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Description Polaris-8: At Polaris Milestone. Leaders of the Navy’s Polaris program are shown in front of USS Will Rogers (SSBN 659), the fleet’s 41 missile submarine, following the April 1st commissioning of the ship. Left to right are Vice Admiral I.J. Galatin, Chief of Naval Material and former director of the Navy’s Special Projects (Polaris) office; Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, retired Chief of Naval Operations, who initiated the Polaris program; Vice Admiral Arnold F. Schade, Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet; Vice Admiral William F. Raborn, (retired), first director of the Special Projects Office and Rear Admiral Levering Smith, the present director. In the background is the General Dynamics, Electric Boat Division, Groton, Connecticut, shipyard where 17 Polaris submarines, including Will Rogers, were built. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command, Navy Subject Files. (2016/03/03).
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Photograph Curator at https://flickr.com/photos/127906254@N06/25355241172 (archive). It was reviewed on 12 July 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark.

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