Launching Attack Submarine USS Silversides (SSN-679) and Keel Laying of the Lipscomb Part 1

Description

This film shows attack submarine USS Silversides (SSN-679) as it was being prepared for launch. It includes scenes from the launching ceremony and Secretary of Navy John Chafee as he made a speech from the podium. It shows Virginia Chafee as she broke a champagne bottle across the submarine. It also shows the ceremony for the keel laying of attack submarine USS Glenard P. Lipscomb (SSN-685).

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities