MARYNARKA HANDLOWA - OKRĘTY WOJENNE - WRAKI - STATKI HANDLOWE - MARYNARKA WOJENNA |
______________________________________________________________________________ - Facta Nautica - dr Piotr Mierzejewski, hr. Calmont |
USS MEMPHIS SSN 691 |
Okręty podwodne |
USS MEMPHIS (SSN 691) na kartce kolekcjonerskiej wydanej w U.S.A., prawdopodobnie w roku 1974. Zbiory autora. Treść tekstu zamieszczonego na odwrocie kartki: "THE MEMPHIS AND THE LOS ANGELES CLASS. Authentication of the keel of the MEMPHIS by Joy Dirksen Baker, wife of Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr. of Tennessee, a member of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, marks the beginning of construction on the latest ship of our newest class of nuclear powered attack submarines. Keels of four LOS ANGELES Class submarines have been laid. A total of 18 have been authorized through fiscal year 1973. The LOS ANGELES Class has higher speed capability than its predecessors; it will also have the most advanced anti-submarine warfare capabilities. Their underwater stealth, together with their powerful weapon systems and sensors, will make this class a deadly force against enemy submarines, as well as surface ships. Approval to proceed with this important new class of high speed submarines resulted from investigations of the U.S. Submarine Program conducted five years ago by the House and Senate Armed Services and Appropriations Committees and the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. In view of the urgent need for these high speed submarines in our fleet, Congress, not only accepted the recommendations of these committees that funds for procurement of long lead items for the SSN 688 be added to the budget for the 1969 shipbuilding program, but Congress also added funds for submarines of this class to the 1970, 1971, and 1972 shipbuilding programs in addition to the funds proposed by the Department of Defence." |