This cache is the fourth in a series of seven to reflect the ship and submarines, which Admiral Kelso served.
Admiral Kelso served as the Engineering Officer on the USS Daniel Webster (SSBN-626).
USS Daniel Webster (SSBN-626), a Lafayette-class ballistic missile submarine (FBM), was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Senator Daniel Webster. The contract to build Daniel Webster was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 3 February 1961 and her keel was laid down there on 28 December 1961. She was launched on 27 April 1963, sponsored by Mrs. W. Osborn Goodrich, Jr., and commissioned on 9 April 1964, with Commander Marvin S. Blair in command of the Blue Crew and Commander Lloyd S. Smith in command of the Gold Crew. Daniel Webster was decommissioned on 30 August 1990 and struck from the Naval Vessel Register the same day. She was converted to a moored training ship (MTS) and S5W reactor prototype training facility, by the Charleston Naval Shipyard at Charleston, South Carolina. Upon completion and designated MTS-626, she was towed up-river to her permanent berth at the Naval Nuclear Power Training Unit Charleston.
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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