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OBITUARY CAPTAIN CHARLES ROBERT MACVEAN
In Memoriam
Captain Charles Robert MacVean,
USN, (Ret.), PhD
March 22, 1937 – September 10, 2025
By Kevin Hardy he book, Blind Man’s Bluff, describes the secret and New London, CT.
USN submarine operations known as “The Proj- Lieutenant Commander MacVean was assigned to USS TI- ects.” It begins with the opening line, “There was NOSA (SSN606) in 1965 where he served as the Main Pro-
Tsomething about Commander Charles R. MacVean pulsion Assistant and Navigator. The USS TINOSA keel was that had a way of inspiring legend.” Authors Sontag and Drew laid at Portsmouth Naval Yard 24 Nov 1959, the second in a narrowed that “something” down to “his sense of humor and series of fast attack submarines following USS THRESHER humanity.” Even in the toughest of situations, MacVean radi- (SSN593) from PNY. Charlie recalled some parts of the pro- ated calm assurance and situational command. His sailors and pulsion system for the THRESHER were not available for divers would knowingly follow him past the Gates of Hell, its
