Rickover Recollections

By 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. After my grandfather died, my grandmother…

By William J. Toti, Captain, USN (Ret.) A U.S. Naval Academy midshipman endures legendary tongue lashings and banishment to a broom closet from the Father of the Nuclear Navy. The time was…

By Jim Petersen, Captain, USNR (Ret.), USNA 1976, PhD I met with Admiral Rickover personally, three times when I was a young officer. Here are summaries of the three times although the…

By Steve Stone I was a Sailor, once upon a time.  Not just any Sailor, either. I was an enlisted nuke for seven years. That means for a good 10% of my…

By Butch Howard, Captain, USN (Ret.) My name is Capt Butch Howard USN (Ret). I am VADM Roger Bacon’s son in-law.   Roger had an interesting encounter with Adm Rickover many years…

By John Paulson, Captain, USN (Ret.) I had one personal meeting with Admiral Rickover, the one necessary for entry into his Nuclear Propulsion Program. Therefore, my 1971 meet and-greet is similar to…

By Dr. IJ Arora I have neither met the Admiral nor served with him. However, I did hear of the great Admiral when the Indian Navy in 1986, went to train for…

By John J. (JJ) Mackin, Captain, USN (Ret.) My Admiral Rickover story probably differs from most. I was Executive Officer on USS Cincinnati (SSN 693) in November of 1980 home ported in…

By Eugene Holler, Captain, USNR (Ret.) Admiral Rickover, at his various testimonies, usually stated that he personally interviewed every officer accepted into the Navy’s nuclear power program. There are numerous stories of…

By Winston Peterson My initial interview with Adm. Rickover for the nuclear power program occurred before graduating from the Naval Academy. After interviewing with several senior officers, most of whom were more than a…

By Alan Lawver, Captain In early January 1982, we were on initial post construction sea trials out of Newport News shipyard in Virginia. I was the commissioning Executive Officer (XO) on new…