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Baton Rouge (SSN-689)

Los Angeles Class Attack Submarine: Laid down, 8 January 1971, at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock, Co., Newport News, VA.; Launched, 26 April 1975; Commissioned, USS Baton Rouge (SSN-689), 25 June 1977. Decommissioned and simultaneously struck from the Naval Register, 13 January 1995; Final Disposition, to be disposed of through NPSSRP (Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA., 30 September 1997.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 6,000 t., Submerged: 6.927 t.; Length 360'; Beam 33'; Draft 29'; Speed, Surfaced 25 kts, Submerged 30+ kts; Depth limit 950'; Complement 129; Armament, four 21" torpedo tubes aft of bow can also launch Harpoon and Tomahawk ASM/LAM missiles & MK-48 torpedoes; Combat Systems, AN/BPS-5 surface search radar, AN/BPS-15 A/16 navigation and fire control radar, TB-16D passive towed sonar arrays, TB-23 passive "thin line" towed array, AN/BQG-5D wide aperture flank array, AN/BQQ-5D/E low frequency spherical sonar array, AN/BQS-15 close range active sonar (for ice detection); MIDAS Mine and Ice Detection Avoidance System, SADS-TG active detection sonar, Type 2 attack periscope (port), Type 18 search periscope (starboard), AN/BSY-1 (primary computer); UYK-7; UYK-43; UYK-44, WLR-9 Acoustic Intercept Receiver, ESM; Propulsion System, S6G nuclear reactor one propeller at 35,000 shp.
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Baton Rouge15kCommemorative post mark on the occasion of the keel laying of the Baton Rouge (SSN-689), 8 January 1971, at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock, Co., Newport News, VA. Photo courtesy of Jack Treutle (of blessed memory).
Baton Rouge430kKeel laying of the Baton Rouge (SSN-689), 8 January 1971, at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock, Co., Newport News, VA.Photo courtesy of Dale Hargrave.
Baton Rouge340kChristening of the Baton Rouge (SSN-689) by Mrs. F. Edward Hebert, wife of the congressman from Louisiana.Photo courtesy of Dale Hargrave.
Baton Rouge291kBaton Rouge (SSN-689) sliding down the ways at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock, Co., Newport News, VA.Photo courtesy of Dale Hargrave.
Baton Rouge111kBaton Rouge (SSN-689), during sea trials, 31 May 1977.USN photo courtesy of John Hummel, USN (Retired).
Baton Rouge75kBaton Rouge (SSN-689), during sea trials, 31 May 1977.USN photo courtesy of John Hummel, USN (Retired).
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0868901		 2.38k Vertical view of the bow of the nuclear-powered attack submarineBaton Rouge (SSN-689) off Newport News Ship during sea trials, 31 May 1977. Image and text provided by catalog.archives.gov
Baton Rouge3.58kTwenty nine page Commissioning PDF for the Baton Rouge (SSN-689)USN photo USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com
Baton Rouge183kCommissioning crew of the Baton Rouge (SSN-689).USN photo USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com
Baton Rouge740kSeven page Welcome Aboard PDF for the Baton Rouge (SSN-689)USN photo USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com
Baton Rouge81kCrewmen monitor consoles at their diving stations aboard a Los Angeles class nuclear-powered attack submarine on 1 July 1981. USN photo # DN-ST-88-07345 by Fred Maroon, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
Birmingham339kFour Los Angeles class nuclear-powered attack submarines display ensigns and union jacks during the commissioning ceremony for their sister ship, the Salt Lake City (SSN-716). Moored together at a pier are the Baton Rouge (SSN-689), the Atlanta (SSN-712), the Birmingham (SSN-695), and the Norfolk (SS-714) at Norfolk, VA on 12 May 1984. USN photo # DN-SN-84-09364 by PH2 Wujcik, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
Baton Rouge209kThree Los Angeles class nuclear-powered attack submarines display ensigns and union jacks during the commissioning ceremony for their sister ship, the Salt Lake City (SSN-716). Moored together at a pier are the Baton Rouge (SSN-689), the Atlanta (SSN-712), and the Norfolk (SS-714) at Norfolk, VA on 12 May 1984. USN photo # DN-SN-84-09351 by PH2 Wujcik, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
Baton Rouge207k A starboard beam view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine Baton Rouge (SSN-689) underway near La Maddalena, Italy on 8 November 1984. Official USN photo # DN-ST-85-01462, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
Baton Rouge52kThe Baton Rouge (SSN-689) cruises the ocean on a calm day. USN photo courtesy of cnrc.navy.mil & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
SSN 689
0868919		 189k The Russian SSN B-276 Kostroma meets the Baton Rouge (SSN-689), 11 February 1992. Image and text provided by warhistoryonline.com. via William Stevens.
Baton Rouge355kDeactivation of Baton Rouge (SSN-689) at Mare Island. Her official deactivation yard period was 1 November 1993 to 17 February 1995. Date of photo unknown but Alcatraz Island is in the background. USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
Baton Rouge73k The first ever waterborne removal of a submarine sonar dome at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in June 1994 from the Baton Rouge (SSN-689). All pictures appeared in the 10 June 1994 issue of the shipyard's newspaper the "Grapevine". The first of four photos appears below.
Divers begin the process of removing the dome cone. 		USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
Baton Rouge73k Workers begin the process of separating the dome. USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
Baton Rouge66k The dome is separated and waters fill the interior section of the Baton Rouge (SSN-689). USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
Baton Rouge48k The dome is completely removed from the Baton Rouge (SSN-689) and is raised from the water. USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
Baton Rouge89k A collage of pictures of the towing of the Baton Rouge (SSN-689) from Mare Island Naval Shipyard in April 21 1995, as they appeared on the front page of shipyard's newspaper the "Grapevine". USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
\Baton Rouge105kThe decommissioned submarine Baton Rouge (SSN-689), is seen in dry dock #2 at Mare Island, February 1995. She was the last ship to be docked at the now closed shipyard. She was in dock for the installation of the Mare Island reusable tow bridle (the structure around her bow). USN photo # 270546, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
Scrapping 25kCommemorative post card marking the scrapping of the Seawolf (SSN-575), Snook (SSN-592), Patrick Henry (SSBN-599), Henry Clay (SSBN-625) and Baton Rouge (SSN-689), 31 August 1997 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.Courtesy of Jack Treutle (of blessed memory).
Spent Fuel569kSealed 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).
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Commanding Officers
01CDR. Maloney, Thomas Clogher, USN (USNA 1958)25.06.1977 - 14.10.1978 First Date in Commission
02CDR. Karr, Kenneth Richard, USN14.10.1978 - 05.06.1981
03CDR. Crociata, Joseph Philip, USN05.06.1981 - 21.07.1984
04CDR. Francis, Gary Edward, USN (USNA 1968)21.07.1984 - 14.08.1987
05CDR. Davis, Jack Michael, USN14.08.1987 - 02.02.1990
06CDR. Cremer II, Gordon Douglas, USN02.02.1990 - 18.07.1992
07CDR. Kolbeck, John Benedict, USN18.07.1992 - 13.01.1995 Last Date in Commission
Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler
There is no DANFS History currently available for Baton Rouge (SSN-689) at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
 Virtual Tour of USS Springfield (SSN 761) from PBS's Nova web site
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