1) Submarine Sturgeon sits on ways at General Dynamics/Electric Boat, where it will be launched in ceremonies tomorrow with photo inset of her sponsor 2/25/66 2) Photo of a sub with #637 (dated 2-26'66) Sturgeon is Launched at EB.
1) Submarine Sturgeon sits on ways at General Dynamics/Electric Boat, where it will be launched in ceremonies tomorrow with photo inset of her sponsor 2/25/66 2) Photo of a sub with #637 (dated 2-26'66) Sturgeon is Launched at EB.
Entry/Object ID
2016.1.0769
Scope and Content
1) B & W photo of a sub #637 - Handwritten in blue pen is 2-25'66 It reads, "Ready to Go - Submarine Sturgeon, the most powerful attack submarine ever built sits on ways at General Dynamics/Electric Boat, where it will be launched in ceremonies tomorrow, The 292-foot, 4,100 ton craft, first of a new class, wil be armed with torpedoes and Subroc, the Navy's combination rocket-torpedo antisubmarine weapon, and will have advanced electronics detection devices, Mrs. Everett M. Dirksen, wife of the Senate minority leader (inset) will be sponsor " 2) b & w photo of a sub with #637 (handwritten in blue pen - 2-26'66) Sturgeon is Launched at EB (photo by Ivan Reagle)
