For more than 25 years, ONI had a contract with the Annapolis Div of the David Taylor Naval Ships Research and Development Center - the Model Basin - for the services of Larry Rosenblatt.

Larry worked almost exclusively on System data compiling statistics that provided the basis for some of ONI's most important assessment including such esoteric techniques as the recognition of individual platforms by slip-rate analysis.

The writer sends cheers – with fond memories - to a fellow octogenarian in appreciation for his critically important contributions.