Alexander Hamilton (SSBN 517) - Naval Cruise Book

Page 57 text:

Editorial Theaters Financial Claslfled The lllatftiofh nufzml i D ' nside a olaris Sub: Atomic-Powered Al xander Hamilton Heads for Duty By JOHN I. MAASARO Mah Editor Th Omnnfa data editor was among In aewmsoa invited aboard he Hamilton for an nnnsnal press prevlef' of the submarine. Here ta Isla graphic aocoons of the crnlae: GROTON - All Polaris skippers are cowards. sand the skipper. He smiled. lt was unusually ooiet in the subma- rine compartment, My job is to stay hidden, he said. 'Tre gn: to kno-v where l am at all times-and 1 mean within feet-so that these missiles can be delivered right on the button, The skipper. Cmdr. Norman B. Bes- sac. turned to receive a message from a crenman. lt concerned the subma- rine's position. Beading for the Cape ' The suis. the sntda-nosed Alt-sander Hamilton, had been underway for some time. The Navy had just accepted her. And shr- was out of Groton for a short cmise l-rrfore heading to the Cape Ca- naveral range to spew her first rcal missiles on a six-week shakedoun, The S110 million sub, dubbed The Monster by her crew, was still on the surface. Thick btllows of log swirled oter hong Island Sound. She was head- ing to sea. The water raced up over her dull gray hull. Somewhere ahead, under the turbulence of froth and bub- bles. was the bow. ' She's inefficient on the surface, said 3 sailor. Like an iceberg, she's mostly under water. The analogy was muddy, but the point was clear: The Hamilton, like other atomic-powered submarines, is at her best submerged. The whole range of new American subs are, for the first time, true submarines, They can operate under water indef- initely The only limitations: human en- durance and food. We make nur own tlresh water! and oxygen and get rid of our own car- hon monoxide. said Bessac. a veteran submariner. We can truly operate in- dependentlyf' Aboard the -t25foot sub, second ot the super-Polaris class to join the fleet, are fresh water showers and automatic washing machines. !'You know what wa- ter masters they are, said another ol- lv-er. j'But there's no prohlem. We can convert more than 20,000 gallons of sea water a day, Even with the water-cool- ed reactor, that's more than we can Ura Landlubhers Hang On Tonside. the distinctive fog horn win-ted an authoritative blast, Several landltbbers tnewsmenl clung to the tcmporary cable railings along the edge nl the fairing plancs. high above the hull on each strlc of tho sail. A lonz. squat British tankcr loomed out of the fog. FZ-e was at anchor. lxirz lv-fore she x-as -:stole the radar- man had a sornnd-hy-second fix on l-rr 'lf-re fog horn hlasts. Then anoth- 0 si H. off to port. Same fix: no proh- L... fl X -rid a hclicnptcr from the 011-ww Point. R l. Naval Air Station hm f- rd nnisily. A photographer was squa't:n: just Inside the doorless cargo ha'ch, The 'coptcr skidded away typi- cally. hut uas back in moments. Away and then back again. Get that 'coptcr out of here. came the s k i p p e r's command over the speaker, He was afraid that the roar of the rotors would drown out the fog sig- nals of smaller boats. Despite all the electronic gear, Bcssac wasn't taking any chances. l'd hate to bag a pleasure craft mth you gentlemen aboard. said Cmdr. Bcssac to a rcportcr. He had d-'layed the departure from the dock of the builder, Electric Boat General Dynamss. until thc lo: cond:- ttnru had rmprotcd But e'-rn nm it nas still qu.tc loam' We could get out of here if ue had to, he said. hu: t don't see any pf-un: in taking chances unless it's necessary, There're a lot of pleasure craft out there in the Mind. The chopper huucd olf Nea lmrtdon Ledge Lgh: ass just oarciy visible to , IIIDUI snoiur soon Html' 'OOM W o .--Q, .:, new IUCN Nl ..Qf.'t'f omcns' smnooat I roanno loo! Q T , E , - - .. f , lg ,-,., 3 p . '....ll:Els!1'r11etrms.t:e,. i T T i - - is-snroans' -5 .--. geese- ' f . .e-. -. . , - s' .- - E33 T 1 i . ' ,..oti'2!f 'LEiE-Z.'-:Ein ' I .L.J.i - 1 - wr?--fall:ItP B'! mssltccontsot ' oattsr aovouaatsas omclwttvmosracs 'om :mrs nm cuw-s ounms starboard. it's exciting, said a news- man. But below it's a routine ol four-hour duty watches. drills and an incredible amount olordinary equipment and su- per-sophisticated electronic devices. There's enough piping and joints to make a steamfitter beam. The wiring would drive an electrician wild. Spread over six watertight compart- ments on four levels and three decks, the Monsters cold steel, plastic and paint reacted delicately to the human directions. The specialists, working in the cool comfort ol' green-walled com- partments, made it seem easy. The Skipper Won The captain was speaking to a re- porter: l have one philosophy on color. I told them tthe builders! 'You can use any color you want, as long as it's greenf None of this futuristic stuff- looking like a hotel bar. Powder blue and pink may be fine when you walk into a room, but it can be pretty wear- ing after a while. l'm what's known as a green man. I won nut in all compartments but one, the missile control center. He swung the smaller of two peri- scopes around for a visual check. He'd clone this a hundred times as the for- mer skipper of the nuclear sub Scor- pion, which joined the fleet three years ago. At 39, Bessac has come a long way from his home town of Vallejo, Calif. He'd decided on suhs after graduating from Annapolis in the Class of 14. Now the suh was some 50 miles off Itlontadt Point in a Navy operating BIPS. The captain switched to the.larger scope, That's better. he said. The reporter was impressed. Any- one ever toll you you look like'Cary Grant in one of those late-late shows? Bessac s miled. Then laughed. The thin weather lines. born at the corners ol his eyes, deepened. They reached the gray tufted bristles that are his sideburns. Let's take 'er down, he said. Dive, dive. came the command. Dive, dive. echoed a control officer. Then the ahh-oohh-guh blast on the klaxon. Crewmen were busy with the some E5 individual operational and equip- ment checks which rig a sub for div- ing. A few fcet away from the sktpper's raised platform is ship control. Two enlisted mcn sat in rather plush seats. They wore headsets and microphones juttcd from their chests. Their hands rested lightly on half-moon steering wheels. They looked like airplane pi- lots, pilots flying blind. The maze of instruments tell just what the sub is doing. Behind, on a chair-stool. is a petty officer. He is giving and echoing orders. Fifty and holding, he said. almost mechanically. The lullmg buu of a small motor is the only noise, The heaty thump. thump of the conventional st2J's engines is missing - the silent service has become just that. A feta feet auay a sailor peers into a radar screen. Contact, he says, without looking up. Range t5,t-EA, bearing 195. Re- quest this contact be designated Qur- becf' His eyes follow the illuminated biue arm as it rotates around the INSIDE 'THE MONSTER' . t CIIVI1 LOUNOI . . for the first time, true submarines MISSILE ROOM . . . 'Sherwood Forest' screen. He marks another' contact on the glass surface with a yellow cray- on. He rubs out a previous contact. The navigation officer ploLs the course on a chart. Another sailor dou- ble checks the position fixes. The quiet is broken by a wishing sound. Just trimming up. explains a sailor. We're taking in and releasing tons of water to get her in trim. We've got extra people aboard and only some of the missile tubes have ballast. How Fast? The sub glided suiftly. How fast? More than 20 knots. said an officer with a smile. How deep? More than WJ feel. he said, t.he smile holding. The estimates are low. The Hamilton was at 125 feet now. Ashore it was a sweltering Snplus de- gree day. But the sub's man-made at- mosphere stayed at a comfortable 68 degrees, lts dehumtdified air was pleas- ant, It is constantly monitored lor im- puritiu and :Ls precise gaseous make- up. A couple of ueeks of this and there's no trouble with colds, or anything. said a sailor a-ho'd been on long A- sub patrols before. He reached for a coffee cup in a rack next to his sta- tion. The cup racks and butt cans are everywhere. Foro-vard and below, in the missile control center, the surface of a cup of hot. black coffee reflects the myriad lights of computers. The banks of digr- tal computers-enough to make an IBM salesman winco-blink their red, blue, green and yellow eyes. It's like a par- ody of a pinball machine factory. in this section alone there are 27 comput- ers. Q The scene. with minor variations, is repeated in the navigation center. Here banks of digital computers are linked with the ship's inertial navigation sys- tcm 'SINSL 'l nrv.-e of these big SINS. hanging overhead, constantly check each other. Each is trying to prove the other a liar by constantly plotting the suh's position. Inside SINS is a secret collection of spinning gyroscopes and devices which detect the most minute variation in the craft's movement. All of this movement. in terms of drilt, turn and dip, is fed into computers which plot the sub's ex- act location on graphs. The information is also being led into the computers which make up the brains of the missile system - the reason for the Polaris sub's existence. But SINS isn't the only navigational systcm in operation. Beside the conten- tional things such as radar. magnetic compass, gyro compass, dead reckoning tr a cera and sonar, the Hamilton is e q u i p p e d to receive directions from the Transit satellites, The unique marriage of outcr and in- ner space will allow the submartne to pinpoint its position below the ocean depths alter receiving beeps from the moonlets whirling in orbit 600 milea above the earth. And if that weren't enough: Hamilton also has a star - tracking periscope and a backup battery of computers with phe- nominal memories. One of them. for ex- ample. knows where 160 stars are now and where they will be each minute for the next t.hree months. All of this so that the Hamilton. and any individual Polaris sub. can unleash an atomic striking power of more than all the bombs d r o p p e d during World War ll. including the two A-bomb blasts over Japan. It would be foolish to have these weapons and not be able to deliver them, said 2 navigation aide. Thnt'a why we have to know the ship'a loca- tion, local vertical, true north heading. target location and the trajectory of the missile at all times. When the Hamilton goes on patrol soon she'll always be in a position to fire her Stlffoot, solid fuel Polaris mis- siles from beneath the surface. Two Crews One crew. blue, will take her on pa- trol for 60 days, while the second crew, gold. trains. The system keeps the subs on constant patrol. The sub and two-stage rockets. pro- pelling a nuclear-tipped internally guid- ed missile, present a striking capability without parallel in the history of war- fare. lt's almost invulnerable to count- CFYYIEBSUYBS. But it's a belt and suspenders sys- tem. said the skipper. We have two nf everything which is deemed vital: air systems, turbo - generators, main tu r h i n e s and two men in sensitive areas. No rash act can send a missile into space, said the captain. the man who has the heavy responsibility for control of The Button. Should a missile-firing coded message con-ie through, the skipper would have to call the executive officer, Each has a key to the safe - and both are need- ed to open it. ln the presence of a third officer they would open the sale to get at specific orders. 'l'hen the captain would unlock the red fire control button lhe's the only one with the combina- tiont and activate the control panels at his command station and at the fire control center. Even then the fail-sale precautions continue. lt takes the efforts,of a doz- en key crewmen to fire a rocket. And there's a stay button which can hold a missile for 15 minutes even after the many complicated arming steps have been taken. This in case Washington changes its mind. Heart of the Hamilton. the third gen- eration of FBM tfleet ballistic missile! subs, is Sherwood Forrest : the two banks of missile tubes. eight on each side, which mn from deck to keel. From an array of instruments at three deck levels missilemen can monitor the con- dition of each ol the new AJ missiles which have a range of 2,500 nautical miles 12,875 statute milest. A shapely pinup photograph watches the scene from a bulkhead. To Archie. says the autograph. from Mom There are more digital computers among the missile silos, One had I small hand-lettered sign: The Mad Computer or The Tin Can Utopia A technician was working on a wired panel tn the radio room. We stock limo line items - replace- ment parts of all kinds, said an of- ficer. A staff of radtomen aere handling theconxtantflowofmdedmeaaageaoa several frequencies. Banks of radlo, tele- phone and teletypo equipment lhsod all our walls. The center la dealgnod to handle tremendous volumes of vital messages and just plain junk. The junk will come In deliberately when till sub ls on secret patrol. She'll be N- celvlng messages but won't be able to reply. The constant volume of junk la to offset any message flow increase ln a tnie emergency. Elsewhere. the c h a c k s and double checks continued. ln a small tunnel through tha reactor compartment a aallv- or secured a watertight door. He was standing directly over the atomic ptle. I heavy lead shield below the floor pso- tected htm. Radtatlon Checked He glanced into one of four oblong port holes at the compartment's aides. Tltl'0USh the pale green glass he could ace a mirror which reflected gauges showing the water level in the suaebefl cooling system. The sailor, as everyone aboard, wal wearing a small film badge which do- tects and measures radlatlon. They all constantly checked. Radiation area, read a slgn. No Bunkingf' The radiation level in here la a llltla higher, said another sailor, but lt'a safe. The aallor was going off watch. Ha headed forward to the crew's quarters. By old pig-boat standards, the Polar- is sub's accommodations are plush. The missile subs have the biggest hunks ln the undersea navy: 315 tnches deeper than other subs, Over each foam-mbher padded bunk are individual reading lights, ventilators and lockers. More room in that bunk than In mine. said an officer. On the deck above is the crew'a mess. Chow is served restaurant style, tn booths. Curtains at one end can partl- tion a 9 x I2 foot aectlon for privacy. Movies are shown here. Gym equip- ment is also stowed here. I was on a big aircraft carrier, sald a seaman. lt was like a city - 4.000. Hera you know everybody, everybody la like part of a family. To combat boredom among the dosen officers and tl0 enlisted men the Hamil- ton has a separate reading - study area, fully equipped with technical booka and novels. The tape recording library has a full range of pop and classical music and technical courses. There's bn lce cream freeur which dispenses softte cones tn the meal. The food is tops. What'a lor chow. asked a newa- man. took for yourself. said a cook. Ha opened an oven door. Roast beef-just ready to serve. A hundred and alxty pounds of it. He was delighted. But the doctor on board waa con- cerned, . Each crew member gatns about fiva pounds on long patrols, ha said. tn the aft torpedo room a aallor munched a sandwich. Ha sat on one of the Navy's conventional torpedoes. Oth- ers were atovted along the sides. Hero Polaris resembles the conventional subs: lt's crowded, The tnrpedoes are considered a strlct defensive weapon, We'll turn and nm before going altzr enemy ships. aald an officer. Our job ls to stay hidden until we deliver our missiles. Now the Hamilton, bigger than a world War It cruiser tn displacement 11.0111 tons surfaced, Um tons sub- mergedl. was ready to head had to port. A sonar ut ptnged on key. Surface, surface. came the order. Then the klaxon's ahhoohlrguh. 'Thirty-four le-rt and holding. sal! the diving officer. Take 'er up. said the skipper. Answering all stops, and tho of- freer, Another otficer and three men raced up the long ladder to the tiny bridge atop the sail. Ona carried the sult- case. the portable controls which would he plugged tn topside. Ready to aaauma em, eansa tha voice from the bridge. Hamilton beaded for Groton. fs O X us..- i',pAf S a .Q ,M ,.,..,.,....s..---,, .. t 1'1!,'t'. 's s V - 1132-a- - 4 ,' IIE,-tDl.N'G T0 SEA . . . 'shin illtffitlflll on lhe surface'

Page 56 text:

NORWICI-I f 12 Nonvvicn autumn, Tuesday July 2 1953 25 on Board New men on ub Hamilton England news media representa- tives took part in a one- day cruise Monday aboard the fleet ballistic missle submarine, Alex- ander Hamilton, CSSBN 6177. Among them was Robert Benoit, a member of the Bulletin's Grot- on Staff. A The press cruise, sponsored by the First Naval district, Boston, departed from the Electric Boat shipyard here shortly after 8 a.m. Cdr. Norman B. Bessac, USN, skipper, tblue crewl, briefed the newspaper, radio and television representatives before the ship got underway. The newsmen were divided in- to six groups for guided tours conducted by other ship's of- ficers. The Hamilton is the 12th nuc- lear powered Polaris sub to join the .fleet and was commissioned at EB last Thursday. t Her keel was laid June 26, 1961, and she was launched Aug. 13, 1962. The 425-foot craft displaces 7,000 tons and is the second of the Lafeyette class fleet ballistic missle submarines. ' She is armed with 16 of the latest solid fuel Polaris missles with' an increased range of 2,500 miles. The Hamilton can travel more than,20 knots submerged and can dive more than 400 feet. Newsmen got a complete tour of the craft from the forward torpedo room to the rear engine compartment. Crew members explained 'th e boat's vast network of highly classified electronic systems which allow the boat to remain ifndeiected beneath the seas. The algal: Quit-Sl?-Tl ii? the sur- face until it reached deep 'Water where diving and maneurriigg demonstratione held, 0-Tewsmen irere ittads -fir . of the ship? L .

Page 58 text:

p ivionci-ies ll EW H MPSHIRE SUNDAY Ews 5 v . F arm Page ' THE NEW HAMPSHIRE SUNDAY NEWS, MANCHESTER IN. H.l - Sunday, July 21, 1963 Columnists 0 E diforials - .--- - .,-png. 11 TAKES 0NE-DAY CRUISE ABOARD NUC AR SUB 'k'k'k 'k'k'k 'kii' 'k'k'k Io o o o 0 I Z fit Like Sifhng in Your Easy Chair of Home Editor Tells of Smooth 1 Trip on USS Hamilton, ' Lafesf To Join Fleef fNote: Despite the tragic loss of USS Thresher the l'. S. Navy reposes undiminished confidence In its nu- clear powered submarines and the morale of its under- water crews remains high. First-hand evidence on these points was obtained by Mr. Bucknam during a recent trial cruise of America's newest Polaris firing sub, USS Alex- ander llamillon. Mr. Bueknam is managing editor of the l'Nl0N LEAIJER and the cruise was conducted especially for nensmenq By JAMES R. BUCKNAM GROTON, Conn, - On a lump of uranium the size of it golf hall, a iiurlezir reactor powers each of 29 subiiiariiies now :ictiiely working in the U. S. Navys prowl of the earth's waters-70 per cent ofthe eai1h's surface from which virtually no impoitant land area is, immune from attack. The constantly roving deep-i . ll diving siibinarincs are rvadwunder tiater and is somewhat in a matter ol very few min- utes to launch one or more of their 16 Polaris missiles at any target within 2,500-mile rang'- The mobility and secrecy with which these underseas iiiissi!e platforms opt-rate place any potential cot-my in :in ank- tiard position 'FOI' Sl-It'RtlT Nu one, csu-pt top Ameri- can military leadership, knows where each of these subma- rines is at any given time. A potential enemy therefor has no way of pinpointing his op position in the event he is con- sidering the gamble of attack- ing the United States or any nation we are committed to' defend, A combination of Buck Rogers and Jules Verne clumsy as a surface ship. l .Xt the invitation ol the Navyl S we took :i one-day diving cruise' ' aboard the Hamilton, prior to her departure for Cape Canav crul where she is now test-hr in an hllld f3Nhl n0'-ln midget ing missiles No, the tragic loss of the l Thrcsher on April 10 did no of a submarine Once inside the craft, you are :ilmost completely unaware :lt-ter us in the slightest from f uhclhfr 'lf mtl F021 are lawn: 3 dp,-0 wth Hamilton afloat or submerged tlith a and iw, C,-ew Thm-Q just did relatively calm sea. there is ,,,,l ,pcm In be any mason U, little motion afloat going into be fearful. As a matter of fact, il a friend was killed in down that lnfmblc ramp and an aummobllc accident' would only a slight tant of deck tells you ,sell your car and walk thereafter? Naturally, the subject of the Thresher came up while we were aboard. Lt. Comdr. Robg ert D. Rawlins of Allentown Pa , was our host. He is execu 1 .Q -, -se in -- - -, , .ff .ffm', 'fiv- a dive, the boalijust slidesl - i .- In .. if sin-A 3 A 0 Wgzigzifji, you that you are diving: once' ' ' f' :', ,l'z9h .,,,,.- ...... -...... ,Ge ., . UNL. 1. - below, you might as well be ali ,fl ' 'V 'Z-:ff H, home in your easy chair. gf' 'yy 7 coaii'u'rsns ox Jon ' 1? 547127 - 5 Y Cruising al classified depths It f ' ' ,iff-f ..-7' T and speed. this boat can go in- tiie olliccr of the Blue Crew dfllnllvlb' UUUCTNPHY -' Hmltlb' ronic engineering from the mm., HHH, uhm lm, l-num of the llamilton and was thc States in l-.At'll of these boats tor -hip-. ia' you pre- Icri more tirepover than the Tlin-sh:-r during consti-utiion sm.-s iii hlllfltl mi- ii. Y 33 f'1 '1lhf- eretuiiu- ollicer of the Thresh- wlCmH'fIl'l'1hv 5k'l'Pf ' l W cr when she was tniiiiniis- P WMM' Hr, Wrwd mm lm, tom, itheic hc is Ill .int are .fortified with several backup flee lit' is. how lui' to th' - ol the xiiirld llis coiopiiters ,J ' fs an d ff. 1 .- , VD I 4 V' 'f 1' i t liol l'01llSlNl-ID llc:-is oi both trials anflaftcruarrlforatirtnl V 'Nl '1 ' li'l '4 ' rt' 'TQ ' mis X 441 ' llc tslciii so that lit is Ill l loni the laeunviiing ol the -HHLESHER THF0 - George Wasliiiigton slightly ' In N slanlly prepared to hit it any . X ,. 4 tv ' f' sf i 1 ,ff 37,2-L5' fx' less than three years ago, the The probability of ever mm. f .i Navy has come a lone wilt' IH knowing exactly what hap- Rawlins a Natal Xtadcmv! V' X lplatkingntxe rflflct p'allis:LcLdr2g,pl.ned to the Threshm- is pom-A graduate of b19-11 ?ericd lirsti . 'Q 5 it ' . , - iiih am hi nous orccs and ' capital ship of the sea. lbullfhg :Jc5:hnaiaL:lell'gcnUc estroyerg llc is aboard his! CQMDTL lf0lUlAS B. BESSAC teen- THE LATEST lim' C 0 F PF em Seems Hflh qubmai-me m ll yqm-SI terj Nallejo, Calif., skipper of the nations I o point to a failure of some ,th the dnmn ,L-mlfc, HQ newest nuclear submarine, the Polarisfir- Igitesl in the list ol' a dozcnihcavy piping system-as the nuclear - powered underseas,board of inquiry indicated. giants equipped with nuclear-:Consequently certain limita- iorlletl iiilloiwhalioii xiliicli ls it-fl into the brain gil his - X ,.' ' ,,. d K, , H - ' l w , ' I. . Y . Navy Post Graduate School at y . tippcrl Polaris missiles stowed lions on performance have ilonterey, Calif, I in eight pairs of vertical been set for attack submarines' launching tubes, is the Alex- and fleet ballistic missile subs Rawlins, thc other officers! nd exerv man in the crew in a ' , ', -1 ander llamillon built by Gen-funtil all prudent checks can cluding a few colored lads. are. eral Dynamics-Electric Boat be made for possible failure carefully picked, well trained Cn, ,areas The llamillon is the secondl Al any rate, going aboard the ot' the Lafayette Class, is 425lHamillon was like going into a feet long, 33 feet in the beam,mystcrious maze of piping, .in scores of specialties and Nboast an csprlt de corps which tis the envy of some other serv- and displaces 7,000 tons. 18,200 wiring, computers and elec- kind of man. tons submergcdl. She is built, trnnic gadgetry - nothing like like all modern submarines, the feeling-of extreme com- for most efficient operation pactness which you would get A - A ' 3' ' ' J l 4 1- 2 1 '. ' ' ! .,11--5 ' ' n p'. ,:- -'w-gif' its ' ..1'fc.:y'5 545' 3 '.'i!7'f79f- '- i If 511 A-,i' ' it ' 'A ,. Q .-'f'4f-f.. 1 , , X R Ng , 5 . C K ii' ' i 1 ti Q at H 1'v ' gh i ,. - 14 1 ' - T f. I. . , . 1. 'p.-. rr L, s C ' x .. 'i X xx' ' . h.:t.f . - 'seg-, f . M-f . , . - i . JAMES R. BLTKNAM. managing editor of the MAN- CHESTER UNION LEADER. chats with Lt. Comdr. Robert D. Rawlins. executive ofiieer ol' the Alexander Hamilton. At left is one of the suh's periscope tubes. Rawlins ls a former exrcotiie om--er of the Portsinouth-bull! sub- marivii-lhriwlivri-.liirli '.i.1slosLonAtprillI't, TWO CRI-SWS ln comparison with World War ll craft. the Hamilton is the Grand Central Station of lsubmarincs, With 124 men and a dozen officers in each of the' lGold and Blue Crews, she will ,be constantly on patrol The submarine can outwear any crew. So fora couple of months at zi time, each crew operates in turn almost all the time be- lott the surface of some ocean area of the world. Three decks of the boat are jammed with instrumentation and electronic gear requiring ,an exceptionally high degree of proficiency from crews which need previous training of up, to two years. i Some idea of the complexity of building such a submarine: lt takes up to 2,000 drawings for more than 7,000,000 items used in the constmction. End- to-end blueprints would stretch ,for 250 miles. Per cubic inch more science goes into a sub marine than into any other war implement. 'cnsw coaironr Crew comfort is carefully considered due to the long weeks of submerged operation that they endure. Both Comdr. jNorman Bessac of the Blue 4Crew and Comdr. Ben Sher- gman of Keene, commander of' tl , Gold Crew. are happy with' thc green-decored appoint-I 'ments of the Hamilton, Crew's fquarters resemble modern rail-I ony sleeping car arrangements. holds 3 master 5 dthrt-Q in glee., ing Alexander Hamilton, scans the horizon from the bridge of his ship during press cruise. Carrying members of national news media, the vessel put to sea for the day. Theres a small library and'water from sea water dailyfside, Air conditioning equip- reading room. spacious mess facilities. and exercising equip- ment Movies can be shown in the mess area. But living under water pre-N senls lhrce problems: Drinking! water, air, and waste disposal. more than normal needs. Air is scrubbed for carbon di- oxide gas lfroni smokingi is burned and the resultant di- oxide scrubbed, Oxygen is stored in bottles, and.is manu- factured by electrolysis from icgg, They arg truly 3 5pecmi.The boat has capabilities fnr,sea water -the separated hy- lmaking 8,000 gallonns of freshidrogen being purnped ovcr the ment keeps the boat com- fortable, even in the engine rooms, Waste is compacted and eiectctl. l-'abulously complicated elec- tronic devices and computers -. i 45 ' -- . , K H I., .W H-.. ' E, pu' . ' K e ti P s i i ' l 1 , -I ,gf .Ng ic X 1 'if 1 v 1 I Q COMDR. ISFINJAYSIIN l-'. SHERMAN Jlt.. PSN.. of l Keene is commanding ollicer of the Gold Crew of the nu- clear-powered fleet ballistie missile submarine Alexander Hamilton. llc is a 1945 graduate of the Naval Academy and has served on five other submarines. i Chronic Deficit Argentine Future Gioomy Elespite Peronist Setback Dr. Illia Hostile To Foreign Investments: Both Public and Private Finances 1 In Tangle of Debt, 'Forced Loans' WASHINGTON, July 20 - boom in Argentina has deflated -NANA- Though Argentincs sharply, lhope that Peronism's poor' Today the U. S. Oil Compa- 'showing in their recent elec-inies, whose contract with the - - l xtmmns will ind tliie EPcronistNFrondizi government in 1958 -t re-at. U. an uropean started the investment boom, financial circles remain loom 'are under nationalistic attack. - I1 Yi about Argentina's future. ' They doubt that any polit- ical miracle, even the appear- ance of a stable coiistitutional goverrimenl. can quickly end .Xrpontiiia's present downwrwd spiral, The fact that the two candidates who won the larg- est number of votes, Dr. Ar-' turn lllla of the popular Rad- ,icals and Gov. Oscar Alende of ythe intransigenl radicals both :profess nationalistic hostilityl xtoward foreign investors re- iinforces their pessimism. CHRONIC DEFICIT 1 Argentinas rapidly grow- ing population and its chronic All three leading presidential candidates advocated changes in their contracts, Fiirttierniore. the Argentine State Oil Coinpany, which buys the oil produced by the U. S. romp:-nies and retails it to the public. has fallen far behind in its payments A total of 568.- 000.0110 is owed on the con- tracts. Ill-ll-'ESE NOTES For a while. Argentine au- thorities gave the oil companies notes that could be discounted. However. most U. S, and Euro. pean banks todav refuse to ae- dcficit in world trade crealeslcepl lhcsc Algvniine notes and A damand fm, tmmendouslihe nil debt is piling up on the amounts of public and private,b 'fkS' ,H . I g capital to create new sources' l 'F 'H . mmpfmws 3 Wadi of goods and new jobs- lhuildmg industries in Argen- Howcvcr' Since March 1952'tina are continuing to do so. when a Peronist victory in proibul Scvcfal hundred mllllfm vincial elections set off politi-xdollaro Wirth 'lf Planned ln' control the navigation, Ere con-ical upsgtgl 3 fm-gign mve5imQntiAltGl-INTINA Page 20 trol and communications sys-I SUB Page 20 JOHN D. KEPLER, TM3, USN, of Liver- pool. N. Y., stands watch at computer con- sole ln the missile compartment on the nu- clear powered Alexander Hamilton, the ,,,....-I was built. Navy's newest Polaris submarine. The i . ,ig ' , if - .'2'Y4f ,..f-4 Y Navy's 12th nuclear sub. she was commis- sioned June 27 at General DynamlcslElee- trlc Boats Groton, Conn., where the ship Kremlin Still Rules Growing Pro-Chinese Trend lNoted in Western Parties l Already Has Led To Communist Split i In Two Countriesg Irritation With l o l Khrushchev Seen As Chief Factor BY BERNARD KAPLAN 'of Asia and Albania, that an- i PARIS, Juiv 2o-NANA- sry flea of a ffwnlfy in a re- f'1',, .thc sm-png? and fm-y m' mote corner of the Balkans. Moscow, proChinese senti- Since then. speaking Chi- lment'is growing among Com- nese has become steadily -munists in Westem Europe. fmore fashionable among Eu- I The numbers are not yet llarge. But .the trend is unmis-l takable. Support for Peiping, frequently on fairly irmtionall grounds, is gaining strength ropean Communists. Not even the Chinese-Indian border war reversed the trend. It may prove of considerable import- ance in the denouement of'the among pany mgmbefs m algigantic struggle for the souls number of countries and al-l xready has led to two splits. l 1STlLl, IN CONTROL 5 Control of the major Com- imunist parties in Western Eu- lrope remains in the grip of Premier Khrushchr-v's adher- ents. However, the Chinese .must be drawing encourage- lment from the situation At the Moscow conference in 1960 when the SinceSovict conflict was bared to the world, they appeared isolated except for the qualified support of gi fi-ni Asiatic party orcganizefi-in ' late as six nsoiaiii- Chinese aiu' - . - r-roi' li i 'iii' of Communists everywhere, For it seems to refute the no tion, strongly insinuated by the Russians, that the Chinese arguments can appeal only to Oriental and other back- ward Communists. Ri-leiiiin's Communist party has split alone pro-Russian and pro-t'liioese lint-s.'So has the sm:-ll Yoriiegian party. Mur- ninrliiqs :ire hi-im: heard in- side the Dtilch party and the undcrgroiinrl party oreaniva- tion in Spain-tt'l1osc silo is ziiijvhorlj. 'S Uni-K -is ropoi'twl v i -i lv-fl lux' the flispitlr' li iii' iiirf lziipiirl i'-4 - ' 1 iiiti'i1ff mp:ith's fo: NYY'-IIIS Pxigf-1'ii .W-an.