Photo #: NH 97554
USS Thresher (SSN-593)
Mrs. Frederick B. Warder christens the submarine, during launching
ceremonies at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine,
9 July 1960.
Others present are (from left to right): Mrs. C. Pattisen, Lieutenant
Dale E. Deverspicke (Chaplains' Corps), and Captain Henry P.
Rumble.
Note that the christening took place at Thresher's stern.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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