Rickover Recollections
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Recollection from Margaret Lurie
"I am Hyman Rickover’s niece. My mother was his younger sister. He was a major part of my life when I was growing up." - Margaret Lurie
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The Wrath of Rickover
"I could see the rage starting to build. I think it started somewhere in his neck, but maybe it started lower than that." - Captain William J. Toti, USN (Ret.)
Includes explicit language
This article was originally published in the US Naval Institute Proceedings. Copyright US Naval Institute. Reprinted with permission.
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Three Recollections of Meetings with Admiral Rickover
"I look back and realize that I was part of Admiral Rickover’s amusement for the day with him smiling at times, something he was not known for." - Captain Jim Petersen, USNR (Ret.)
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The Strangest Day of my Life
"I grew up with Admiral Hyman Rickover as my overlord." - Steve Stone
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Rickover Experience – VADM R. F. Bacon
"I’ll let the letter from ENS Bacon to Vice Adm Rickover speak for itself." - Captain Butch Howard, USN (Ret.)
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Admiral Rickover Observations
"I didn't have to sit and wait very long before I was called to enter the sparse office. It was nicer than I thought it would be; so was the Admiral." - Captain John Paulson, USN (Ret.)
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Rickover’s International Impact
"It was the ingenious Admiral who initially, hand wrote the process based approach. [...] These notes by the Admiral were then loaned to the Royal Navy. [...] Conveniently the US as source and Admiral as the author seems to have been forgotten." - Dr. IJ Arora
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My Admiral Rickover Story
"I started the tour and had not gotten but a few sentences out before Admiral Rickover really took over. He started by describing the valves at the Discharge Station as “works of art”, apparently appealing to a non-engineer." - Captain John J. Mackin, USN (Ret.)
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Rickover Letters to RADM Roy S. Benson
"It was a Rickover tradition to "ride" a new SSBN during sea trials (prior to commissioning) to assure the quality of the boat and its crew. To commemorate the event, Rickover prepared a letter about the boat, but more importantly about the person for whom the boat was named." - Rick Connole
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Recollection from Captain Eugene Holler
"The whole process took about 17 seconds, and I was escorted out of his office before my posterior barely grazed the seat of the chair in front of the admiral’s desk." - Captain Eugene Holler, USNR (Ret.)
UA 436.02.01 Admiral Hyman Rickover Photo Collection, Archives Branch, Naval History and Heritage Command, Washington, DC
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Recollection from Winston H. Peterson
"He asked me if that wasn’t a total waste. I said I didn’t think so. He looked at me as though I had committed a deadly sin." - Winston H. Peterson
UA 436.02.03 Admiral Hyman Rickover Photo Collection, Archives Branch, Naval History and Heritage Command, Washington, DC
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A Morning with Rickover
"My face must have gone white as I considered my dilemma. Here I was with the submarine force’s chief engineer and me, a newly promoted CDR, hoping someday soon to take command." - Captain Alan Lawver
DN-SN-82-05062 USS Atlanta (SSN-712), Archives Branch, Naval History and Heritage Command, Washington, DC
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Meeting Admiral Rickover at the Commissioning of SSN-709
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The Hidden Rickover
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Recollection from Captain Mike Pestorius
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Recollection from Lieutenant Robert G. Mahan
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Recollections of Admiral Rickover
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Admiral Rickover Recollection
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Four Recollections of Admiral Rickover
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Recollection from David Campbell
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About the Kindly Old Gentleman
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The Interview
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Recollection from Tim Richard
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Rickover Interview
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Me and The Admiral
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Recollection from Charlie Nesbitt
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The Rickover Interview
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The Rickover Interview
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Admiral Rickover
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Interview
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Admiral Rickover Visits Chicago
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Recollections of Encounters with Admiral Rickover
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Admiral Hyman Rickover
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The Rickover List
"I was given the list and proceeded to gather all of the items. A visit by Admiral Rickover was a very serious event and I recall everyone’s nerves being on edge." - Rick Riessen
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Admiral Rickover
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Rickover Memories
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