Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C407-14-63
During a visit aboard the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154), President John F. Kennedy (center, looking through binoculars) watches a demonstration of the firing of a Polaris A-2 missile from the submarine USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619), at sea off the coast of Florida. Left to right: Commanding Officer of the USS Observation Island, Captain Roderick O. Middleton; Deputy Commander of the Submarine Force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Rear Admiral Vernon L. Lowrance; President Kennedy; and Director of Special Projects (USN), Rear Admiral I. J. Galantin.