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William Francis Raborn, Jr., (June 8, 1905 – March 6, 1990) was the United States Director of Central Intelligence from April 28, 1965 until June 30, 1966. He was also a career United States Navy officer who led the project to develop the Polaris missile system and retired from the navy in 1963 as a vice admiral. [1]
Mar 13, 1990 · He was 84 years old. Admiral Raborn was the first director of the Navy's Fleet Ballistic Missile Program, which supervised development and production of the world's first submarine-launched ...
He was 84 years old. Admiral Raborn was the first direc- tor of the Navy's Fleet Ballistic Missile Program, which supervised develop- ment and production of the world's first submarine-launched nuclear mis- sile, the Polaris.
The great importance of the Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile to today’s Submarine Force along with the strategic role the SSBNs play in our national security posture place Admiral “Red” Raborn at a level with Admiral H. G. Rickover in determining the destiny of present nuclear submariners. His Obituary says he was picked for the ...
Mar 16, 1990 · William Francis Raborn Jr., a retired Navy vice admiral who was in charge of the development of the Polaris missile and later headed the Central Intelligence Agency in the Lyndon B.
Mar 13, 1990 · William Francis Raborn Jr., 84, a retired Navy vice admiral who later served 14 months as director of central intelligence in 1965 and 1966, died of cardiac arrest March 6 at Sibley Memorial...
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RADM Kenneth C. Malley Director Strategic Systems Programs Department of the Navy Washington, D.C. 20376-5002. Dear Admiral Malley: I am taking the liberty of providing you a copy of an official verbal history of the Polaris system in my own words as told to the official Naval verbal historian, Dr. Mason.
