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 | 1.41k | Twenty one page Joint Keel Laying of the Indianapolis (SSN-697) and Launching PDF of the Philadelphia (SSN-690), 19 October 1974. | Photos courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 21k | The officers and crew of the Indianapolis (SSN-697) salute the colors as the boat starts her slide into the waters of the Thames River at the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp., Groton, CT., 30 July 1977. | Photo courtesy of Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp. | |
 | 66k | The weight of 6,000 tons of Indianapolis (SSN-697) foams the waters as the boat finishes her slide down the launching ways, 30 July 1977. | Photo courtesy of John Hummel, USN (Retired). | |
 | 35k | Commemorative post card marking the launching of the Indianapolis (SSN-697), at the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp., Groton, CT., 30 July 1977. | Courtesy of Richard Leonhardt. | |
 | 444k | Eleven page Welcome Aboard the Indianapolis (SSN-697)PDF. | Photos courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 439k | Aerial port bow view of the Los Angeles class nuclear-powered attack submarine Indianapolis (SSN-697) underway, 1 May 1982. | Photo courtesy of General Dynamics-Electric Boat, Defense Visual Information Center photo # DN-SC-82-05946, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 277k | Aerial port bow view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine Indianapolis (SSN-697) entering port to provide assistance after hurricane Iwa passed through the area on 1 May 1982. | Defense Visual Information Center photo # DN-SN-83-03116, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 651k | A view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine Indianapolis (SSN-697) and the salvage ship Conserver (ARS-39) moored abreast, as seen from the crows nest of the Conserver (ARS-39). The ships are in the port of Nawiliwili Harbor in Kauai, Hawaii, to provide assistance after hurricane Iwa passed through the area on December 1982. | Photo Defense Visual Information Center photo # DN-SN-83-03113, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 283k | Aerial port view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine Indianapolis (SSN-697) and the salvage ship Conserver (ARS-39) moored abreast. The ships are in the port of Nawiliwili Harbor in Kauai, Hawaii, to provide assistance after hurricane Iwa passed through the area on 1 May 1982. | Defense Visual Information Center photo # DN-SN-83-03111, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 185k | The helo is an SH-60B with the FLIR pod on the nose. That would place the date sometime in the last 10 years. The boat is an early Los Angeles class (SSN-688), evidenced by the sail planes and that the bow sits
high in the water, i.e. no VLS in the forward ballast tank, which made the
later 688's ride lower in the water. This boat might be the Indianapolis (SSN-697), which I was serving on in 1991 and seem to remember doing some trials testing the MK 50 ASW torpedo with us as the target. I also remember a helo transfer, though I can't remember what for possible practice? We were in a bay not too far from Olympia Washington or an inlet. I do remember high speeds and large rudder angles even though we were in a tight area for torpedo retrieval. It could also be off the coast of Washington as we did some ops there before pulling into Seattle for a week. | Photo courtesy of Jack Treutle (of blessed memory). Text courtesy of David Johnston (USN, retired) & Eldridge, John CTR. Photo i.d. courtesy of Andy Southard. | |
 | 190k | The large harbor tug Nashua (YTB-774) assists the nuclear-powered attack submarine Indianapolis (SSN-697) into port at the Ship Repair Facility Naval Station Subic Bay in the Philippines as some of the submarine crew stand on deck and the sail structure. The Indianapolis is making a port call to the naval station. Another large harbor tug, the Wauwatosa (YTB-775), passes by the stern of the submarine, 20 February 1992. | Defense Visual Information Center photo # DN-ST-92-06579 by PHCS James Brown, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 176k | The nuclear-powered attack submarine Indianapolis (SSN-697) pulls into port assisted by the large harbor tugs Nashua (YTB-774) and Tamaqua (YTB-797), 21 February 1992. | Defense Visual Information Center photo # DN-ST-92-06636 by JO2 Roger Dutcher, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 220k | Crew members on the deck of the nuclear-powered attack submarine Indianapolis (SSN-697) position mooring lines after the submarine pulls into a berth at the pier, assisted by the large harbor tugs Nashua (YTB-774) and Tamaqua (YTB-797), 21 February 1992. | Defense Visual Information Center photo # DN-ST-92-06637 by JO2 Roger Dutcher, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 60k | Indianapolis (SSN-697) in the Hawaiian Op Areas; Just north west of Pearl Harbor, summer 1993; Captain David Zacharias and Navigator Dan Eytchison are on the bridge. Flying the Indy Flag that is in my possession to this date. | Photo i.d. courtesy of David A. Zacharias. Photo courtesy of globalsecurity.org. |
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 | 473k | The sub-sail assembly of Indianapolis (SSN-697) awaiting reassembly for display at the Indiana Military Museum at Vincennes, Indiana. Photo taken on 11 June 2017. | Photo courtesy of Robert Hurst. | |
 | 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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| Commanding Officers | |||
| 01 | CDR. Salmon Jr., Harry Paul, USN (USNA 1963) | 05.01.1980 - 20.08.1981 First Date in Commission | |
| 02 | CDR. Hutt, Gordon William, USN | 20.08.1981 - 10.05.1982 | |
| 03 | CDR. Beedle, Ralph Eugene, USN (USNA 1962) | 10.05.1982 - 29.05.1982 | |
| 04 | CDR. Hutt, Gordon William, USN | 29.05.1982 - 15.08.1982 | |
| 05 | CDR. Siemon, Douglas Henry, XO, acting CO) USN | 15.08.1982 - 17.08.1982 | |
| 06 | CDR. Salmon Jr., Harry Paul, USN (USNA 1963) | 17.08.1982 - 14.10.1982 | |
| 07 | CDR. Gray, Steven Vern, USN (USNA 1967) | 14.10.1982 - 15.10.1985 | |
| 08 | CDR. Holbrook, Robert Scott, USN (USNA 1966) | 15.10.1985 - 21.10.1986 | |
| 09 | CDR. Sheffield, Harold Leo (Harry), USN (USNA 1971) | 21.10.1986 - 10.08.1989 | |
| 10 | CDR. Gorman, Thomas Francis, USN | 10.08.1989 - 31.07.1992 | |
| 11 | CDR. Zacharias, David Alexander, USN (USNA 1974) | 31.07.1992 - 18.08.1994 | |
| 12 | CDR. Johnson, Douglas Paul, USN | 18.08.1994 - 08.01.1997 | |
| 13 | CDR. Toti, William Joseph, USN (USNA 1979) | 08.01.1997 - 22.12.1998 Last Date in Commission | |
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