NMNW.2014.004.156 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
NMNW.2014.004.156 / navalunderseamuseum
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| 説明 | Chief Torpedoman's Mate Tudor Davis stands watch in the foward torpedo room of USS George Washington (SSBN 598). The photograph was released in January 1961, after USS George Washington completed its first deterrence patrol.USS George Washington was the Navy’s first fleet ballistic missile submarine. Named for first American President George Washington, the submarine was launched June 9, 1959, and commissioned December 30, 1959. She was initially laid down as attack submarine USS Scorpion but converted to a fleet ballistic missile submarine during construction with the insertion missile section. George Washington performed the first submerged launch of a ballistic missile (a Polaris A1) on July 20, 1960. She conducted 55 strategic deterrent patrols over 25 years and was decommissioned in 1985.The associated caption reads:"MASTER CAPTION / POLARIS SUB G.W. COMPLETES 67 DAYS OF UNDERWATER DUTY / THE POLARIS SUBMARINE, USS GEORGE WASHINGTON, (SS(B)N-598), RETURNED TO HER HOME PORT OF NEW LONDON, CONN., JANUARY 21, 1961, AFTER SETTING A NEW SUBMERSION RECORD OF 67 DAYS UNDERWATER WITHOUT SURFACING. THE 5,400 TON VESSEL, COMMANDED BY COMMANDER JAMES B. OSBORN, USN, OF STOCKTON, MISSOURI, DEPARTED FROM CHARLESTON, S.C, NOVEMBER 15. THE GEORGE WASHINGTON SURFACED 64 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLOCK ISLAND, RHODE ISLAND, JANUARY 21, COMPLETING ITS 67 DAY RECORD, AND BRINGING ITS CREW HOME FOR A BELATED CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION. / OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH RELEASED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE / WASHINGTON, D.C. / JANUARY, 1961 / USN 1052251 / TUDOR F. DAVIS, CHIEF TORPEDOMAN, SS, USN, OF POTTSVILLE, PA., AND VANCOUVER, WASH., STANDS WATCH IN THE FORWARD TORPEDO ROOM ABOARD THE USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (SS(B)N-598). / OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH RELEASED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE / WASHINGTON, D.C. / JANUARY, 1961"In the collection of the U.S. Naval Undersea Museum, Keyport, WA. www.navalunderseamuseum.org/ |
| 撮影日 | 2025-02-18 13:06:09 |
| 撮影者 | navalunderseamuseum , United States of America |
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