USNA PSC Speaker Series with CAPT Carlton “Angus” McDonald ’47 USN ret.

USNA Speaker Series: Wednesday, July 21, 2021 In July, CAPT Carlton “Angus” McDonald ’47 USN Ret gave us an comprehensive overview of today’s WA State/USA power status and provided interesting insight into his recommendations on curbing climate change and the types of power we need for the future.  Angus commanded nuclear submarines. He was the Gold crew CO of the USS Ulysses Grant SSBN 631.  He was in charge of all sea trials for both crews before launching her in 1963.  After leaving the Navy in 1970, Angus had a distinguished civilian career at Exxon Nuclear Company in Bellevue, WA and with the Washington Public Power Supply System.

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• Born in Illinois 1926
• 1943 Graduated Valedictorian from Hebron Academy in Maine; played baseball & basketball
• Spent a year at MIT
• 1944 reported to  USNA
• Graduated USNA in 1947 (last of the 3-year wartime classes)
• Navy career:
• USS Leary DDR 879
• Sub school in 1949
• USS Spikefish SS 404
• USS Sea Robin SS 407
• PG School 1954 – 57: Electrical Engineering
• USS Leary DDR 879
• Sub school in 1949
• USS Spikefish SS 404
• USS Sea Robin SS 407
• PG School 1954 – 57: Electrical Engineering
• COMSUBPAC: Assistant Material Officer
• USS Sterlet SS 392 XO
• 1961 took command of USS Barbero SSG 317
• 1962 Nuclear Power School Mare Island, CA
• Adm Ri
• ckover’s office
• Navy career continued:
• 1967 Pentagon as Special Assistant (Subs) to Dr Robert Frosch, Assistant S
  ECNAV for R&D with focus on Oceanography and Marine Sciences
• 1970 CO of Navel Submarine Training Center Pacific in HI
• Awarded the SECNAV Cost Reduction Award 2 consecutive years
• Civilian Career
• 1973 Manager of Marketing at Exxon Nuclear Company in Bellevue, WA
• 1982 – 89 Washington Public Power Supply System as Plant Administration Manager at WPPSS #3 Nuclear Power Plant in Satsop, WA
• 1999 Author: Proceedings article: Real Story of Scorpion
• 2011 Author: Book “The Scorpion Story How she was lost