USS SKATE (SSN-578) POLAR OPERATION (First Time Under the Ice) Part 1

Description

1) CU CO and Executive Officer wearing heavy winter clothing standing on the deck of the USS SKATE (SSN-578). G2) MS CO and Executive Officer. G3) ECU CDR WILKINSON and Executive Officer on deck. G4) MS The two officers looking out over the ice; men on the ice in BG. G5) LS Open stretch of water and ice. G6) MS Crew on the deck. G7) MLS Group of men on the edge of the ice. G8) ELS Base Camp. G9) MS Men on ice edge. G10) LS Base camp in the Arctic. G11) MS Officers and men on deck; sub surfacing (SV). G12) MS Small outboard motor boat alongside the SKATE; boat backs away from the sub. G13) HA CU Small boat alongside the SKATE; man crawls over the bow onto the deck. G14) LS Looking out over the water toward the ice in BG (SV). G15) LS Splash in water caused by an unidentified action. G to F16) HA MS Looking out over bow. G17) HA MLS Open water and ice (SV). G18) HA MS Looking down over the starboard side of the sub. G19) HA CU Men on the bridge. G20) HA MLS Over the bow showing water and ice. G21) HA MCU Ice with melt hose. G22) CU Sub; small growler off the starboard side. G23) CU Starboard bow showing protective metal covering the torpedo tube. G24) MS SKATE; ice surrounding the sub. G25) MS SKATE; men on deck. G26) MS Starboard side toward the bow. G27) MCU SKATE. G28) MS Three men on the ice. G29) MS Man pulling in mooring line. G30) MS Sail. G31) MS Iceberg. G32) MS Chunks of ice. G

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities