U.S. Navy commanders at USS Skate commissioning ceremony, Groton, 1957
Date1957 December 23
MediumPhotography
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 7 1/4 × 9in. (18.4 × 22.9cm)
Credit LineGift of Tracey Lorenzo Budrejko
DescriptionBlack and white photograph by United Press International (UPI) photographer Frank Lorenzo with typed caption.
Caption: GR122302-12/23/57-GROTON, CONN.: Comdr. James F. Calvert (C) commanding officer of the Skate, third nuclear submarine to join the U.S. Navy, is congratulated following the commissioning, 12/23, by Vice Adm. Frank T. Watkins, Comdr. Anti-Submarine Defense Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet (L) and RAdm. Frederick B. Warder, USN Comdr., Submarine Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. UNITED PRESS TELEPHOTO fl
Caption: GR122302-12/23/57-GROTON, CONN.: Comdr. James F. Calvert (C) commanding officer of the Skate, third nuclear submarine to join the U.S. Navy, is congratulated following the commissioning, 12/23, by Vice Adm. Frank T. Watkins, Comdr. Anti-Submarine Defense Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet (L) and RAdm. Frederick B. Warder, USN Comdr., Submarine Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. UNITED PRESS TELEPHOTO fl
Object number2023.82.257.2
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