Name/Title
USS Silversides SSN-679Entry/Object ID
2019.016.673Scope and Content
Copy of a newspaper article that was published in The Dolphin in November of 1989. The copy of the article is printed on 8.5 x 11 inch white paper. The article is titled 'Submarine USS Silversides circumnavigates North America'. The first few lines of the paragraph reads as follows:
The 130-man crew aboard the Norfolk based attack submarine USS Silversides (SSN 679) returns to homeport Nov. 21, after completing a 20,500 mile circumnavigation of the North American continent. This is the second such voyage in the history of the US Submarine Force and is the first in more than 30 years. The only previous circumnavigation was conducted in 1958 by USS Nautilus (SSN 571) on the first transpolar expedition.Acquisition
Accession
2019.016Source or Donor
FIC-2