Winter Arctic Cruise of USS Skate (SSN-578), 1959

<span data-mce-type="bookmark" style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" class="mce_SELRES_start"></span><span data-mce-type="bookmark" style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" class="mce_SELRES_start"></span> </p> <h2>Winter Arctic Cruise of USS Skate (SSN-578), 1959</h2> <p> Naval Photographic Center film #1309. National Archives description: “1) CU Lt. and enlisted man stand by the engine room equipment. F2) CU Enlisted man climbs a ladder out of the compartment. F3) LA CU Ship’s officer on the periscope (scene is high in yellow). F4) CU Skate’s commanding officer looks through the periscope. F5) LA ECU Same. F6) LS PAN left over the ice and forward deck of the sub to the port side showing the condition of the ice around the Skate while the sub is surfaced (SV). FtoP7) MS Two men, aft of the sail, in heavy clothing look over the ice. F8) CU Blue Nose initiation for crossing the Arctic Circle. FtoP9) MS PAN over the bow of the sub and over the ice (various PAN views of the ice surrounding the sub.). F10) MS Interior: Compartment aboard the sub (SV). GtoF11) ECU Radioman sitting before the radio. G12) ECU Skate’s officer, standing behind two men who are on controls. FtoP13) ECU Enlisted man in the engine room. F14) CU Commanding Officer; TV set in BG. F” National Archives Identifier: 75942</p> <p>

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