caption serviceyears branch commands death_date death_place birth_place allegiance awards battles birth_date rank image article_title name
james f. calvert 1942-1973 united states navy trigger ss-564 skate ssn-578 03 june 2009 bryn mawr , pennsylvania cleveland , ohio united states of america silver star -lrb- x2 -rrb- bronze star medal world war ii 08 september 1920 vice admiral james calvert.jpg james f. calvert
 james francis calvert
james f. calvert

james francis calvert -lrb- september 8 , 1920 -- june 3 , 2009 -rrb- served in the united states navy , where he commanded the , the third nuclear submarine commissioned and the second submarine to reach the north pole , which became the first to surface at the pole .
`` skate '' surfaced at the north pole on 17 march 1959 to commit the ashes of the famed explorer sir hubert wilkins to the arctic waste .
he later served as the 46th superintendent of the united states naval academy .
