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HYMAN G. RICKOVER

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HYMAN G. RICKOVER
<p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>HYMAN G. RICKOVER </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'>(1900-1986). Russian-born American naval officer and engineer who presided over buildup of US nuclear-powered Navy. TLS “<i>H. G. Rickover</i>,” 1p, 4to, “<i>At Sea, North Atlantic</i>,” Oct 3, 1966. On <i>USS Guardfish</i> letterhead to John Moss, congressman and former WWII naval officer, commenting on a successful sea trial of this nuclear submarine, relating the WWII history of the original ship of that name and its successes against the Japanese including the longest torpedo shots of the war. He provides an update on the number of nuclear submarines of various classes now in the United States fleet, including attack types and Polaris submarines. Fine. Rickover was the major proponent of the use of nuclear powered submarines for the US Navy, and went on trial runs with most of them.</span></p>