 91, 93, 94, 102
icebergs, 79–87
Ice Island T-3, 110
ice pack (Arctic, polar), 99, 100, 101, 104, 110
Ice Shelf, Ward Hunt, 110
Ida, Super Typhoon, 47–49
IL-28 medium-range bombers (Soviet), 148
Imperial Academy of Sciences, St. Petersberg (Russia), 109
Imperial Moscow University (now Lomonosov Moscow State University) (Russia), 109
Ingalls Shipbuilding Company, Pascagoula, Mississippi, 65
International Date Line, 106
Inuit, 89; Dorset 78; Thule, 78
Jack (SSN 605), 138, 141, 144
Japan, 11, 24, 30, 41, 47
Jenks, Shepherd M. “Shep,” 167; background of, 173–74; change of command, 199; Cold War missions, 177–78, 197–99; leadership of, 199; McLaren and, 175–76, 217–18; and Skipjack, 173, 176, 180, 199; wetting-down party, 189–91
Jones Sound, 78
K-1, dies
el electric submarine (later named Barracuda (SSK-1), 184
Kanko Hotel (Japan), 40, 41
Kap York, 84, 85
Kauderer, Bernard M. “Bud,” 144, 169, 175, 186
Kelly Leslie D. “Les,” Jr.: background of, 143–44; change of command, 173; Cuban Missile Crisis, 151–52, 156; McLaren and 145, 148–51, 167, 170–73, 218; Mediterranean deployment, 151, 154–57, 167; and Skipjack, 143
Kildin Island, 178
Knudsen, John T.: change of command, 42; cockroaches and, 32; crash dives, 27; floating mine encounter, 34–35; and Greenfish, 9; mysterious boing, 17; shipboard discipline and wardroom atmosphere under, 61; special courts martial and, 21
Koehler, Robert H., 57
Korean War, 11, 34, 39, 119
Kowloon (China), 124
Kurile Islands, 32, 35
Labrador (icebreaker) (Canada), 69
Labrador current, 84
Lalor, William G., Jr., 65
Lancaster Sound, 78, 87–89, 92
Lasky, Marvin, 185
Leahy, Vince J., 68, 71, 75–76, 99
Le Clair, Phillip, 75, 100
Leddick, Ross S., 120
Legion of Merit, 115
Leonardo da Vinci (diesel electric attack submarine) (Italy), 155, 158, 159
lMC. See main circuit communication system
Lomonosov, Mikhail V., 109
Lomonosov Moscow State University (formerly Imperial Moscow University) (Russia), 109
Lomonosov Ridge, 109
Loran, 176–79
Lowther Island, 90, 92
Lurline, Matson luxury liner, 138
Luzon (Philippines), 42
Lyman, John S., 71, 175
Lyon, Waldo K., 11, 69, 84, 90, 92, 103
Macao (Portugal), 124
main ballast tanks (MBTs), 25–27, 98, 133, 136, 149
main circuit communication system (lMC), 17, 28, 46, 48, 50, 69, 92, 93, 134
Malone, Thomas L. “Logan,” Jr., 68
M&M candy caper, 151, 161
Manila (Philippines), 42
Manila Bay (Philippines), 42
Mare Island, 11
Marine Memorial Club, San Francisco, 9
Masterstroke (ASW exercise), 202
Matson luxury lines, 138
MBTs. See main ballast tanks
McCarron, William E. “Bill,” Jr., 145
McClure, Robert John Le Mesurier, 72
McClure expedition journal, 72, 95
McClure Strait, 66, 72, 90, 94, 95, 96
McKenzie, William W. “Mac,” Jr., 9; and poker game, 35–38
McLaren, Alfred S.: 1–3, 7–9, aircraft reconnaissance mission, 125–28; background, 1–3, 7, 219; development of new tactic, 120; divisional and departmental duties, 15, 124, 130, 145–46, 148–49, 175–81; fire control coordinator, 217–18; and Greenfish, 12, 14–19, 24, 29–32, 34–38, 44–45, 48, 54–61; Les Kelly and, 148, 170–172; “Monster photo,” 198–99; Paul Tomb and, 202, 211, 214; qualifications, 16–17, 19–20, 61, 167, 172–73, 186; and Seadragon, 67–71, 73, 76, 82–83, 86, 112–13, 117–18, 119–20, 121–29, 131, 133–38; selection for nuclear submarines, 58; shipboard emergency actions, 29–30, 32–34, 133–37, 194–96; shipboard watches, 16–17, 19–20, 24, 29–30, 67, 73, 86, 94; shore patrol officer, 160–62; and Skipjack, 145–50, 152–53, 157–59, 163–66, 169–72, 185, 195–96, 201–27, 209–13; special court-martial and, 20; submarine qualification and, 56–61; submarines served aboard, 1, 3, 215, 219
McLaren, Alfred S., Jr., 68, 122, 213
McLaren, Erin Eisenhower, 203
McLaren, Margot Anne, 122
McLaren, Mary Eisenhower, 7, 8, 9, 60, 68, 122, 175, 181, 202
McLaren, William F., 34, 134, 175
Melville Bay, 78, 84
Melville Island, 90, 95
Meritorious Unit Citation (for Seadragon), 138
Metzel, Jeffrey C., Jr., 170
Midway (CVA 41) (aircraft carrier), 125, 127, 128
Midway Island, 25, 27
Milikin, S. E., 88
mines, 32–35; 119
minimum aspect, 173
Mitchell, Howard D. “Joe,” 206, 209
Molloy, Arthur E. “Art,” 69, 84
Moore, Michael U., 189
Morin, Richard A., 106
National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Undersea Warfare, 185
NATO operations, 156, 162, 174, 199, 202, 204, 206, 208
Nautilus (diesel electric attack submarine), 99
Nautilus (SSN 571), 23, 69, 99, 142, 173
Naval: Ammunition Depot, Bangor, Washington, 138; Gunfire Support School, Coronado, California, 7; Reactors headquarters, DC, 129, 186, 219; Shipyard, Charleston, South Carolina, 177, 200, 212, 214; Torpedo Station, Keyport, Washington, 138; Vessel Register, 215
navigational operating systems. See Loran, Omega, Radio Direction Finder
Navy, U.S. See under U.S.
Navy Cross, 141
Navy Unit Commendation: for Greenfish, 61; for Seadragon, 115; for Skipjack, 143
Newfoundland, 10, 75, 84, 186, 188
Newport News Shipyard and Dry Dock Company, Virginia, 215, 219
New Siberian Islands, 109
Ney Nomination, 50, 55
Nicholson, John H., 66
Nimitz, Chester W., 141
Nitoroi Shipyard (Brazil), 62
Nome, Alaska, 71, 77, 108, 110, 111, 113
North Cape (Norway), 179, 181
Northern Pacific, 25, 125; Cold War reconnaissance mission to, 11; deployment to, 10, 20, 24, 25
North Korea, 9, 126, 127
North Magnetic Pole, 95
North Pole, 65–67, 69, 99, 101, 104, 106, 109, 115, 130, 131, 138, 173; first game of baseball at, 104–108, 109; Seadragon’s achievement of, 98, 104
Northwest Passage, 65, 68, 69, 72, 78, 87, 88, 90, 95; first hydrographic survey of, 89, 94, 131
Northwind (U.S. Coast Guard Icebreaker), 110, 112
Norway Current, 198
Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program, Bremerton, Washington, 138, 215
nuclear reactor: S-4-W, 66, 129; S-5-W, 142, 177, 214
nuclear reactor power plant, 212; land-based, S-3-G, 65
Oahu, Hawaii, 122
observational and navigation periscope, 29, 177
Odin (S10) (UK), 209
Office of Naval Research (ONR): submarine noise reduction studies, 185
Okinawa (Japan), 11, 41
Olongopo (Philippines), 42, 123
Omega, 176
operational control, change of (CHOP), 95
Owens, Hayden, 59, 60
Owstan, W. (RCAF), 88
Pacific Fleet, 11, 115, 121
Panama Canal, 94
parhelia (sundogs), 180
Parisi, Orizio, 75
Parry, William Edward, 72, 89–90; and British Northwest Passage Expedition, 78; expedition journal 72, 92, 93
Parry Channel, 66, 90, 94, 95
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 7, 11, 14, 18, 28, 42, 65, 67, 71, 77, 81, 96, 104, 108, 121, 128, 138; Channel, 54, 59, 60, 114; Shipyard, 11
Pendleton, John E., 93
Peninsula Hotel, Kowloon (China), 124
Peoples Republic of China, 9
Performance Assessment SSN 594-class, 185
Permit-class nuclear attack submarine (formerly Thresher), 185
Philippine-American War, 42
Philippines, 30, 41, 42, 123
Philipps, Philip, Jr., 105
photographic party, 110
photoreconnaissance mission, 85–86
Playboy Magazine, 199–202
poker game, 35–38
polar bears, threat of, 89, 100, 110
polynya: delineator, 69; plotting party, 96
polynyas, 11, 73, 80, 83, 96, 98–101, 110, 104, 109, 110
Pomodon (SS 486), 17
Portland (England), 209
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 68, 69, 115, 138, 167
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kitte
ry, Maine, 65, 66, 71, 72, 80, 96, 131, 137, 141, 143, 144, 146–49, 175
Powers, Gary, 66
Prince Leopold Island, 89
Prince of Wales Island, 89
Prince Patrick Island, 95
Prospective Commanding Officers course, 214, 218
Proto-Eskimos, 78
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, 138
Purdum, William H., 191, 201, 207
Queenfish (SSN 651), 1, 3, 13, 118, 120, 130, 148, 218, 219
Quincy Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusettes, 219
radars, fire control, air, and surface, search, 26, 28, 29, 127
Radio Direction Finder, 176–78, 184
“Radix Nova Tridentis” (Root of the New Sea Power), 139, 144
Ray (SSR 271), 121
reactor compartment, 105
Reactor Safety Examination, 129–30
reconnaissance and intelligence gathering mission, 1, 125, 177, 178, 184, 186
Redfish (SS 395), 11
Regulus cruise missile, 71
Resolute, 88, 91
Rickover, Hyman G., 1, 57, 71, 129, 130, 177, 212; prospective commanding officers course, 145, 219
Roberts, Grady E. “Two-Gun,” 105
Robertson, O.C.S., 69, 84, 87, 90, 92–93
Rogovin, Ira, 80–82; and Captain’s Mast, 82
Roosevelt, Theodore, 85
Roshon, Arthur H. “Art,” 69
Ross, John Clark, 95
Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Station, Resolute, 88
Royal Navy: surface ships, 192
Rune Island, 78
S-3-G land-based Reactor Plant, 65
S-4-W nuclear reactor plant, 66, 67, 129. See also Westinghouse S-4-W nuclear power plant
S-5-W nuclear reactor plant, 142, 177, 214
San Francisco, 9, 61, 138; Naval Yard, 17
Sargo (SSN 583 ), 65, 66, 69, 99, 121, 199
Scamp (SSN 588), 142, 182
Schere, Jonathan L., 69
Scorpion (SSN 589), 142, 182
Sculpin (SNN 590), 182
SDGE (sound data gathering equipment) sonar test, 131–138
Seabees, 187; See also U.S. Navy Construction Battalions
Seadragon: Baffin Bay, 80, 82–87; Barrow Strait survey and deep water passage, 89–94; Beaufort Sea, Ice Island T-3, 110; Bering Strait and Nome, 110–14; characteristics and nuclear power plant, 66–67; Charleston Naval Shipyard, 212, 214; Cold War missions, 121, 125; collision with whale, 70–71; commanding officer, 67; ComSubPac flagship, 115: Davis Strait, 78–79; decommissioning and scrapping, 138; departure for Arctic, 72–73; first to examine icebergs, 66; first to survey Northwest Passage, 66, 96; iceberg encounters, 79–80, 83–87; in-ice surfacing and diving, 73, 80, 96; keel laid, 66; Lancaster Sound, 87–89; Lomonosov Ridge, 109; McClure Strait, 95–96; mooring in ice, 100–101; name origin, 65; new commanding and executive officers, 121–22; north magnetic pole, 95; North Pole activities, 98, 101, 104–108; passive trailing, exercise, 118; plankton sampler, 82–83; ration-dense food, 74, 76–77; Regulus missiles, 71; Resolute, Cornwallis Island, 88–89; return to Arctic, 138; sanitary system, 115–18; SDGE operation, 131–36; ship’s plaque, 63, 89; Skate class, 65; torpedo problems, 130–31; transpolar voyage via North Pole and homeport change, 65–66; under-ice equipment, 69, 79–80, 98–99; Viscount Melville Sound, 94–95; WestPac, 122–29, 138
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