Subject: USS Lapon Skipper Whitey Mack Whitey Mack, the renowned submarine skipper of USS Lapon, [which] made the historic and epic advances into Soviet Waters during the Cold War, is [now] in the final stages of pancreatic cancer and not expected to survive.Pass this info on to other submariners, as many will remember the stories outlined in . . . Blind Man's Bluff. Whitey was our engineering officer on Seawolf, SSN 575, in the late 50's; [he] went on to become one of the youngest submarine captains in American history!Willard Ross Jr., STSCS (SS), USN, Retired.Received from Bob Miller, WD6 Commander Forwarded (and updated) by Mike Hyman, San Diego Base