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Year of Birth
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
Kent Weekly (SS/DSV) (DBF), EMCS
to remember
Calvert, James Francis, VADM USN(Ret).
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Home Town
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Last Address
Bryn Mawr, PA
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Date of Passing
Jun 03, 2009 |
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Other Comments:
Admiral Calvert was the Commanding Officer of USS Skate (SSN-578) when she became the first submarine to surface at the North Pole.
9:47 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Aug. 11, 1958, the 265-foot-long Skate — the third nuclear-powered submarine in the American fleet — poked through a break in the ice near the North Pole. Soon after, Admiral Calvert, then a commander, radioed the news to headquarters in New London, Conn.
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1939-1942, US Naval Academy Annapolis (Faculty Staff)
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1942-1942, Submarine School Officers Basic
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1942-1945, USS Jack (SS-259)
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1945-1946, USS Haddo (SS-255)
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1946-1947, USS Charr (SS-328)
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1947-1949, USS Harder (SS-568)
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1952-1954, USS Trigger (SS-564)
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1955-1957, Naval Reactors
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1957-1959, USS Skate (SSN-578)
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1967-1968, Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla Eight (COMCRUDESFLOT 8)
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1968-1972, US Naval Academy Annapolis (Faculty Staff)
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1972-1973, COMMANDER FIRST FLEET (COMFIRSTFLEET)
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