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Alfred McLaren (1932-2025) Submarine commander, deep-sea explorer, polar scientist, memoirist. Alfred McLaren was born in Lake Arrowhead, California, and died in Durham, North Carolina.

Full Name

Alfred Scott McLaren

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

1932

Birth

Alfred McLaren was born Alfredo Bandini Johnson Jr. in Lake Arrowhead, California, on August 9, 1932.

1996-2000

Other Life Event

New York County: Mr. McLaren served as president of the Explorers Club which is based in Manhattan, New York, from 1996 to 2000.

2008

Literary Work

Unknown Waters: A First-Hand Account of the Historic Under-ice Survey of the Siberian Continental Shelf by USS Queenfish (SSN-651)
University Alabama Press
0817316027 / 978-0817316020
Memoir.

2015

Literary Work

Silent and Unseen: On Patrol in Three Cold War Attack Submarines
Naval Institute Press
1612518451 / 978-1612518459
Memoir.

2021

Literary Work

Emergency Deep: Cold War Missions of a Submarine Commander
University Alabama Press
081732092X / 978-0817320928
Nonfiction.

2025

Death

Alfred McLaren died at a hospital in Durham, North Carolina, on September 19, 2025.

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