This cache is the third of a series of seven to reflect the ship and submarines, which Admiral Kelso served.
On completion of nuclear power training, Admiral Kelso served one year in the nuclear power department of the school, then reported to the USS Pollack SSN-603, as part of the pre-commissioning crew.
USS Pollack (SSN-603), a Permit class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pollack, a food fish resembling the true cod, but with the lower jaw projecting and without the barbel. The contract to build Pollack was awarded to New York Shipbuilding Corporation in Camden, New Jersey on 3 March 1959 and her keel was laid down on 14 March 1960. She was launched on 17 March 1962, sponsored by Mrs. John Pastore, and commissioned on 26 May 1964, with Commander Harvey E. Lyon in command. Pollack was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 March 1989 . Ex-Pollack entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington, on 9 February 1993. Recycling was completed on 17 February 1995.
Admiral Frank B Kelso II, who was born and raised in Fayetteville, Tennessee. He served in the United States Navy for thirty eight years and was the Chief of Naval Operations from 1990 to 1994. He was honored by the City of Fayetteville and Lincoln County with July 11, 2018 (and every July 11th after that) being proclaimed Admiral Frank Kelso Day. On Saturday, July 14, 2018 the inaugural Fayetteville Lincoln County Tennessee Hometown Heroes honored him at the museum.
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