Halibut Hangar

On June 03, 2009 Rear Admiral James F. Calvert¹ died at the age of 88—he drove our third nuclear power submarine² to the North Pole, just to see what would happen—then went on to guide our Naval Academy as its 46th superintendent³.

North Pole submarine visits⁴ are now routine—there's still plenty of "just to see what happens" experiments being conducted, too.

Web:

• WP, Commander of First Vessel to Surface at North Pole
• NavSource Skate (SSN-578)
• USS Skate (SSN-578) Photo Essay

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1. See James F Calvert, Silent Running: My Years on a World War II Attack Submarine, John Wiley, 1995

2. United States submarine USS Skate SSN 578.

It's of course entirely consistent with submariner de rigueur to thoughtfully do something just to see what will happen.

3. List of U.S. Naval Academy Superintendents

4. Video of submarine surfacing through an ice slurpy