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VOLUME VI,-NUMBER 24
ADAK SUN
12 JUNE 1961
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—JBTS BREAK COAST TO COAST SPEED RECORD#., Three Navy F4H PHANTCM II
frlghoffS broke the ^°? Angeles—-New York speed record in the Bendix trophy race
y 24th, The best time of 2 hours and 47 minutes was set by Team No, 3,pilot—
vriiMP ITm?Lckard F# G0RD0N> Jr# radar intercept officer was ITJG Bobbie R.
IUUNG, The two made an average speed of 870 miles an hour for the 2,421.4 mile
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. AH times in the race are unofficial, pending approval in Paris of a claim
before the Federation Aeronautique Internationale. The previous record was 3
hours and 8 minutes.
TWO NAVYMEH OH U.S. SHOOTING TEAM IN iVORIfl EVENT..-Twn Navymen were among 7 of
America's crack skeet-shootfcrs that won places on the U.S, 1961 international
Shooting Team May. 18th at Fort Benning, Ga., Kenneth -SEDIECKY, SN, USN of Bald
win, Mich.,took 2nd place honors by smashing a 4 day total of 389 of 400 targets
while Kenneth PENDERGRASS, CPO of Jacksonville, Fla.,won a teani slot blasting
out 3B7 out of 400 to take 5th place. The U. S, Team will compete in the world
championships at Oslo, Norway, June 7 to 17.
|EW POLARIS SUB FIRST TO BEAR NAME OF INVENTOR,. .When the Polaris-firing THOMAS
A.- EDISON goes down the ways at General Dynamics Corporation's Electric Boat Div
ision on June l£th, she will be the first U,S, Navy sub to carry the name of an
inventor who was also an honorary admiral.
For while Thomas Alva Edison invented the electric light bulb, the phonograph
and 1,150 other items, the "Wizard of Menlo Park" also served with the Navy dur
ing WWI as a top civilian"off icerif
A little known fact is that Thomas A. EDISON's son, Charles EDISON, was Assist
ant Secretary of the Navy (1937-39) and Secretary of the Navy (1939-40).
WEST COAST FIRM .{ILL BUIID NAVY SUPPLE SHIP OF NEW CIASSL..BfaCWI Steel Company
at San Diego has received a fixed price contract' in the amount of 18,130,345 doli
lars for the construction of a Combat Store Ship’ £hFS> of a neWdeiSigil, the
artment of Defense officials afibOtthoed i& ftayV
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