#150) Our U.S. Navy’s “Boomer” Submarines

The U.S. Navy’s fleet of 18 “Boomer” submarines, a.k.a. Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) submarines, are the most feared weapon on earth. Recently, several impressive photos of these Ohio Class submarines were compiled and distributed. This collection is presented here in the form of a video slideshow for easy viewing.

My thanks to Don Barton for forwarding these photos. BTW, Don was the Program Manager for the mass memories that were installed in each of these FBM subs Integrated Radio Room.

To view this short 4 minute video on YouTube, simply click here. 

PS: Don't forget the Has Beens luncheon is next week (October 11th).

Enjoy! Carl

#130) Some New Additions to the Librascope Memories Website

First of all, Happy New Year to everyone! Seems like 2015 flew by.

Today, some new photos and a YouTube video were added to the ever growing Librascope Memories website. Their captions are listed below under the section in which they appear.

Photo Album - Advertisements (56) (click here)

• LGP-30 - 1959c

Photo Album - Products (47) (click here)

• LGP-30 Triple Flip Flop Board
• L-2010 - c1961
• Trackball Product Line

Photo Album - Places (22) (click here)

• Librascope Singer Instrumentation - Marina Del Rey
• Librascope Singer Instrumentation - Marina Del Rey (Full)
• For a short story about Singer Instrumentation, click here.

Photo Album - People (56) (click here)

• Carl Sorensen and Don Barton (rear) with their wives at the 1960 Librascope Christmas Party.

Librascope Videos (9) (click here)

• #9) Librascope LGP-30 Computer History - Vintage Vacuum Tube Circuit Boards (click here).

Again, Happy New Year!

Carl

#77) Two New Photo Albums Published on LM

In case you haven't checked the Librascope Memories (LM) website recently, two new 1990's vintage photo albums were published there earlier this month.

1995 Service Awards Luncheon Collage

The first album contains 18 candid photos that were taken at the 1995 Service Awards Luncheon hosted by Ed Arnold, Librascope President, at the Cinnabar in Glendale. The service awards were for those senior Libravets who had recently celebrated a major award anniversary with Librascope. Carl Sorensen, VP of Quality and Resource Management, presided over the ceremony. Other attendees included Don Barton, Ralph Simon, Stacy Lavender, Tom Charbonneau, Tom Cuda, Ray Hand, Larry Anderson, Margie Boudinot, Joseph Collin, and Peter Chang.

BSY-2 Collage

The second photo album is an assortment of BSY-2 pictures. During the early 1990's, Librascope was in full production of the BSY-2 Fire Control System Program for the U.S. Navy. During this time there were many visits by the Navy to attend periodic program reviews, and tour the manufacturing facility where they could inspect the systems being built for the Navy's new Seawolf attack submarine program.

Both of these photo albums may be accessed from the Photos section on www.librascopememories.com. Click here to go directly to the Photos section, and simply click on the album you wish to view.