1) photo of a sub & 2 tugsShort Trip - Polaris Submarine Benjamin Franklin...today's commissioning ceremony at 1:30 pm...(Day 10-22'66) 2) photo of a sub (October 23, 1965) Navy Day Visitors waits to board.. Submarine Hardhead at the Submarine Base

Name/Title

1) photo of a sub & 2 tugs"Short Trip - Polaris Submarine Benjamin Franklin...today's commissioning ceremony at 1:30 pm...(Day 10-22'66) 2) photo of a sub (October 23, 1965) Navy Day Visitors waits to board.. Submarine Hardhead at the Submarine Base

Entry/Object ID

2016.1.0821

Scope and Content

1) B & W news photo of a sub & 2 tugs- Caption reads "Short Trip - Polaris Submarine Benjamin Franklin with tugs assisting moves across the Thames River from General Dynamics/Electric Boat where it was built to the Navy Underwater Sound Laboratory during a move yesterday in preparation for today's commissioning ceremony at 1:30 p.m. at the laboratory's new million-dollar pier. On deck are crewmen's families, whose scheduled cruise on Long Island Sound was canceled because of fog. (Day 10-22'65 in blue pen)"" 2) B & W news photo of a sub - Caption reads "The Day, New London, Conn., Monday, October 23, 1965 - Navy Day Visitors - A long queue waits to board Submarine Hardhead at the Submarine Base yesterday during an open house for week day workers and their families who can't make it for the official Navy Day visitation Wednesday. Some 6,000 person attended…"

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

Naval parades & ceremonies, Photographs, Submarines

Search Terms

Submarines, Submarine Base, U.S. Navy, Newspapers, Commissioning Ceremonies, General Dynamics / Electric Boat, Gilmore Hall, Long Island Sound, New London, Submarine Library, Submarine School, Thames River, The Day, Underwater Sound Laboratory, United States Navy, USS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (SSBN640), USS HARDHEAD (SS-365), USS MANTA (SS 299), USS TRINGA (ASR-16), Polaris Submarines, U.S. Navy

Archive Details

Archive Notes

Date(s): October 22 -25, 1965

General Notes

Note

Status: Good Status By: Maureen A. McClellan Status Date: 2019-06-24