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OUTGOING 0312572 FM ADMINO COMONE TO USS ALEXANDER HAMILTON INFO CINCLANTFLT COMSUBLANT DEPCOMSUBLANT COMSUBFLOT 2 CNO COMONE BT UNCLAS A PRESS CRUISE IN ALEXANDER HAMILTON A. CNO 292110Z OF MAY 1. NEW ENGLAND M DIA PRESS CRUISE 1 JUL CONSIDERED OUTSTANDING. MEDIA REPS HIGH IN PRAISE OF CO, OFFICERS, AND CREW AND VERY IM RESSED WITH ALEXANDER HAMILTON AND POLARIS SYSTEM. YOUR EXCELLENT COOPERATION IN MAKING THIS CRUISE M ST SUCCESSFUL, IS MOST APPRECIATED. I AM THOROUGHLY CONVINCED THAT THIS CRUISE WILL RESULT IN MUCH BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION FOR OUR POLARIS PROGRAM, THE SUBMARINE SERVICE, AND NAVY IN NEW ENGLAND. WELL DONE. ggnzsvz Tonfuuoz O3 JUL 63fEEC
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' Portland. Maine, Evening Express, Monday. July 8, I963 Q5-U--e M....,f. .sms M , , .,,.,-M, ,Han ,, L . wwe .N ., K N , Q M, , . V, V ,.,N,W,.,.....,yM,, X aw, M., ., - ,aw-1 w,,a,4f-- X X , - Q r ' ww vw mar-fav' W Q., may-Aeywwevefgmvrx-gm I vfaww , s -xx, e Protect s f I ff QW ' A ua --' rl.. M 1 . . 7 - X I .A .oi , - .-i, I -iff. Z 5 , in I V I - 'V f f- 1 Wm W, , L1 Stern View From A Polaris Sub nder Way -1' Welcome Aboard Cmdr. Norman B. Bessac, rlght, skipper of the Alexander Hamilton, greets Ernest W. Chard, man- BKYUK 9dlf0l' of the EVGYHDE EXPW55- Pl'-955 Herald Running under water, the submarine ls controlled from thus sta- lhd SUHUHY Teleiram. tlon. The men are, left to rlght, Radarman lst Class Dale K. Flsher, ft's a lot easler to lntroduce yourself to a submarine captain Fort Cobb, Okla.g Chief Missile Technician W. H. Taylorg and Radar- man 2nd Class Wllllam T. Anderson, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. lhan to his submarine. The first Ls aecompllshed mth a handshake: the second takes a lol of cllrnlnz of lad- ders, maneuverlnsz alonz nu' row ways, and ducking Lhroush narrow hatchways. MOST OF TH! DELEGA- TION of New England news- pavermen who were shown the USS Alexander Hamilton. SSBN-617. were about as well conditioned for Lhe full day Lhey went. poklng and peerlng and lsklnx questlons, Ls they would have been for trying to keep up with younu sons or nandsona on a jungle gym. When lt was all over they had observed everything. wp secret and otherwise, w1th vary- lng degrees of understandlnx or the lack of lt. They were u- physically weary as they were mentally stuffed with fact-a and flnures. -And LUCY were impressed. F OR 'I H I ALEXANDER Hamilton Ls brand and ahlxw new, the second of the Lafay- ette elasa of fleet balllstlc sub- marines. She la approximately 425 feet ln length. 33 feet wide, di5DIAc5 about 7,000 tons. and carries 15 Polaru mlsalles. With unllmlted choloe of launch positions, to which the nuclear powered submarlne can run deep ln the waters of the earth and f 1'1fl5' to avozd de- 'r 'rn Pole: r cf!-as w A . , N . , . ....--an.., 35 Jn., ea ...a - , ,, , ., 1 -nz .1 'V' , .mf MDG' I 6223 wr., ' 'if 3 4, , ii' , parlment The row of tubes for Polaris missiles on the Alexander Hamilton. At. computer console ls Third Class Torpedoman John D. Kepler, Liverpool, N. Y. Relaxing FTW: 5 ,,,, Walter E. Small Jr., left 1 'A of Storrle Weaver, Cochl' . 1 L 1 ' f l' W- . 1 press crulse. Poquonoclc Bridge, Orff
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THE BOSTON HERALD-TRAvEl.ER CORPORATION THE BOSTON HERALD ' Soo HARRISON AVENUE BOSTON 6, MASSACHUSETTS im, HANCOCK 6-sooo !,w mm imp ypypp Mkigdi pr I IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON T. in -is -mimprm S u mx E-gi TT S July 12, 1963 Commandant First Naval District H95 Summer Street Boston, Mass. Dear Sir 2 I an writing to extend my thanks for the courtesies extended to me and my colleagues during our July 1 indoctrination cruise aboard the Fleet Ballistic Submarine USS Alexander hamilton, which took us on a memorable cruise into the Atlantic from New London, Conn. This tri provlded the invited medigre presentatives with an cellent opportunity to see closeup the greatest striking force in the United States today, the Polaris submarine. It was a great thrill and I know each media representative came away with the impression that the Navy is not only doing a great job, but is equipped to strike anywhere in the world in the event of an emergency. O ' As s ---.N myself, I feel honored to have been se ed to make the trip. It pro -. --.- with the necessary -' ground concerning the Polaris program, firs -- ormation that goes into writing future stories corre . portraying -- f 93117101-1 in the defense of our co - '-, SXXK :.1.E'r'rE1fS F0LC0W50 BOSTON S HOME DELIVERED NEWSPAPERS
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