Description: This is an Associated Press Photo and typed news release taken in 1959 of the launch of Atomic Submarine The Scorpion.News release reads:- Groton, Conn., Dec. 19--ANOTHER ATOMIC SUBMARINE LAUNCHED--The atomic driven submarine Scorpion slides into The Thames River as she is launched at The Electric Boat Yard of General Dynamics here today. The Scorpion, a 252-foot long speedy attack submarine is a sister ship of The Skipjack, commissioned here earlier this year. Mrs Elizabeth S. Morrison of Arlington, Virginia, christened the vessel." USS Scorpion (SSN-589) was a Skipjack-class nuclear-powered submarine that served in the United States Navy, and the sixth vessel, and second submarine, of the U.S. Navy to carry that name. Scorpion was believed to have been lost on 27 May 1968. She is one of two nuclear submarines the U.S. Navy has lost, the other being USS Thresher. She was one of the four mysterious submarine disappearances in 1968, the others being the Israeli submarine INS Dakar, the French submarine Minerve, and the Soviet submarine K-129. The wreckage of the boat remains in the North Atlantic Ocean with all its armaments and nuclear reactor. Photo measures 10" x 8". Fast safe and reasonable shipping, with tracking.
Price: 25 USD
Location: Kingston, New York
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Antique: Yes
Image Orientation: Landscape
Signed: No
Size: Medium (Up to 10)
Image Color: Black & White
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Subject: Navy
Vintage: Yes
Type: Photograph
Year of Production: 1959
Theme: Atomic Submarine
Features: Press Photograph
Time Period Manufactured: 1950-1959
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
