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A RARE LETTER FROM ADMIRAL HYMAN RICKOVER TO REPRESENTATIVE SEYMOUR HALPERN. On official USS Bergall - A RARE LETTER FROM ADMIRAL HYMAN RICKOVER TO REPRESENTATIVE SEYMOUR HALPERN. On official USS Bergall stationary dated March 24, 1969. Boasting of the capabilities of both the old and new USS Bergall as well as indicating that in total the Navy has 82 nuclear submarines. Hyman Rickover was born Chaim Gedalya Rykower in Poland, anglicised his name and converted to Episcopalian. Seymour Halpern was a member of the House of Representatives from New York.