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AROUND THE WORLD Submerged This book has been brought to publication by the generous assistance of Marguerite and Gerry Lenfest. Naval Institute Press 291 Wood Road Annapolis, MD 21402 © 1962 by Edward L. Beach All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. First Bluejacket Books printing, 2001 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Beach, Edward Latimer, 1918– Around the world submerged : the voyage of the Triton / Edward L. Beach, p. cm. Originally published: New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962. ISBN 978-1-61251-198-6 1. Triton (Submarine) 2. Voyages around the world. 3. Beach, Edward Latimer, 1918– I. Title. VA65.T7B38 2001 910.4’5—dc2100-052445 CONTENTS IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT PROLOGUE Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 EPILOGUE USS TRITON (SSR(N)586) ADMINISTRATIVE REMARKS About the Author The man whose inspiration, genius, and perseverance created the power plant without which Triton’s voyage could not have been conceived has never been categorized as easy to deal with, nor is his high resolve entirely without problems for himself and others. But his single-minded determination, his idealism, his relentless insistence upon the right, and his love for the United States of America distinguish him as one of the great men of our time. To Vice-Admiral H. G. Rickover, United States Navy, who made Triton possible, and without whom the fantastic power of the nuclear reaction would still, in my opinion, be harnessed only for atomic explosives, this book, without his permission, is very respectfully dedicated. IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT Ship’s Company During Submerged Circumnavigation OFFICERS LCDR Will Mont Adams, Jr. Executive Officer CDR James Ellis Stark, MC Medical Officer LCDR Robert Dean Fisher, SC Supply Officer LCDR Robert William Bulmer Operations Officer LT Donald Gene Fears Engineer Officer LT Robert Brodie III Communications Officer LT Robert Patrick McDonald Reactor Control Officer LT Tom Brobeck Thamm Auxiliary Division Officer LT George John Troffer Electrical Officer LT Curtis Barnett Shellman, Jr. Machinery Division Officer LT George Albert Sawyer, Jr. Gunnery Officer LT Richard Adams Harris CIC/ECM Officer LT Milton Robert Rubb Electronics Officer LT James Cahill Hay Assistant A Division MACH Phillip Brown Kinnie, Jr.Assistant M Division CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS Chester Raymond Fitzjarrald, Harry W. Hampson, ETCA TMC Chief of the ShipHerbert F. Hardman, EMCS Alfred E. Abel, ENCA Clarence M. Hathaway, Jr., ENCA Hugh M. Bennett, Jr., ICC Robert L. Jordan, ICC Joseph H. Blair, Jr., EMCA Jack R. Judd, ETCS James J. DeGange, EMCA Ralph A. Kennedy, ENCA John F. Faerber, ENCA James T. Lightner, ENCA Loyd [sic] L. Garlock, FTC Lynn S. Loveland, MMCA William L. Green, SDCA William J. Marshall, QMC William R. Hadley, CTC George W. McDaniel, SOCA Walter H. O’Dell, EMCA Fred Rotgers, ENC Mack Parker, EMCA Frank W. Snyder, ENC Richard N. Peterson, ICCA Joseph W. Walker, YNC Bernard E. Pile, RDCS Joseph E. Walsh, RMC “L” “E” [sic] Poe, EMC Hosie Washington, ENCA * John R. Poole, RDCA Roy J. Williams, Jr., HMC Edwin C. Rauch, ENCS Marion A. Windell, RMCA Joseph Rosenblum, EMCS ENLISTED Walter J. Allen, ET1 Bertram Cutillo, DK3 Ronald Everett Almeida, RM2 Raymond R. Davis, EN1 Erland N. Alto, EN1 James Obie Dixon, Jr., YN2 Edward G. Arsenault, RM2 Martin F. Docker, ET1 Ramon D. Baney, CS2 Gary L. Dowrey, SOSSN Robert F. Barrila, EN3 Ralph F. Droster, EN2 Horace H. Bates, EN2 Alan T. Ferdinandsen, IC3 Curtis K. Beacham, QM1 Richard R. Fickel, HM1 Lawrence W. Beckhaus, SO1 James A. Flaherty, RM1 James C. Bennett, RM2 Joseph R. Flasco, EN1 Nathan L. Blaede, ET1 Fred J. Foerster, FN George M. Bloomingdale, EM1René C. Freeze, RD1 David E. Boe, SN Gerald W. Gallagher, IC1 John S. Boreczky, Jr., EN3 Bruce F. Gaudet, IC3 Robert U. Boylan, ETNSN Adrian D. Gladd, HM1 Richard L. Brown, EM1 Edward R. Hadley, EN3 Earl E. Bruch, Jr., CS2 Carl C. Hall, QM3 Franklin D. Caldwell, EMFN Lawrence C. Hankins, Jr., EN1 Edward C. Carbullido, SD2 Carlus G. Harris, EN2 Robert M. Carolus, EN1 Ralph W. Harris, EN2 Robert C. Carter, MM1 David L. Hartman, EN2 Leslie R. Chamberlin, Jr., CS3 Gene R. Hoke, IC1 Gerald J. Clark, RD3 William C. Holly, RD2 Charles E. Cleveland, EM1 Floyd W. Honeysette, QM2 Colvin R. Cochrane, MM1 Berten J. Huselton, IC1 Raymond J. Comeau, Jr., EM2 Wilmot A. Jones, TM2 William E. Constantine, FT1 Edward K. Kammer, EM1 William J. Crow, CS1 Fred Kenst, SN Ronald D. Kettlehake, EMFN Donald R. Quick, EN1 Richard R. Knorr, ENFN Kenneth J. Remillard, SO1 Peter P. J. Kollar, GM1 Max L. Rose, SN John F. Kuester, CS3 Richard M. Rowlands, TM1 Raymond R. Kuhn, Jr., FN Jerry D. Saunders, RD2 Leonard F. Lehman, EM1 Russell K. Savage, QM2 Larry N. Mace, EM1 Paul K. Schulze, EN1 Ross S. MacGregor, FT2 Thomas J. Schwartz, TM3 Edward J. Madden, EN2 Stanley L. Sieveking, TM1 Anton F. Madsen, QM3 Donald P. Singleton, EN3 Robert M. Maerkel, FN Gordon E. Simpson, ET1 Harry A. Marenbach, MM1 James H. Smith, Jr., SN Harold J. Marley, Jr., RM1 Peter F. Springer, EN1 Arlan F. Martin, EN3 Allen W. Steele, TM3 George W. Mather, ET1 Richard W. Steeley, EN3 Boyd L. McCombs, EN1 James A. Steinbauer, EN3 Douglas G. McIntyre, EN1 Gerald Royden Stott, ET1 William A. McKamey, SN Leonard H. Strang, EN3 “J” “C” [sic] Meaders, HM1 Robert R. Tambling, TM1 Charles F. Medrow II, ETN3 Joseph W. Tilenda, SN Roger A. Miller, QM3 Jessie L. Vail, EM1 Philip P. Mortimer, Jr., EN2 James O. Ward, SD3 John Moulton, FA William R. Welch, MM1 Larry E. Musselman, MM1 Henry H. Weygant, EN1 Bruce H. Nelson, FN Robert W. Whitehouse, EN1 Ronald D. Nelson, EN1 Lamar “C” Williams, EN2 Rudolf P. Neustadter, IC3 William Williams, EN1 Raymond J. O’Brien, SK1 Audley R. Wilson, RD1 Harry Olsen, EN2 Donald R. Wilson, SD3 Charles S. Pawlowicz, ETRSN John W. Wouldridge, RM1 Charles P. Peace, ET2 Gordon W. Yetter, EN1 Robert C. Perkins, Jr., RM2 Raymond F. Young, YNSN Richard H. Phenicie, IC3 Robert C. Zane, YN2 Russell F. Pion, ET1 Herbert J. Zeller, EM1 George V. Putnam, TM2 Ernest O. Zimmerman, RD2 TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC PERSONNEL CDR Joseph B. Roberts, USNR, Office of Information, Navy Department Earnest R. Meadows, PH1 Dr. Benjamin B. Weybrew, Psychologist, Naval Medical Research Laboratory, Submarine Base, New London Mr. Michael Smalet, Geophysicist, USN Hydrographic Office Mr. Gordon E. Wilkes, Civil Engineer, USN Hydrographic Office Mr. Nicholas R. Mabry, Oceanographer, USN Hydrographic Office Mr. Frank E. McConnell, Engineer, General Dynamics Mr. Eldon E. Good, Inertial Guidance Division, Sperry In the account of Triton’s voyage which follows, I have drawn freely upon the narrative section of the official report of our trip. When assembled, this report formed a tome about three inches thick. It contained many detailed tabulations and much succinctly presented raw information, and all the officers of the ship participated in its preparation. My contribution was the narrative section, which was made public when we arrived back in the United States. Here, interspersed between the sections of the “Log” and forming the major portion of this book, are my own personal thoughts and observations as later reconstituted at my typewriter at home after all the excitement had died down. All portions of this manuscript have been submitted to the Navy Department for clearance, and each chapter bears the stamp “no objection to publication on grounds of military security.” Over and above this, the entire responsibility for everything which appears in these pages obviously must be my own. —Edward L. Beach Captain, United States Navy Mystic, Connecticut * Did not complete voyage.
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