The U.S. Navy submarine USS Thomas Edison (SSBN-610). Her orange sail gleaming in the sunlight, the Navys newest Polaris-firing submarine, Thomas Edison, slides down the launching ways June 15, 1961 at General Dynamics Corporations Electric Boat divis
Categories: Ships and Submarines
 
 
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