Document Details
Title:
THE USS WHALE ( SSN-638 ) A NUCLEAR POWERED ATTACK SUBMARINE SURFACED AT THE NORTH POLE ON APRIL 6, 1969
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
OTHER
Document Type Other:
AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL
Publication Date:
1970 Dec 31
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0002
Accession Number:
NV0096943
Document Number(s):
DOE708685
Originating Research Org.:
* UNITED STATES NAVY, DEPARTMENT OF
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
THE USS WHALE (SSN-638), A NUCLEAR-POWERED ATTACK SUBMARINE, SURFACED AT THE NORTH POLE ON APRIL 6, 1969, 60 HEARS TO THE DAY AND HOUR AFTER ADMIRAL ROBERT E PEARY AND MATHEW HENSON REACHED THE POLE IN 1909. O NE OF THE NEWEST OF THE STURGEON CLASS ATTACK SUBMARINES, THE WHALE SU RFACED WHILE CONDUCTING AN EXCERCISE DESIGNED TO DEMONSTRATE UNDER ICE CAPABILITIES.