2 photos with captions 1) Lafayette, lead ship of a class of submarines designed to fire the 2,500-mile range Polaris, heads for sea during initial builder's trials. 2) It's Getting There - New Graving Dock near South Yard Nov 1962
2 photos with captions 1) Lafayette, lead ship of a class of submarines designed to fire the 2,500-mile range Polaris, heads for sea during initial builder's trials. 2) It's Getting There - New Graving Dock near South Yard Nov 1962
Entry/Object ID
2016.1.0779
Scope and Content
1) B & W Photo of a sub - It reads, "Churning a foaming wake, the Lafayette, lead ship of a class of submarines designed to fire the 2,500-mile range Polaris, heads for sea during initial builder's trials. Heaviest submarine ever built, the 7,000-ton Lafayette is now being readied for commissioning here on April 23." 2) B & W Photo of a sub - It reads," It's Getting There (handwritten in blue pen 'Nov., 1962') Concrete flooring is nearly completed in graving dock near South Yard. Floor is being laid in five individual slabs and is expected to be finished by the end of November."
Magazines, Submarines, U.S. Navy, Bulder's Trials, Commissioning Ceremonies, Graving Dock (dry dock), Nuclear Submarines, Polaris missle, Polaris Submarines, South Yard, United States Navy, USS LAFAYETTE (SSBN-616), U.S. Navy
Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1962
Restrictions
Access: Discolouration/fading and stains
General Notes
Note
Status: Good
Status By: Maureen A. McClellan
Status Date: 2019-06-10
