ADMIRAL HYMAN G. RICKOVER - CLIPPED SIGNATURE - HFSID 177940
Price: $240.00
HYMAN G. RICKOVER
Rickover's clipped signature mounted to a transportation-themed
card
Clipped signature: "H. G. Rickover". 3x1¾, mounted on a
transportation-themed 8½x11 card with rounded corners. Signature captioned:
"Sincerely,/H. G. Rickover". Card captioned: "Admiral
Rickover/Vice-Admiral Hyman George Rickover/Born : 1900/Officer in Charge/Atomic
Submarine Project". Head of the United States Navy's electrical division in
World War II, Rickover (1900-1986, born in Makov, Russia) moved to the
Atomic Energy Commission in 1947 and developed the first nuclear-powered
submarine, the Nautilus, in 1954. He presided over the build-up of
the U.S. nuclear-powered Navy. He also presided over the construction of the
one-of a kind, super-secret NR-1 nucelar submarine. Despite cost overruns
during its development, which earned the wrath of the General Accounting Office,
the NR-1 fulfilled Rickover's fondest hopes. The story of the craft has
now been told in Dark Waters: An Insider's Account of the NR-1, the Cold
War's Undercover Nuclear Submarine by Don Davis and original crewmember Lee
Vyborny (2002). Rickover was promoted to rear admiral in 1953, vice-admiral
in 1959 and admiral in 1973. Lightly toned and creased. Signature has random
ink stains. Card has three binder holes on left edge and adhesive residue.
Otherwise in fine condition.
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