On the speakers platform during the commissioning ceremony for the nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine USS TENNESSEE (SSBN 734), are, left to right: Wiliam L. Ball II, Secretary of the Navy; Ned R. McWherter, governor of Tennessee; and Admiral (ADM) Frank B. Kelso II, commander in chief, US Atlantic Command, and Mrs. Landess McCown Kelso, ship's sponsor. The TENNESSEE, which is being commissioned at the Naval Underwater Systems Center, is the first submarine equipped to carry the new Trident II D-5 missile

Seated on the speakers platform during the commissioning ceremony for the nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine USS TENNESSEE (SSBN 734), are, left to right: Wiliam L. Ball II, Secretary of the Navy; Ned R. McWherter, governor of Tennessee; and Admiral (ADM) Frank B. Kelso II, commander in chief, US Atlantic Command. The TENNESSEE, which is being commissioned at the Naval Underwater Systems Center, is the first submarine equipped to carry the new Trident II D-5 missile

Ned R. McWherter, governor of Tennessee, speaks at the commissioning ceremony for the nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine USS TENNESSEE (SSBN 734). The TENNESSEE, which is being commissioned at the Naval Underwater Systems Center, is the first submarine equipped to carry the new Trident II D-5 missile

Guests at the commissioning of the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine USS HENRY M. JACKSON (SSBN 730). Left to right: Anna Marine Jackson, sponsor; Captain R. Tindal, Commanding Officer, blue; Commodore Frank W. Butterworth III, Captain M. Farmer, Commanding Offier, gold, and Admiral Kinnaird R. Mckee, Deputy Commander for Nuclear Propulsion, Naval Sea Systems Command

Side boys salute as Admiral (ADM) Frank B. Kelso II, commander in chief, US Atlantic Command, and Mrs. Landess McCown Kelso, ship's sponsor, depart from the speakers platform following the commissioning ceremony for the nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine USS TENNESSEE (SSBN 734). The TENNESSEE, which is being commissioned at the Naval Underwater Systems Center, is the first submarine equipped to carry the new Trident II D-5 missile

Seated on speakers platform during the commissioning of the guided missile frigate USS DOYLE (FFG 39) are, right to left, Robert H. Conn, deputy undersecretary of the Navy, Financial Management; Retired Vice Admiral (VADM) James H. Doyle; Vice Admiral Edward S. Briggs, commander, Naval Surface Force; Captain (CAPT) Michael P. Kalleres, commander, Destroyer Squadron Eight; and CAPT E. C. Webster, supervisor of shipbuilding, Bath, Maine

A distinguished guest speaks during the commissioning ceremony for the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS BUFFALO (SSN 715). Representative Jack F. Kemp (Republican-New York) and Admiral (ADM) Wesley L. McDonald, commander in chief, Atlantic and Atlantic Fleet, are seated on the right. On the left are Commander (CDR) G. Michael Hewitt, commanding officer of the BUFFALO, and Commodore Malcolm MacKinnon, supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, Newport News Shipbuilding

On the speakers platform during the commissioning ceremony for the nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine USS TENNESSEE (SSBN 734), are, left to right: Wiliam L. Ball II, Secretary of the Navy; Ned R. McWherter, governor of Tennessee; and Admiral (ADM) Frank B. Kelso II, commander in chief, US Atlantic Command, and Mrs. Landess McCown Kelso, ship's sponsor. The TENNESSEE, which is being commissioned at the Naval Underwater Systems Center, is the first submarine equipped to carry the new Trident II D-5 missile

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Base: New London

State: Connecticut (CT)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Carl Duvall, USN

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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17/12/1988

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