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Lafayette launches Polaris test from nuclear submarine at Cape Canaveral
The Lafayette, first of a new class of Polaris subs, sails off Cape Canaveral for a dry run with six A2 missiles aboard. Cmdr Patrick J. Hannifin leads blue crew while NAVDAC guides navigation and inertial systems feed data to the missile guidance.
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Port Canaveral
Atlantic Ocean
Florida
Lafayette
Cape Canaveral
Free World
Naval Weapons Annex
Charleston
S.C
Polaris
Navy
Canaveral
Cmdr
Patrick J. Hannifin
Atlantic
Peter Finley Hugh Hughes
Navdac
Hannifin
Moat
Devol
Okla
Blue
James Strong
Freeport
Ill
Golds
Donald P. Hall
Blues
New London
Conn
Tor Richter
George Washington
Richter