Alexander Hamilton (SSBN 517) - Naval Cruise Book

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WGRCESTER A E A R L Y S D E A R '- Y H E L p S H E l. P S - TELEGRAM GAZETTE WTAG vol.. 20, No. a woizcrsrsn, MAss., Aueusr, 1963 PRICELESS P X fresh water from sea water u and contains a long term . , supply of nuclear power for AUGUST, 1963 all purposes. The trial cruise was under t.he 0 . . ' command of Commander Nor- P bl' h G P I S b Sub Trip mf. B. mtg. of me u is er n o curls u mclrlne , , Blue crew. Despite the recent ' I I L 'T 1 X Pubhsher .Rmhard C' Steele Thresher tragedy, Steele reported i E l l I I l l . I fnlifyed 3 l1'lPl5b5ntfea':' dthep Ai: the morale of the crew was con- X A x S an ic ocean, e ee , d h - -, , V - 1 the Polaris Submarine Alexander ggesfidaentoegh lixigiagsfource l P ' ' i ' Hamilton early in July and wrote alias' Wordn a story of his experiences for The submarine is the alast A , Thc Evening Gazette and The word in undersea craft. It con- it i K 5 Worcester, Telegram' hbwas ha tains tire power equal to that of f ' 'l lp . Q hogmdiy lnwxvolgsstgndxforteg the entire Third Fleet in World y- A 4 M P I D su 3 me S W ll. T fth e s b con- i . ' '53 alrgddthe temperature was kept at ta: the eglfaloof :li HI: lower - V x . - . hx egfees- ' ll f f th I ' i' 'V , Steele was invited tat his own Eijnlgnag Zxargmzugtliioilgl? thi , iv- . ' T' 4 -K expense, to loin 3 grovp of news' Korean conflict. They cost S110 , sap' 1 , ' A I I paper, magazine, radio and tele- million each- 1 'J ' 1 rl .3 Ng V1Sl0l'l Pfople for a mal ,cruise Steele said the actual dive was xx X V T , t ' IT his stsry' Steele smagntilsi smooth and uneventful . . . a ' - g I' I -f L . nuc ear su marine was gk , . I . . ' ' entirely self-sufficient. She l 1 1 , , Q l' -Q: . manufactures her oxygen and fC0 u 'd 0 Page 3, 4 ' l i L N . -7' -, :S -' ,C - 5-ffgw N li 1 I. i' I-ij f I r A ' v 1 ' i V' 1' . f , ' '. s ' '-ti'-- my fr . ' . r '- 'H P ' A Q V i I ' A' i -'f ' - I . l , 1 u e., Publisher Richard C. Steele chats with Sterrie Weaver, formerly of Cochituate, while on a trial cruise of the new Polaris submarine Alexander Hamilton. Weaver is an interior Communications Electrician, lst S.S. His assignment on the new sub is that of reactor operator. In the vernacular of the nuclear submarine men, he rims the pot. AT The Controls 1 n Publisher Richard C. Steele is pictured at the controls of the Polaris submarine Alexander Hamilton. Publisher Enioyed Sub Trip tContinued from Page IJ gradual glide to a predetermined depth . . . then a leveling and a cruise in the calm, peaceful ocean. The surfacing operation was equally pleasant after the sub had been cruising two hours submerged. Ti.. .. ' A-: :.- -....,. by two separate crews . . . Blue and Gold . . . fthe colors of Annapolisj . . . and con- sists of about 125 enlisted mm and 12 oBicers. The oil'- ship crew enjoys scheduled leave periods and benefits from refresher lniining. Steele was welcomed aboard by Commander Bessac who re- called a visit to Worcester several years ago when he was a speaker at the Armed Forces dinner at Wachusett Country Club. Steele enjoyed the experience and is convinced that submarines U- -. I-I-. vu- viflls QL Tvs' States with a powerful deterrent to those who might be thinking of starting a nuclear war. Sympathy Sympathy is expressed to W. Donald Hesselton of the T.-G. Art Department on the death of his father, William D. Hessel- ton, 96, in Odd Fellows Home on July 7. f.. ist Q u iitll' E f. '

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i 16 B Worcester Sunday Telegram My 1. Nl! f COMPUTER CONSOLE IN MISSILE COMPARTMENT COMMANDING OFFICER LOOKS THROUGH PElll5COPE John D. Kepler, TMJ, off Liverpool, N.Y., stands watch Cmdr. Norman B, Bossac scans ocean surface New A-Sub Has Deadly Fire Power The recently commissioned submarine Alexander Hamilton, 12th and neoest nuclear submer- sible in the U. S. Navy. and currently on a six-ucek training cruise. can deliver ltalf the fire- poocr expended in all previous vars. lt is equipped to fire 16 Po- laris missiles, with or' without nuclear oarheads. The vessels fn.ng range is 2.500 miles, The ship also is equipped to cewert sea oater into oxygen and fresh oater for the use of its crfo' ohiie submerged, Cost- lng some Stli million, it is 423 fi-et long, itil feet aide, and dis- piacts limo tons. The crew num- bers 12 officers and 125 men. Launched last Aug. 18, the sulva.iarine nas commissioned on .Iune Z7 at General Dynam- ics' Lltrtric Boat Co. yard, Gro- ton, t'onn., uhere it nas built. '. ,fu I i 2 MESS CREW OF NEWEST P0l..ARlS-FIRING NUCLEAR SUBMARINE Soma of but lood in Navy lerved on Alexander Hamilton ix' ' '-..- -s N.. -4. - ---s. H.-4M1,. STERN VIEW OF ALEXANDER HAMILTON A5 SHE CHURNS HUGE WAKE PLOWING THROUGH ATLANTIC -0 No-wut and the 12911 nuclear submarine it the U.S. Navy, was commissioned Juno 11 ly HEDRICK SMITH l an nn 1.1-in nr-u umm WASHINGTON - Thr Slate De-l partment ycs'.::daj.- categorically d-:ated any L'nited States insolve- rrert in an att-r-irted coup d' cial niairut the government of S-ith M-:t Nam in 5-member. iso Th' lr -f' Nate: did rv! in av. -t -3. J fl .Net 1-.ppcrt of cn. r --1-tif.-tuf. rf- '3 D,-P,-Hg. no-'Z sgfkfs-v--n 4.1-l 'U : rr', in l'm! aa: to had t- - '-:fd Ti 1 was a -- '- ' e 'tr f' lv: -- t- l :,.1z. 4- . lt. .4 to 'H zu- - f Nz: ti -H g-:fl 1: 7 fzghxrg Tr, l' Q ., it- has A -- rrx:: .s . rkcnv: Ct-1-o-1 -. r 'mt by Vietnamese Buddhists against religious restrictions. Reports tom Saigon Indicate that US. officials there are hav- ing increasing doubts about the Diem regime. ln addition. young ttetnamcse army officers are re- ported to be at odds unh their government. Blunt Warning Ur-der these ctrcunutarces. thc t-min: ofthe trial aeaimt the tam platters ard the ret-nal of chlrzci auto-t the Arnencan are tiring interpreted as .1 h'uut nam- '1 a:a:.,: tins-f: p'eta. iw- -- 1 -' f 1 s Nolting's return had not been prompted by the treason trial. but rather the continuing turmoil ln Saigon over weeks of Buddhist protests against the Diem regime Nolting had lvzen scheduled to depart for Saigon next Friday af'f-r a round of brit-fines with ioffteia'.t here, some of uhrh have 'becn eliminated. He- will be sue- ccedcd as ambassador by ltcnry Cabot Lodce in late August, The too Americans accused of bcingg :melted tn the abortise coup acre rncnt.i0ned tn a pri- vate s-'sit-nn ol the t'ietn.1mesc r-11 E dw. ,t ' ' - 'ij ri' i of the U. S. Military Mission who left Viet Nam after receiving threat, on his life, The other was not identified. i The government prosecutor was lreportcd to have offered two docu- ments to Asupport hu charges against the Americans. One was from one of the insurgents to U S officials accusing them of not pro- viding promised support. The other, an anonymous letter giving details of the plot. vias allegedly found in an envelope addressed tn the U 5 cmbnyfy ttour-'.t:, tri- ricforxdanw Laid 'lv-.1 1 -' - ri .,,, ..., ---r... up .' tiiil i ..t,. trifati-,tilii entctgon May Decide' ot to Build Carrier By stron c. Fav snixurov fare- x i--ne Study' lic broadened. lntoli ed in the studies is the question uf build. forces. McNamara asked that lhei - - ---Q. ...t 1 i l l NORMAN KELLEV To Direct Senlon Registration lherinitial fuel ioadinghfor a neat ear o 'ui sewooi t P ' S tirecizriiirprise. or a mac or in .5420 million using the older reac-.been arranged for Theater -tors, but estimated at S136 million Workshop TJ. a five-neck sum- lmh the new IW' 0W'lJ'P0 H2-10' mer session of training ln stage iwrs' ltecltniqucs beginning Monday, i July 15. - The workshop, sponsored by the wworoester County Light Opera Club us a concluding feature of zgxgpggighlaz 1fc::c:'3?p':'l:!0:its 25th anniversary season, oill ' c, Q o tt e - be under the personal direction of Norman Kelley of New York. ,a member of the New York City iOpera, formerly of the Metro- politan nnd a star ln numerous -stage and musical productions. Russell Johnson, chairman of 'the special committee in charge 'of the workshop announced yes- terday that Miss Beverly Brooks. 'secretary of tlte committee. oill the in charge of workshop registra- tions at the Light Opera .Club quarters, 2l Grand View Ave.. iTuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. Bro ,ehures and other information 'about the uorkshop will be avail- iablc, Downtown Dult A dotvntnnn registration dt-sit 'for the uorkshop ttill be open at jLadd's Music Store. 215 Cam- ?mercial St.. an Wednesday from it to 9 p.m., with Mrs. Robert Simonelli and Mrs. George A. iBilIias in charge. There ttill be registration at Ladd'a also all day Saturday, July IJ. The uorkshop, oth all sessions during the evening, will include ieroups on dramatic techniques for both beginners and advanced l Special registration hours have! Captive Booked On 2 Sluyings LINDEN. N..l. lAPl - A rb- ntoisoful liichard tTedtlyl Colu- Imun ons returned here Saturday Ate lace charges resulting from a berserlt rampage that included ithe murder of his ttife and sister- iin-law, the shooting of three others including hls brother. and ithe abduction ot an ta-year-old girl. X I Coleman. a burly, 36-yearold futher ot tour. also uns In luv-g Mary ltantinski, the pretty tl- ytxn'-old blonde he foretrl to hr. cornpzttty htm altvr he Iiatg it into her home and lt.-lil her family prisoner lor four llnzirs I'ri,l:y night. 'lhe girl. enlnat-el hy sr-rlatl nits released from l-lltzahetlt tien- etul Hospital and htnught to Lt den police headquarters altar Coleman. uho uns Captured in iNeuark. arrived. its ri. Booked an Murdnr Charge Coleman was booked on charge of murdering his uife, i Family problem: apparently ,triggered the murderous outburst. iltftr several hours of question- iltfter several hours of quer- liuniittt by police. Coleman itold nensmen, l'm very tired. l'm sorry about the whole mess. lilo checked back a sob uhen asked about the abduetlan ol Miss Kamtnskt, uho is white. Detective Capt. Michael Val- vano added that Coleman sald he had been drinking and that he 'blamed the rampage on constant arguments with htn ulfe nod ht-r relatives and on the fact that hll ttife ua, leaving hint. lte's sorry for what he did. Ito reulues ht-'s ln a puck of trou- ble. tha officer said. Rape May Have Occurred Hospital authorities refused to .discuss whether Misa Knmlnakl had been raped, but Valvano sold a doetor who examined her aald it uns a possible rape. Coleman shot his wife Mlllle, 37, and ht. sister-tn-law. ltlrl. Ituby Coleman, U. about 5 pm., 'police said. After spending the night with friends, Colt-man'a oife had returned home to park some elothel. A police guard was along at her request, but he lrft after a vthllo uhen Coleman Ifallcd to appear. Just two months logo, Coleman had been ftncd ITB inn a disorderly conduct eompinlnt :'liled by his ulfc. stage makeup, voice prolt-ction.i sight reading, and I perforrnanos' Boy, 8, Admits Setting seminar. inquiries may be dlreet-i 2 mazes at Buffalo ed to the uorluhop resistrnr Demctre Steffon, 2 Suburban Road. BUFf'AlD. N.Y. tUPll- All elttltt-year-old boy admitted ul- - ting too multiple alarm flrel that BETTER CHECK KEYSTONES I 110515 limi - City engineers are considering uhether some uorlr shi-u'd he done to slrewlllten inflated 335.000 damage to a complex of warehouse: and vharves along the fluflnlo River Friday night. police said Satur- ttftosc Latin name nas Pon: aiil- 'nw boy, ,mi ideniiiifd, was the arches of the Ponte Ytttlvlojduyl vius. .parked up as he cared at the arc- The narrno- stone bridge. uhlch still carries most of the traffic 'ii-to I'tome across the Tiber from: the north. was hullt In WI BC ond fire. I three-alarm hllu. which hrolte out about three hourl 'after the first. a five-alarm fire. ilvrllce annl is-suctl by W'l'.Xti-lfil ru I i rl S LND.-I YS 1:30 P..'lI. rr. g decision on auardini a Q eo :vt for a neo Navy carrier 'nfl U4flfl'f'Pf1N'rt'.i as rrntrnsted u - could ef-si an t-snmatea szsi lull' 011-herein: verrieis m n In ,335 m.ii5,,n may My Then nv lett mi-ntlis ai:o. they C boron. this M1141 ibm. Atomic I-.ncrg Commission told I eed. there is dev.-log-ine con- Mfxamibfti there have been some c in some Navy quarters that 5Ub5lfmfl3l Chanilfi in l1UClfur- S tary of Defense Robert S Pollfl' Plllfll Cllpabtlities. i at mara might decide finally Yusfffclflfl' vi the Navy Fred a st going ahead with construe- ltttrlh informed a llouse Appro- U or the carrie... who, ...rn prtations subcommittee that eachg -lo ost conventional potter or Ui the i'f P0SL'Cl new atomic reac-I hi ,wir nuclear dcsggnh hir? cigiuld produce about the same Amhmud lsiat orscpooer of too reactors in the e 'ht- t l. f th ' irorizniion for hun-ting oi- E,..c,P,,l'lI. me or pw' 0 ' ca r, uith conventional potter. tt. 'iti-n by foneress last yenrl Hd' 'L' cn' an he Navy prepared to auard Mftffmlif- K0l'll't Sllld. tht' Corrs' a struction contract to a pri- 'lufl-lin the neu' reactors ttuuld V yn,-d under the fiscal 1951 hatettttcetheltfe tttd he added ish uilding program. That fiscal A 'ye enderl on June 30 and the 'MCAD' would NSI 562.000, com- au rized funds are carried over int he current year, i U Q August 1961 the Navy suh-, 'Tile building cost of a mnvcn- mj g to Mcyamm-an p,-Dposai in tional carrier was calculated at be building' one nuclear-pooh er arrier like the Enterprise in tis l963. 1963 and 1967, MeNa-' m. then approved the program. bu -Prilated that. for riasong of sob 5up,,nd.d co creams' they sd0uldT:c Hotvevcr. changing ueapnn tech- xno for MW namms to mplacelsys ems, under McNamara 5 otcr 'ol ships. accepted this. ' ' :here followed olhc' dcwpcr netvcarriers, either convention- OP 5' al or atomic, should be built at Nuclear or Oll this time. Navy. on its own initiative. The Navy completed its studies 'sta d studies nf probable future of carrier strike forces and nu- lrcq gmqnlg for carrigr strike clear versus conventional carriers' - l-l some weeks ago and delivered the I findings to McNamara. e Men A spokesman said Saturday that . McNamara has sent the report l RUSSIU FOI' back to Korth for further study, , ,ttith the expectation that it will I ' gcll Tfadlng :ba returned to the defense cliliiefs i ' tim ' A t. vm 'rirnu rum service in lc? some - c In -USM -. on Wow HW men have ltlcbamara uill consider his ae- ' - tinn ' bee hot for making a profit- ' . . fro Q illicit manufacture and h-I-he Palm subrmrmc' under . t e current Defense Department sale razors. fountain pens. but- military posture is casting B mf? gvgulgslc mmvidcd last heavy shadow ovcr the carrier in nu' . f'fm 3q-h 3 or? 0ur',Polari5 submarine now are being .nfnn rfadm H m Km Y' M5501 assigned potential targets former- :xi :aklf':d '50 Wumes 0 ly allocated to the attack planes 1 i . ' . . h ' . Tlt ing, of uhich tlte five oere it glci.L . said rave been the leaders. has htrn cus:-d of having manu- Sfnl'-Spangled facto ps-ns, razors and similar I I at-tic privately at a Leningrad Cfgbg Inyade iplan nd hazing sold them. 'tluo aecontplxces in 'gotern-N in mcnl. - stores in several utltcS.i Te her members of the ring! Mmm' 1:13. Mpi - Hundreds had :ved prison terms. The of Crab, mth US, gags painted foe - 'UUUHS were reported by on their sirens invaded a Cuban 5'Wl0 Ya RUSMYU- 'hc mils' eily recently, an exile organiza- PHPCV lhc Russian R'-'Public' tion reported Saturday. -H Y , Y , .qi- I The incident occurred in Car- C Q fo Iggue denas, alatnnzas Province. said U Dr. Luis Conte Aguero, president N 5 Rutlon Books in exile of Sentinels of Liberty. an underground group. M11 , Fla, Lp - Nun food llc said it was the people's re- ratton books uill be issued to 5P0n5C lf? 3 Sliced' ther' ln which Great ltavana rcstd'n.s Ito-n Prime Minister Fidel C3510 BD' .iuly lg gi, the Cuban radig nuanced elimination ot it rebel anno d yesterday. RYUUPS- Th oadcasl. said the measure ' will affect thc established pcr.0RAL CANCER FATAL capit - id rationing quotas. ' CHICAGO - Eighty per cent of Th .tr will go into effect atients with untreated oral can- P Aug I. ' cer die within 18 months after the H a radio has been report- disease is doscovered, the Ameri- .ing - ntly some eases of fraudfcan Dental Association Journal re- in th se of food rationing bookslports, . ,,.. -. , . .. ll-l..ii I, K' ' rt V .,. - - '- - 90 - 5, nni,Sunhathe ,For flnlyw .I ,A Day! jllnu--- 1-45-'et . 1-: '. i 1 ,45 ' ix A - ...A-1 Q ur. , 5- I-' i ' -- 1 -..T- '- - . f J --ir. - XX! -fs. -X X x 1 Viv: - i JP . t l:. ' '. , ' s. TV, 'Llc' if .. . ..K. ' , --l- l - v..- -. 4- . , it.. come and see the ONLY to-w priced I : Q - i ilg fdidl E with these BUILT-IN FEATURES! 7,937 r ' 'h ii fE'7'5.'5' 222'-l'l lfl'f'.. u' A .1 'r-:gaeacfonnuwooo uovmaucnon ' ,-' . f i fi'-tse:,.n'esi?.r'e'wsrLl:li.?-til ITNIIAY 7 'J ' ffff.52'..f'f's2 J 12534. V A r. 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NEW YORK THE NEW YORK TIMES, WEDNESDAYQHJULY 3, .1963 -1 T ' Y C The Submarine Hamilton Prints 2 To Sea on Shakedown Cruise By JOHN H. FENTON ' Special to The New York Times GROTON, Conn., July 2-The submarine Alexander Hamilton, armed with Polaris missiles, headed for sea today for her, 'official shakedown cruise. ' For 12 hours yesterday, in a run to a test-diving area off Montauk Point, L. I., the Ham- ilton went through maneuvers for news representatives. The Blue Crew, under Comdr. Norman B. Bessac of New Lon- don, Conn,, performed its duties calmly despite the milling of more than a score of visitors. The same crew took the Ham- ilton to sea today. After several weeks of maneuvers, including practice firing off Capfe Canav- eral, Fla., the ship will return to its temporary berth at the Electric Boat Division shipyard of General Dynamics Corpora- tion here. Late in the summer, the Gold Crew, an alternate complement, with Comdr Benjamin F. Sher- man Jr. of Groton in charge, will take over the Hamilton for a patrol. Each crew averages 125 enlisted men and 12 offi- cers. It is Navy practice to have two crews for Polaris subma- rines. This enables the off-duty crew to enjoy ample leave after each long patrol and to under- go refresher courses. Some time in the fall, 'the Hamilton will return to the shipyard for an overhaul to pre- pare her for a status known as post-shakedown availability. x Although the loss, of the Thresher April 10 with 129 aboard was in the minds of some of the newsmen as -' the Hamilton submerged 'to alittle more than 100: feet yesterday, the crew had no official reac- tion. However, there was an impression that the Navy 'had reviewed its procedures 'for div- ing, trimming ship and surfac- ing, A Although the -Hamilton car ries the latest electronic equip- ment for plotting navigation courses as well as for weapon firing, yesterday's test run was somewhat abbreviated because of a persistent fog. ' There was little sensation of being under way and little sense of roll, even though the Hamilton is more at home sub- merged than running on the surface. A slight tilt during diving maneuvers was percept- able. But readings on the dials were the only evidence that the ship was below periscope depth. Whereas the Thresher was an attack-class submarine, specifi- cally armed, to hunt other ships, the Hamilton, as. an ballistic missile carrier with'16 Polaris missiles as her major 'arma- ment, maneuvers to avoid de- tection while 'awaiting orders to fire on specific targets. The Hamilton is 425 feet long and has a displacement of 7,000 tons,