1) Photo of sub with the #623 on it, - Caption reads With a broom lashed to her periscope..submarine Nathan Hale returned to Electric Boat piers 2) Same photo that reads Sweeping Success - Polaris Submarine Nathan Hale moored .. The Day 10/15/63
1) Photo of sub with the #623 on it, - Caption reads "With a broom lashed to her periscope..submarine Nathan Hale returned to Electric Boat piers 2) Same photo that reads Sweeping Success - Polaris Submarine Nathan Hale moored .. The Day 10/15/63
Entry/Object ID
2016.1.0762
Scope and Content
2 news clippings with B &W photos 1) Photo of sub with the #623 on it, - Caption reads "With a broom lashed to her periscope - The sailor's traditional signal of a clean sweep - The Polaris submarine Nathan Hale returned to Electric Boat piers Oct. 14 after two days of successful builder's trials. The ship "steamed" at full power both surfaced and submerged" The Navy said." 2) The same photo with some sailors cropped out of it reads "Sweeping Success - Polaris Submarine Nathan Hale moored at General Dynamics/Electric Boat yesterday, the broom lashed to its periscope boasting the sub's clean sweep during two-day initial sea trials off the East Coast." Heading reads, "The Day, New London, Conn., Tuesday October 15, 1963"
Newspapers, Submarines, U.S. Navy, General Dynamics / Electric Boat, Nuclear Submarines, Polaris Submarines, Sea Trials, USS NATHAN HALE (SSBN 623), Submarine Base
Archive Details
Creator
The Day
Restrictions
Access: Discolouration/Fading
Archive Notes
Date(s): Undated & 10/15/63
General Notes
Note
Status: Good
Status By: Maureen A. McClellan
Status Date: 2019-05-20
