James F. Calvert
United States admiral
Died when: 88 years 268 days (1064 months)Star Sign: Virgo
James Francis Calvert (September 8, 1920 – June 3, 2009) served in the United States Navy, where he commanded USS Skate, the third nuclear submarine commissioned and the second submarine to reach the North Pole, which became the first to surface at the pole.
Skate surfaced at the North Pole on 17 March 1959 to commit the ashes of the famed explorer Sir Hubert Wilkins to the Arctic waste.
He later served as the 46th superintendent of the United States Naval Academy.
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