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RICKOVER, Hyman G. (Admiral)

T.L.S. by the Russian-born American Admiral, to New York Congressman Seymour Halpern announcing sea trials of the nuclear submarine USS GEORGE BANCROFT, followed by a detailed biography of the ship's namesake. 3 pp., 4to, on "USS GEORGE BANCROFT" letterhead (staple holes in upper left corner). "At Sea, North Atlantic." Nov. 29, 1965.

1900-1987 "We have just successfully completed the first sea trials of the USS GEORGE BANCROFT, ourthirty-fourth Polaris nuclear submarine. We also have in operation twenty-two attack type nuclear submarines, making a total of fifty-six..."

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