CAPTAIN HARRY A. JACKSON'S PASSING

摘要

On Sunday, 10 April 2005, exactly 42 years after the tragic loss of THRESHER (SSN 593), Captain Harry A. Jackson, USN(Ret.) passed away. Captain Jackson was possibly the most influential person in the design of modern nuclear powered submarines. His legacy will be long lived and widely felt for as long as navies sail submarines. Born on 7 December 1916, Harry enlisted in the Naval Reserve in 1935. He was commissioned an Ensign after graduating from the University of Michigan in 1940 with a Bachelors of Science degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. Harry worked to design, build, and repair Navy warships throughout World War Ⅱ.