Edward Latimer Beach, Jr. (April 20, 1918 - December 1, 2002) was an American naval submarine officer and author. The son of Capt. Edward L. Beach, Sr. and Alice Fouché Beach, he was raised in Palo Alto, California and graduated second in his class from the United States Naval Academy in 1939. The United States Navy, also known as the USN or the U.S. Navy, is a branch of the United States armed forces responsible for conducting naval operations. ... USS Piper (SS/AGSS-409), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the piper, a fish of the halfbeak family found in warm seas mostly along the shore. ... For other uses, see Triton. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... The United States Navy, also known as the USN or the U.S. Navy, is a branch of the United States armed forces responsible for conducting naval operations. ... The United States Naval Academy (USNA) is an institution for the undergraduate education of officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps and is in Annapolis, Maryland, near Washington D.C. The Academy often is referred to simply as Annapolis although naval officers normally refer to it in conversation... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full year calendar). ...

During World War II, Beach served aboard the USS Trigger and USS Tirante, and commanded the USS Piper. From 1953 to 1957 he was naval aide to President Eisenhower. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... USS Trigger (SS-237), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the triggerfish, any of numerous deep-bodied fishes of warm seas having an anterior dorsal fin with two or three stout erectile spines. ... USS Tirante (SS-420), a Tench-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tirante, a silvery, enlongated cutlass fish found in waters off Cuba. ... USS Piper (SS/AGSS-409), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the piper, a fish of the halfbeak family found in warm seas mostly along the shore. ... D. D. Eisenhower during WWII Dwight David Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower, October 14, 1890 - March 28, 1969), nicknamed Ike, was an American soldier and politician, who served as the thirty-fourth President of the United States (1953-1961). ...

In 1959, Beach took command of the USS Triton (SSRN-586), which in 1960 circumnavigated the earth in 84 days without surfacing, an unprecedented feat. Beach retired from the Navy in 1966. Having been a graduate of the Naval War College, Beach then became the first to occupy the newly established Stephen B. Luce chair of naval science at the Naval War College. Subsequently he served for seven years as staff chairman of the Republican Senate Policy Committee. For other uses, see Triton. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... To circumnavigate a place, such as an island, a continent, or the Earth, is to travel all the way around it by boat or ship. ... The Naval War College. ... The Naval War College. ...

Beach wrote thirteen books, and is best known for his first novel, Run Silent, Run Deep (1955). A 1958 movie based on the novel was made starring Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster, a movie Ned Beach was not particularly fond of. He would later say that Hollywood only bought the name and wasn't interested in producing an accurate account of life on submarines during WWII. He penned two sequels, Dust on the Sea (1972) and Cold is the Sea (1978). Beach also wrote several books on naval history, including Submarine! (1952), Around the World Submerged (1962), Keepers of the Sea (1983) with Fred J. Maroon, and Scapegoats: A Defense of Kimmel and Short at Pearl Harbor (1995). Run Silent, Run Deep is a war film released in 1958. ... William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an Academy Award-winning American film actor. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Beach Hall, the United States Naval Institute's headquarters at the Naval Academy, is named in honor of both Captains Beach. Captain Beach, Jr. is buried on the grounds in front of the entrance to Beach Hall, close to the bank of the Severn River. The United States Naval Institute is a non-profit, professional organization in the United States related to the Navy. ...

External links

• Captain Edward L. Beach biography at FleetSubmarine.com.
• Captain Edward L. Beach, USN, (1867-1943), Dictionary of American Fighting Ships, Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy. (Father's biography)