2 news clippings 1)Polaris submarine Lafayette heads to sea for final trials as flag flies at half-staff in honors of the Thresher 4/16/63 2) Polaris submarine Alexander Hamilton on way to initial builder's trials April 1963
Polaris Submarine Lafayette heads for final trials 4/16/63
Name/Title
2 news clippings 1)Polaris submarine Lafayette heads to sea for final trials as flag flies at half-staff in honors of the Thresher 4/16/63 2) Polaris submarine Alexander Hamilton on way to initial builder's trials April 1963
Entry/Object ID
2016.1.0729
Scope and Content
2 news clipping 1) A B & W photo a sub with people on board it The caption reads, Polaris submarine Lafayette, the nation's newest nuclear ship, heads to sea for final trials as flag flies at half-staff in honors of the Thresher…." Bulletin 4/16/63 (handwritten in blue pen)(EB photo)
2) A B & W photo of the a life preserver showing a sub - The caption reads, " Hamilton goes to sea Polaris submarine Alexander Hamilton, framed by life preserver, plows through Long Island Sound on way to deep water during initial builder's trials April 7-8 Under direction of Vice Adm. H. G. Rickover…" (April , 1963 handwritten in blue pen.)
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
Other Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Naval operations, Submarines
Search Terms
Disasters, Newspapers, Submarines, U.S. Navy, Atomic Energy Commission, Board of Inspection and Survey, Electric Boat, General Dynamics Corporation, Long Island Sound, Polaris Submarines, Sea Trials, United States Navy, USS ALEXANDER HAMILITON (SSBN 617), USS LAFAYETTE (SSBN-616), USS THRESHER (SSN593), USS THRESHER (SSN 593)
Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
Apr 1963
Restrictions
Access: Discolouration/fading
General Notes
Note
Status: Good
Status By: Maureen A. McClellan
Status Date: 2019-05-06
