USS Albacore, 1957
Scope and Content Note
The series contains various logs from July 1957.
Dates
- Creation: 1957
Access
Open: materials are available for research.
Historical Note
The third Albacore (AGSS-569) was laid down by the Portsmouth (N.H.) Naval Shipyard on 15 March 1952; launched on 1 August 1953; sponsored by Mrs. J. E. Jowers, the widow of Chief Motor Machinist's Mate Arthur L. Stanton, lost with the second Albacore (SS-218); and commissioned on 6 December 1953, Lt. Comdr. Kenneth C. Gummersqn in command.
... on 9 December 1972 and laid up at Philadelphia. Her name was struck from the Navy list on 1 May 1980, and she was towed back to Portsmouth late in April 1984. In 1985, she was dedicated as a memorial.
[Taken from the entry on Albacore in the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.]
See moreExtent
8 items
Language
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: English
Arrangement
Logs are arranged chronologically.
Repository Details
Part of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Data Library and Archives Repository