2 news clippings with B & W photos & captions 1) Search - A marker picks out the spot where the ill-fated submarine Thresher is resting on the ocean bottom.. 2) Preparing for the final sea trials of Polaris Submarine Lafayette

Name/Title

2 news clippings with B & W photos & captions 1) Search - A marker picks out the spot where the ill-fated submarine Thresher is resting on the ocean bottom.." 2) Preparing for the final sea trials of Polaris Submarine Lafayette"

Entry/Object ID

2016.1.0732

Scope and Content

2 news clippings with B & W photos and captions 1) B & W photo of a marker in the ocean. The caption reads "Bulletin 4-15-63 (handwritten in blue pen) Search - A marker picks out the spot in the Atlantic where the ill-fated submarine Thresher is resting on the ocean bottom…. " UPI Photo 2) A B & W photo of three men in front of a sub. It reads, " Ready for Trials-Preparing to embark on the final sea trials of the Polaris Submarine Lafayette are CMDR James T. Strong, Gold skipper, RADM Eugene B. Fluckey, president of the Navy Board of Inspection and Survey, and CMDR Patrick J. Hannifin, Blue Crew commander. Day 4-16-63 (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

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Anchors, Military officers, Radar, Submarines

Search Terms

Disasters, Newspapers, Submarines, U.S. Navy, Norwich Bulletin, Sea Trials, The Day, U.S. Navy Board of Inspection and Survey, United States Navy, USS LAFAYETTE (SSBN-616), USS THRESHER (SSN593), USS THRESHER (SSN 593)

Archive Details

Creator

Norwich Bulletin, The Day

Restrictions

Access: Discolouration/fading and wear on the 1st clipping.

Archive Notes

Date(s): April 16 -16, 1963

General Notes

Note

Status: Good Status By: Maureen A. McClellan Status Date: 2019-05-06