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Photo #: 80-G-K-15445 (Color) USS Dace (SS-247) Commissioning ceremonies at the New London submarine base, Groton, Connecticut, 23 July 1943. The submarine's Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Commander Joseph F. Enright (second from right) is reading his orders. Civilian standing second from left is Mr. L.Y. Spear, President of the Electric Boat Company, which built Dace. Note Marine bugler at left. Photographer was probably Commander Edward Steichen, USNR. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 78KB; 590 x 765 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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26 February 1999