On March 17, 1959 the USS Skate (SSN-578) became the first submarine in history to surface at the North Pole.
Categories: Ships and Submarines
 
 
Thank you to the Mario Family Foundation for enabling the digitization of the U.S. Naval Institute’s Photo Archive. The physical photos in the Photo Archive are stored in the Mildred M. Mario Photo Archive Room located at the U.S. Naval Institute’s Headquarters in Annapolis, MD.

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