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 | 57k | John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), of South Carolina, was a leading proponent of States' rights. He served his State and country with distinction in the House of Representatives 1811-17, and as Secretary of War 1817-25, Vice President 1825-32, Senator 1832-44 and 1845-50, and Secretary of State 1844-45. | Portrait from Gibbes Museum of Art courtesy of Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 133k | Henry Clay (SSBN-625) awaits her launching ceremony. The John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630) is on the left, 30 November 1962. | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company photo courtesy of Dale Hargrave. | |
 | 585k | THREE OF A KIND-And an ace hidden in the hole. A trio of Polaris submarines poke their noses over the edge of their building ways while another lies hidden at extreme right. Photo was made just before James Madison (SSBN-627) (center) was launched yesterday, 15 March 1963. At left is the Von Steuben (SSBN-632) and at right is the John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630). At far right and not sporting a nose as yet is the Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635). The four-in-a-row Polaris lineup can be duplicated in only one other yard-Electric Boat-where the Daniel Webster (SSBN-626), Tecumseh (SSBN-628),Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN-631) & Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633) have been laid down. The building slot vacated yesterday in Newport News by the James Madison soon will hold (SSBN-641), as yet unnamed. | Photo courtesy of Dale Hargrave. | |
 | 321k | Miss Rosalie J. Calhoun, great great granddaughter of John C. Calhoun, launches his namesake, the John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630) at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA., 22 June 1963. | Photo courtesy of Dale Hargrave. | |
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270k | John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630) sliding down the ways. | Photo courtesy of Dale Hargrave. | |
 | 112k | Commemorative post mark on the occasion of the John C. Calhoun's (SSBN-630) launching at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA., 22 June 1963. | Courtesy of Jack Treutle (of blessed memory). | |
 | 117k | The nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630) underway, possibly during her seatrials off the Virginia coast circa June 1963 - September 1964. | Official USN photo courtesy of Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr. | |
 | 104k | Commemorative post mark on the occasion of the commissioning of the John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630), 15 September 1964. | Courtesy of Jack Treutle (of blessed memory). | |
 | 436k | The nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630) enters port accompanied by the large harbor tug Saugus (YTB-780) on 18 May 1972 following Calhoun's return to Holy Loch after completion of the 1000th FBM patrol. | Text i.d. courtesy of Brooke Knieriem. Official USN photo # DN-ST-91-05226, by PH3 A.H. Jones, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. |
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 | 2.44k | Twenty three page PDF Welcome Aboard pamphlet for the John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630), 28 March 1994. | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com | |
 | 782k | John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630), in the Atlantic prior to her arrival at Cape Canaveral for a practice launch of a Polaris A-3 missile on 24 September 1964. Her hull number will be painted out before she goes to her first deterrent patrol. | USN photo # 1105437, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | |
 | 616k | Forward port quarter photo of the John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630), circa 1964. | USN photo # 93425, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | |
 | 165k | Emergency blow test aboard the John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630). | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 112k | Commemorative post mark issued on the occasion of the initial submerged firing of a Polaris missile aboard the John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630) by the Blue crew, 15 February 1965. | Courtesy of Jack Treutle (of blessed memory). | |
 | 410k | The John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630) as she arrives at Mare Island to start her C-3 Poseidon conversion at the yard on 2 August 1969. Tug at the bow is DeKaury (YTM-178). The stern of YTL-435Satanta (YTB-270) is visible aft of the sail. YD-172 is alongside of the Sperry (AS-12) to the left. | USN photo # 93424, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | b>|
 | 348k | The John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630) as she arrives at Mare Island to start her C-3 Poseidon conversion at the yard on 2 August 1969. Tug at the bow is DeKaury (YTM-178) The bow of YTL-435 is visible forward of the sail and the mast of Satanta (YTB-270) is visible aft of the sail. | USN photo # 93420, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | |
 | 297k | The John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630) is moored at Mare Island on 2 August 1969 ready to start her C-3 Poseidon conversion at the yard. Tug Satanta (YTB-270) is at the stern and the mast of YTL-435 is visible aft of the sail. | USN photo # 93425, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | |
 | 663k | Bow view of the Hawkbill (SSN-666) during her commissioning at Mare Island on 4 February 1971. YR-78 is aft of Hawkbill. The John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630) is aft of YR-78. John C. Calhoun entered MINSY in August, 1969 for a refueling overhaul and conversion from Polaris A-3 to Poseidon C-3 missile systems. Her overhaul was nearly complete at the time the photo was made, and she departed from the yard two weeks later enroute to the Atlantic for missile testing and deployment. | Photo & text i.d. courtesy of Dave Vanderveen, SSBN-634 and SSBN 630. USN photo # 102436-2-71 TH 01, courtesy of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum via Darryl L. Baker. |
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 | 496k | Commanding Officer's of the John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630) at a farewell luncheon on 18 February 1971 in Vallejo at the completion of the submarine's overhaul at Mare Island. Left to right CDR Thomas Jewell (Blue Crew) and CDR John Apple (Gold Crew). | Photo from the files of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum via Darryl L. Baker. | |
 | 406k | John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630) on 18 May 1972. | USN photo NPC K-93965, courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 27k | John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630) transiting the Panama Canal during the summer of 1993. | USN photo courtesy of Dave Langley. | |
 | 46k | Commemorative post mark on the occasion of deactivation of the John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630), at Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 3 July 1993. | Courtesy of Jack Treutle (of blessed memory). | |
 | 727k | A starboard bow view of the nucelar-powered strategic missile submarines Nebraska (SSBN-739), left, and John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630) in Port Canaveral, Florida, 22 August 1993. | USN photo # DN-SC-93-06094, by OS2 John Bouvia, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 778k | A port bow view of the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630) in port. Moored behind the John C. Calhoun is the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine Nebraska (SSBN-739), in Port Canaveral, Florida, 22 August 1993. | Official USN photo # DN-SC-93-06087, by OS2 John Bouvia, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. submitted by Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 242k | A starboard quarter view of the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine Nebraska (SSBN-739) in port. Moored in front of the Nebraska is the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630). | USN photo # DN-SC-93-06086, by OS2 John Bouvia, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. & submitted by Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 1.10k | Seven page PDF Deactivation pamphlet for the John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630), 3 July 1993. | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com | |
 | 180k | Decom Plan of Day for the John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630) on 28 March, 1994. | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 3.30k | Eleven page PDF Decommissioning pamphlet for the John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630), 28 March 1994. | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com | |
 | 293k | Decommissioning article on the John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630) from the 7 April 1994 edition of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard newspaper "Signal". | USN photo # 93425, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | |
 | 83k | Trench 94, Hanford Site, Washington, 1994. Hull sections containing defueled reactor compartments of decommissioned nuclear-powered submarines are put in disposal trenches. Once full, the trench will be filled with dirt and buried. The compartments are expected to retain their integrity for more than 600 years. | USN photo submitted by Jack Treutle (of blessed memory). | |
 | 569k | Sealed reactor compartments are shipped by barge out of Puget Sound Naval Base down the coast and along the Columbia River to the port of Benton. There the radioactively-contaminated hull sections are transferred to special multiwheeled high-load trailers for transport to the Hanford Reservation in Washington State. Pictured below is the burial ground for spent fuel of the following 77 nuclear reactor submarines as of March 2003: Patrick Henry (SSBN-599), Snook (SSN-592), George Washington (SSBN-598), Scamp (SSN-588), Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601), Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618), Theodore Roosevelt (SSBN-600), Dace (SSN-607), John Adams (SSBN-620), Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602), Barb (SSN-596), Ethan Allen (SSBN-608), Thomas A. Edison (SSBN-610), Pollack (SSN-603), Glenard P. Lipscomb (SSN-685), James Monroe (SSBN-622), Skipjack (SS-585), Nathan Hale (SSBN-623), Plunger (SSN-595), Shark (SSN-591), Lafayette (SSBN-616), Sam Houston (SSBN-609), Jack (SSN-605), Haddo (SSN-604), Tinosa (SSN-606), Guardfish (SSN-612), Permit (SSN-594), Queenfish (SSN-651), Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN-631), John Marshall (SSBN-611), George C. Marshall (SSBN-654), Flasher (SSN-613), Guitarro (SSN-665), Alexander Hamilton (SSBN-617), George Washington Carver (SSBN-656), Tecumseh (SSBN-628), Halibut (SSGN-587), Will Rogers (SSBN-659), Henry L. Stimson (SSBN-655), Daniel Boone (SSBN-629), Greenling (SSN-614), John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630), Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633), Skate (SSN-578), Sargo (SSN-583), Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657), Sturgeon (SSN-637), Benjamin Franklin (SSBN-640), Swordfish (SSN-579), Seadragon (SSN-584), Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634), Simon Bolivar (SSBN-641), Hammerhead (SSN-663), Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN-658) , Tullibee (SSN-597), Lewis & Clark (SSBN-644), Pargo (SSN-650), Seahorse (SSN-669), Gurnard (SSN-662), Flying Fish (SSN-673), Gato (SSN-615), Puffer (SSN-652), Seawolf (SSN-575), Baton Rouge (SSN-689), Bergall (SSN-667), Whale (SSN-638), Henry Clay (SSBN-625), James Madison (SSBN-627), Finback (SSN-670), Spadefish (SSN-668), Sunfish (SSN-649), George Bancroft (SSBN-643), Grayling (SSN-646), Pintado (SSN-672), Tunny (SSN-682), Archerfish (SSN-678), & Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624). As time passes & more boats are retired from service and their reactors are brought here, so the numbers rise. In this photo dated November 2009, 98 nuclear submarines and six nuclear cruisers have been recycled. For an up to date view, click here | USN photo submitted by Jack Treutle (of blessed memory). Insert link courtesy of wikimedia.org |
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