1) news clipping with 3 parts Thresher Joins U.S. Sub Fleet Day 8/3/61 2) Sub with the #593 - caption reads -Page six April 1962 General Dynamic News First Look at Thresher

Name/Title

1) news clipping with 3 parts "Thresher Joins U.S. Sub Fleet" Day 8/3/61 2) Sub with the #593 - caption reads -"Page six April 1962 General Dynamic News "First Look at Thresher "

Entry/Object ID

2016.1.0799

Scope and Content

2 news clippings 1) 'News clipping with 3 parts it begins "Thresher Joins U.S. Sub Fleet The Submarine Thresher, one of three prototypes of nuclear-age warships to be commissioned this month, join the fleet this afternoon at Portsmouth Navy Yard.." Reverse reads 'Day August 3, 1961' 2) "Sub with the #593 - caption reads -"Page six April 1962 General Dynamic News First Look at Thresher - Electric Boat employees got their first look at the thresher, when the submarine tied up at the shipyard piers this week. built at the Portsmouth, N.H. Naval Shipyard, the Thresher is lead ship in a new class of attack sub marine. Electric Boat has three sister ships under construction and has a contract for a fourth. She is in for a limited availability."

Collection

James L. Streeter Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2016.1

Source or Donor

Streeter, James L.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Clipping, Newspaper

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Clipping

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Defense industry, Naval parades & ceremonies, Naval yards & naval stations, Newspapers, Submarines

Search Terms

Newspapers, Submarine Base, Submarines, U.S. Navy, Commissioning Ceremonies, Electric Boat, General Dynamic News, General Dynamics Corp.'s Electric Boat Division, Groton, Portsmouth (NH) Navy Yard, Silent Service, Submarine Base, Submarine Development Group Two, The Day, United States Navy, USS ETHAN ALLEN (SSBN608), USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2) Helicopter Carrier, USS THRESHER (SSN593), U.S. Navy

Archive Details

Creator

General Dynamics News, The Day

Date(s) of Creation

1961 - 1962

Restrictions

Access: Discolouration/fading and surface soiling

General Notes

Note

Status: Good Status By: Maureen A. McClellan Status Date: 2019-06-17