2 b &w photos w/ captions 1) New graving under construction near South Yard Scheduled for Dec completion (GD News, June, 1963) 2) The 700-ton, Lafayette-Class Alexander Hamilton rides into the Thames River after christening,(GD News 9/1962)
2 b &w photos w/ captions 1) New graving under construction near South Yard Scheduled for Dec completion (GD News, June, 1963) 2) The 700-ton, Lafayette-Class Alexander Hamilton rides into the Thames River after christening,(GD News 9/1962)
Entry/Object ID
2016.1.0782
Scope and Content
1) b & w photo caption reads "Changing Waterfront Scene
(handwritten in blue pen 'GD News June, 1962') The new graving dock under construction near the South Yard is changing the appearance of the waterfront, as photo above shows. Scheduled for December completion, the dock extends 512 feet out into the Thames River. All piles for the for the dock have been driven," 2) A b & W news photo is of a sub Caption reads, " The 700-ton, Lafayette-Class Alexander Hamilton rides into the Thames River after christening,. Principal speaker at the launching ceremonies was ADM Robert L. Dennison, U.S. Atlantic Fleet Commander and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic. ADM Edwin J. Roland, Coast Guard Commandant, also spoke as ship named for the nation's first Treasury Secretary and founder of the Coast Guard was launched. The Hamilton is one seven Polaris subs under construction here.(handwritten in blue pen 'GD News Sept., 1962')"
Magazines, Submarines, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, General Dynamic News, Graving Dock (dry dock), Groton, Polaris Submarines, South Yard, Thames River, USS ALEXANDER HAMILITON (SSBN 617), U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy
Archive Details
Creator
General Dynamics News
Restrictions
Access: Discolouration/fading, surface soiling and wear.
Archive Notes
Date(s): June & Sept 1962
General Notes
Note
Status: Good
Status By: Maureen A. McClellan
Status Date: 2019-06-10
