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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 97666

USS Albacore (AGSS-569)


An officer looks through the periscope in the submarine's control room, 27 October 1955.
This photograph was released by the Department of Defense on 12 December 1955 as part of a press release announcing the use of the Albacore hull design for the new SSN-585 (Skipjack) class of nuclear-powered submarines.

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

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19 September 2001