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Photo # NH 54900:  Admiral Arleigh A. Burke addresses a Naval Academy pep rally on the eve of the 1960 Army-Navy football game

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Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN, (1901-1996) --
Views taken 1958-1961 - Chief of Naval Operations (Part II)


This page features selected views of Arleigh A. Burke taken during 1958-1961, while he was an Admiral, serving as Chief of Naval Operations.

Additional photographs taken during this time will be found in the pages:

  • Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN, -- Formal Portraits; and
  • Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN, -- Informal Portraits.

    For other views concerning Arleigh Burke, see:

  • Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN, (1901-1996). 15th Chief of Naval Operations, 1955-1961.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the "Online Library's" digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 55824

    Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN
    ,
    Chief of Naval Operations (at right)

    Is assisted from a high-line chair after being transferred to USS Boxer (LPH-4) from USS Gyatt (DDG-1) in March 1959.
    Note the four-star flag decorating the chair.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 81KB; 600 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 55822

    Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN
    ,
    Chief of Naval Operations (at right)

    Attends an amphibious exercise at Onslo Beach, North Carolina, 20 March 1959. Also present are (from left to right):
    Major General J.C. Burger, U.S. Marine Corps;
    Lieutenant General Edwin A. Pollock, U.S. Marine Corps; and
    Vice Admiral George C. Towner, USN, Commander, Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 76KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 55818

    Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN
    ,
    Chief of Naval Operations (at right)

    With Vice Admiral Clarence E. Ekstrom, Commander Sixth Fleet, on board the Sixth Fleet flagship, USS Des Moines (CA-134), in the Mediterranean Sea, May 1959.
    A destroyer is steaming alongside in the immediate background, with her crew paraded at quarters.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 81KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: USN 710496

    Rear Admiral William F. Rayborn, USN
    (left),
    and
    Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN, Chief of Naval Operations

    Examine a cutaway model of the ballistic missile submarine USS George Washington (SSBN-598), in July 1959.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 60KB; 740 x 610 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-N-710496.

     
    Photo #: NH 51358

    USS Long Beach
    (CGN-9)

    Attendees at the ship's launching, at the Bethlehem Steel Company shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, 14 July 1959. Those present are (from left to right):
    Captain Francis A. Burke, Chaplain, First Naval District;
    Vice Admiral Wallace M. Beakley, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations;
    Captain Fred L. Ruhlman, Commandant, Boston Naval Shipyard;
    Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover;
    Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, Chief of Naval Operations;
    Mrs. Craig Hosmer, ship's Sponsor;
    Rear Admiral Ralph K. James, Chief, Bureau of Ships;
    Rear Admiral Carl F. Espe, Commandant, First Naval District; and
    Captain Edgar H. Batcheller, Supervisor of Shipbuilding at the Quincy shipyard.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 109KB; 740 x 625 pixels

     
    Photo #: USN 710501

    Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN
    (right)

    Is congratulated by Secretary of the Navy William B. Franke, upon his acceptance of a third two-year term as Chief of Naval Operations, August 1959.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 80KB; 740 x 615 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-N-710501.

     
    Photo #: USN 1047895

    The Joint Chiefs of Staff


    In session at the Pentagon, 10 February 1960. They are (from left to right):
    General Lyman Lemnitzer, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army;
    Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, Chief of Naval Operations;
    General Nathan Twining, USAF, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff;
    General Thomas D. White, Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force; and
    General David M. Shoup, Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 70KB; 740 x 610 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-N-1047895.

     
    Photo #: NH 55820

    Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN
    ,
    Chief of Naval Operations

    Arrives for a conference at Camp Voluceau, near Paris, France, during Operation "ShapEx 60", 22 June 1960.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 55KB; 455 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 55875

    Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN
    ,
    Chief of Naval Operations

    On board USS Patrick Henry (SSBN-599) during the countdown for a "Polaris" missile launch, off Cape Canaveral, Florida, 22 September 1960.
    The man at right is Stephen D. Gage.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 68KB; 740 x 560 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 55899

    Admiral and Mrs. Arleigh A. Burke


    Attending the Navy Day Ball at the Coconut Grove, Los Angeles, California, 22 October 1960.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 82KB; 595 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 54900

    Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN
    ,
    Chief of Naval Operations

    Addresses a U.S. Naval Academy pep rally on 23 November 1960, on the eve of that year's Army-Navy football game.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 95KB; 740 x 620 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 95927

    Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN


    Standing uncovered during the Benediction, at his retirement ceremony as Chief of Naval Operations, held at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, 1 August 1961.

    Collection of Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN (Retired).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 101KB; 585 x 765 pixels

     


    Additional photographs taken during this time will be found in the pages:

  • Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN, -- Formal Portraits; and
  • Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN, -- Informal Portraits.

    For other views concerning Arleigh Burke, see:

  • Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN, (1901-1996). 15th Chief of Naval Operations, 1955-1961.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the "Online Library's" digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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