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Oral history interview with Charles A. Lockwood, 1965.

Creator: Lockwood, Charles A., 1890-1967
Project: Naval history project.
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Phys. Desc. :Transcript 720 pages
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Naval officer.

Scope and Contents

Youth in Missouri, Naval Academy, early cruises; Asiatic Fleet, submarine duty and command; Philippines, Command of 1st Asiatic Submarine Division, 1917; Japan, 1918; New London submarine base; captured German submarines; interwar training cruises and submarine experiences; fleet operations; Naval Mission, Rio de Janeiro, 1929; SQUALUS rescue operations; Naval Attache, London, 1941; Commander Submarines, Pacific Fleet, 1943; wolfpack techniques, sonar and radar, periscope photography, rescue operations; postwar career; nuclear propulsion, development of atomic submarine.

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