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 | 109k | John Adams. Copy of painting by or after John Singleton Copley, ca. 1783. (George Washington Bicentennial Commission) | NARA FILE #: 148-CD-4-18. Official USN photo # HD-SN-99-01727, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 259k | READY TO GO - The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard's second nuclear powered Polaris missile submarine, the John Adams (SSBN-620) is shown here yesterday poised on her building ways and ready for her launching at 1:15. Although this is the first time a Polaris submarine has gone down the ways bow first, todays ceremony marks the third time this has taken place here, the others were of the Thresher class. | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 440k | Mrs. Abigail Adams Manny, great, great, great granddaughter of John Quincy Adams (add another great for John Adams) christening the John Adams (SSBN-620). | Photo courtesy of Dale Hargrave. | |
 | 264k | Four page launching program PDF of the John Adams (SSBN-620) at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME, 12 January 1963. | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 391k | Stern view of the John Adams (SSBN-620) going down the ways at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on 12 January 1963. | USN photo courtesy of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum via Darryl L. Baker. | |
 | 298k | The John Adams (SSBN-620) starts to slides bow first into the water during her launching at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME, 12 January 1963. | Photo from the collection of Edmund Cokely, CWO 2, USN Retired. | |
 | 268k | The John Adams (SSBN-620) is more than half way down the launching ways at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME, 12 January 1963. | Photo from the collection of Edmund Cokely, CWO 2, USN Retired. | |
 | 268k | With crew and dignitaries on board, the John Adams (SSBN-620) is waterborne and underway following her launching, 12 January 1963. | Photo from the collection of Edmund Cokely, CWO 2, USN Retired. | |
 | 354k | Mrs. Abigail Adams Manny, great, great, great granddaughter of John Quincy Adams, does the honors on her namesake's ballistic bearer on 12 January 1963. | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 2.87k | 16 page commissioning program PDF of the John Adams (SSBN-620). | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 193k | Cdr Lando C. Zeck Jr., 1st Blue CO of the John Adams (SSBN-620). | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 195k | Cdr Paul John Early, lst Gold CO of the John Adams (SSBN-620). | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 431k | One of a kind times three: John Adams (SSBN-620) commissioned, Nathanael Greene (SSBN-636) launched; & Grayling's (SSN-646) keel laid on 12 May 1964. | Photo courtesy of Dale Hargrave. | |
 | 690k | John Adams (SSBN-620) possibly during her trials. | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 148k | John Adams (SSBN-620) sails the seas on 10/10/1964. | USN photo # NPC 1114103, courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 317k | The John Adams (SSBN-620) underway during her shakedown period off the New England coast, April 1964. | Photo from the collection of Edmund Cokely, CWO 2, USN Retired. | |
 | 258k | The colorful trials of John Adams (SSBN-620). | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 121k | The John Adams (SSBN-620) in Charleston Harbor in South Carolina, April 1964. The bridges in the background are the now demolished Cooper River Bridges (Grace and Pearman bridges) and the building at left is the still standing Wagener Terrace building at the corner of King and Mount Pleasant streets in Charleston, SC., | Photo i.d. via Eric Zink. Official USN photo courtesy of Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr. |
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 | 258k | Captain Lando William Zech, Jr takes command of the John Adams (SSBN-620) on 12 May 1964. (Not that you would know from this photo). | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
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388k | VADM Lando William Zech, Jr. was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1941. At Annapolis, he played varsity baseball and basketball. In his senior year, he captained the baseball team. Admiral Zech served 39 years in the Navy after his graduation from the Naval Academy in 1944 with the World War II Class of 1945. His first assignment was to the destroyer John D. Henley (DD-553) in the western Pacific where he participated in the second battle for the Philippines, the Iwo Jima and Okinawa campaigns and on picket station duty off the coast of Japan during the last days of the war. After the war and a second destroyer tour on the Henry W. Tucker (DD-875), Admiral Zech volunteered for submarine duty and subsequently commanded four submarines, Sea Robin (SS-407) [January 1956 to Nov 1956], Albacore (AGSS-569) [15 January 1957 to 15 January 1958], and after nuclear power training, Nautilus (SSN-571) [22 June 1959 to 20 April 1962] and John Adams (SSBN-620) [12 May 1964 to 2 March 1965]. He later commanded the guided missile cruiser Springfield (CLG-7) [12 July 1968 to 9 February 1970]. Upon his selection to flag rank, he served as Commandant of the Thirteenth Naval District in Seattle, WA, the Chief of Naval Technical Training in Memphis, TN and as Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Japan in Yokosuka. After his selection to Vice Admiral he served as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Manpower, Personnel and Training and Chief of Naval Personnel in Washington, D.C. He retired from the Navy in 1983. | USN photo & text courtesy of Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 115k | John Adams (SSBN-620), entering Pearl Harbor on 12 January 1970 during a dependents cruise. Across the stern is Diamond Head and across the bow is Honolulu. | Text courtesy of Don Sparks, YNC(SS)-Ret. USS JOHN ADAMS (B & G) May 1966 - July 1970. Photo courtesy of John Hummel, USN (Retired). | |
 | 27k | Commemorative post card marking the death of John Adams exactly 50 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson also died the same day. Post mark dated on the bicentennial, 4 July 1976. | Photo courtesy of Jack Treutle (of blessed memory). | |
 | 457k | Hunley (AS-31) & John Adams (SSBN-620). | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 1.42k | A tail of two tender night Photo for the John Adams (SSBN-620). | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 124k | John Adams (SSBN-620) is welcomed home in 1973. | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 231k | John Adams (SSBN-620) during her 1973-4 overhaul. | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 464k | John Adams (SSBN-620) during her 1973-4 overhaul. | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 415k | John Adams (SSBN-620) during her 1973-4 overhaul. | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 126k | February 1974 Portsmouth Periscope article of the John Adams (SSBN-620). | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 249k | John Adams (SSBN-620) during Demonstration And Shakedown Operation trial on 25 May 1976. | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 3.06k | Six page Demonstration And Shakedown Operation PDF of the John Adams (SSBN-620). | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 872k | John Adams (SSBN-620) goes up the river. | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 127k | Missile compartment aboard the John Adams (SSBN-620). | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 258k | John Adams (SSBN-620) creates a splash in style during the launch of a Poseidon missile on 25 May 1976. | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 59k | John Adams (SSBN-620) in Ft. Lauderdale FL., 1981. | Courtesy of The unofficial* USS John Adams (SSBN 620) Homepage. | |
 | 39k | "The John Adams (SSBN-620) and the Sailing Ship Baltimore." This picture was on the front page of the Charleston, South Carolina paper the "News and Courier" in 1982. | Text and photo courtesy of The unofficial* USS John Adams (SSBN 620) Homepage. | |
 | 134k | John Adams (SSBN-620) last Pacific patrol. | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 1.38k | 16 Page Welcome Aboard the John Adams (SSBN-620) PDF, circa 1985. | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 1.01k | 22 page Deactivation Program PDF of the John Adams (SSBN-620), 14 September 1988. | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 115k | Commemorative post card marking the decommissioning of the John Adams (SSBN-620), 24 March 1989. | Courtesy of Richard Leonhardt. | |
 | 83k | Trench 94, Hanford Site, Washington, 1994. Hull sections containing defueled reactor compartments of decommissioned nuclear-powered submarines are put in disposal trenches. Once full, the trench will be filled with dirt and buried. The compartments are expected to retain their integrity for more than 600 years. | USN photo submitted by Jack Treutle (of blessed memory). | |
 | 569k | Sealed reactor compartments are shipped by barge out of Puget Sound Naval Base down the coast and along the Columbia River to the port of Benton. There the radioactively-contaminated hull sections are transferred to special multiwheeled high-load trailers for transport to the Hanford Reservation in Washington State. Pictured below is the burial ground for spent fuel of the following 77 nuclear reactor submarines as of March 2003: Patrick Henry (SSBN-599), Snook (SSN-592), George Washington (SSBN-598), Scamp (SSN-588), Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601), Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618), Theodore Roosevelt (SSBN-600), Dace (SSN-607), John Adams (SSBN-620), Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602), Barb (SSN-596), Ethan Allen (SSBN-608), Thomas A. Edison (SSBN-610), Pollack (SSN-603), Glenard P. Lipscomb (SSN-685), James Monroe (SSBN-622), Skipjack (SS-585), Nathan Hale (SSBN-623), Plunger (SSN-595), Shark (SSN-591), Lafayette (SSBN-616), Sam Houston (SSBN-609), Jack (SSN-605), Haddo (SSN-604), Tinosa (SSN-606), Guardfish (SSN-612), Permit (SSN-594), Queenfish (SSN-651), Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN-631), John Marshall (SSBN-611), George C. Marshall (SSBN-654), Flasher (SSN-613), Guitarro (SSN-665), Alexander Hamilton (SSBN-617), George Washington Carver (SSBN-656), Tecumseh (SSBN-628), Halibut (SSGN-587), Will Rogers (SSBN-659), Henry L. Stimson (SSBN-655), Daniel Boone (SSBN-629), Greenling (SSN-614), John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630), Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633), Skate (SSN-578), Sargo (SSN-583), Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657), Sturgeon (SSN-637), Benjamin Franklin (SSBN-640), Swordfish (SSN-579), Seadragon (SSN-584), Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634), Simon Bolivar (SSBN-641), Hammerhead (SSN-663), Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN-658) , Tullibee (SSN-597), Lewis & Clark (SSBN-644), Pargo (SSN-650), Seahorse (SSN-669), Gurnard (SSN-662), Flying Fish (SSN-673), Gato (SSN-615), Puffer (SSN-652), Seawolf (SSN-575), Baton Rouge (SSN-689), Bergall (SSN-667), Whale (SSN-638), Henry Clay (SSBN-625), James Madison (SSBN-627), Finback (SSN-670), Spadefish (SSN-668), Sunfish (SSN-649), George Bancroft (SSBN-643), Grayling (SSN-646), Pintado (SSN-672), Tunny (SSN-682), Archerfish (SSN-678), & Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624). As time passes & more boats are retired from service and their reactors are brought here, so the numbers rise. In this photo dated November 2009, 98 nuclear submarines and six nuclear cruisers have been recycled. For an up to date view, click here | USN photo submitted by Jack Treutle (of blessed memory). Insert link courtesy of wikimedia.org |
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