File:USS Maddox (DD-731) with Polaris launch.jpg

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Description The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Maddox (DD-731) stands by as a UGM-27 Polaris missile fired by the ballistic missile submarine USS Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) breaks the surface of the Pacific Ocean, during Exercise "Frigate Bird" of Operation "Dominic", 6 May 1962.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo NH-97906 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author PH1 Burwell, U.S. Navy.

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