A submariner goes down a vertical ladder aboard the Los Angeles class nuclear-powered attack submarine USS LA JOLLA (SSN-701). With space limited, submarines are equipped with deck-mounted hatches and vertical ladders
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
Scene Camera Operator: Ph1 James Wallace
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
Beginning in ancient times, humans sought to operate under the water. The legendary origins of the submarine stretch back to 332 BC with a tale about Alexander the Great being lowered into the sea in a glass barrel to study fish. The submarine concept was thereafter consigned to the backwaters of history for some 1,800 years. This collection presents various submarines: from small and simple to nuclear-powered underwater behemoths.
Tags
submariner
ladder
class
los angeles class
submarine
uss
jolla
attack submarine uss la jolla
ssn
space
hatches
pacific ocean
nuclear
nuclear powered
attack submarine
ladders
california
los angeles
high resolution
ph 1 james wallace
us navy ships
us navy
pacific fleet
us national archives
Date
01/07/1983
in collections
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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