Summary: | Handwritten on image: To Senator Jackson. With respect and appreciation for helping make this trip possible. HSkoogh [illeg.] co Skate Note filed with photograph: Rendezvous of U.S.S. Skate and U.S.S. Sea Dragon at North Pole. August 1962 On 7 July 1962, the USS Skate set course towards the North Pole. Five days later, USS Seadragon (SSN-584), did likewise from Pearl Harbor. The two submarines made their rendezvous on 31 July. After meeting, they operated together for over a week. Both submarines surfaced at the North Pole on 2 August and official greetings and insignia of Submarine Force Atlantic Fleet and Submarine Force Pacific Fleet were exchanged.
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