Character Overview
Queeg, a 1936 graduate of the United States Naval Academy and surface warfare officer in destroyers, is assigned in September 1943 as captain of the U.S.S. Caine, a destroyer minesweeper DMS 22 stationed in the Pacific during World War II. He is pulled from anti-submarine school to command the vessel. It is his first command. He is initially welcomed by the crew as a tough, no-nonsense veteran, who will shape up the ship after his slovenly (but effective) predecessor's departure. He has a compulsive habit of handling a pair of ball bearings that produce a clicking sound as he incessantly revolves them. Queeg is married, and lives in Phoenix, Arizona, but his wife is not a character in the novel.
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