USS Tarpon (SS-175)
Senior Navy officials attend the ship's launching ceremonies, at the Electric Boat Company shipyard, Groton, Connecticut, 4 September 1935.
Those present are, from left to right:
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Henry L. Roosevelt;
Rear Admiral Edward C. Kalbfus, President, Naval War College;
Rear Admiral Harold G. Bowen, Chief, Bureau of Engineering;
Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, Chief, Bureau of Construction and Repair; and
Admiral William H. Standley, Chief of Naval Operations
