While not Pacific centric a valuable source is Cold War at Sea by David Winkler. (Naval Institute Press 2000)
Although somewhat pedantic and generally pretty dry from a reading standpoint it covers many of the high-seas confrontations during the Cold War that resulted in the US-Soviet Incidents at Sea Agreement. Although largely ignored by the public, this military protocol served to prevent escalation where US and USSR forces came into close and on occasion unintentionally violent contact.
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