Articles by Donald McClench

Comments on Navigational Aspects of the Disaster

By Captain Donald McClench, U. S. Naval Reserve (Retired)
January 1957
In reviewing the navigational aspects of this case, the words of the Court of Inquiry which considered all of the evidence, provide the best commentary. As to the direct cause ...

Current And The Running Fix

By Commander Donald McClench, U. S. Naval Reserve and Lieutenant Commander George W. D. Waller, U. S. Naval Reserve
August 1945
It is common practice among navigators to carry forward a morning sun line and cross it with a sun line from a meridian altitude. The running fix thus obtained is ...