Captain Best was director of the Space Engineering Center at Texas A&M and commanded the Office of Naval Research Reserve Unit in Houston, Texas. He holds a PhD in nuclear engineering from MIT.

Articles by Frederick Best

Thresher

Was the Thresher Ready for Sea?

By Captain Jim Bryant, U.S. Navy (Retired), Captain Frederick Best, U.S. Naval Reserve (Retired), Commander Ron Ricci, U.S. Naval Reserve (Retired), Steve Walsh, and Nick Wulfekuhle
April 2023
Since 2017, a volunteer research team has been studying the Thresher incident, but little information was available until recently.