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 | 63k | Cut out of the Ohio Class (SSBN-743) submarine. | Courtesy of Robert Hall. | |
 | 182k | A port bow view of the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine Alabama (SSBN-731 ), moored at a pier prior to the beginning of its commissioning ceremony on 25 May 1985. The Tennessee (SSBN-734) might be the boomer being built in the background. | Official USN photo # DN-SC-85-08051, by PH3 Kathy Keil, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. & submitted by Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 78k | Louisville (SSN-724) slides down the building ways at the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics, Groton, CT., 14 December 1985. The nearly complete boomer in the background is the Tennessee (SSBN-734). The other parts belong to the Pennsylvania (SSBN-735). | Photo courtesy of Federation of Ameican Scientisits / Electric Boat. Text and photo I.D. courtesy of David Johnston. |
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123k | Nevada (SSBN-733) all dressed up for her commissioning at the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp., Groton, CT; 16 August 1986. The nearly completed Tennessee (SSBN-734) is on the ways next to her. | Photo submitted by Dave Schueler. | |
 | 330k | General Dynamics invites you to the launching ceremony of the Tennessee (SSBN-734) to be held on a date later than what is printed on the ticket. | Courtesy of Tommy Trampp. | |
 | 96k | A patch of evolution. Commissioning envelope designed by Brian Schlau. He served on board from 5 December 1985 - 31 May 1990 (arrived Initial Crew Manning, before the Captain). Once PCU 734 was named the Tennessee (SSBN-734), the Commanding Officer (Captain Witzenburg) authorized a Launch Patch contest among the crew. Our offices and the crew quarters for duty personnel were on the barge at Electric Boat, Groton, CT at that time. Many crew members submitted designs and they were posted and voted on. My design was chosen by the crew as the winner. Some minor changes were requested and once completed I submitted the modified design. This was used to make patches (for our jackets), stickers (small ones worn on our hard hats), key fobs, etc... I don't think any other ship did this. Tennessee state and in particular the Tennessee State WWII Sub Vets really took us under their wings and the design was used by all involved especially during our Public Relations trips to Tennessee. I was one of two crew members chosen to make the first Public Relations trip to Tennessee and first to met the WWII Sub Vets in Clarksville, TN. We took part in a memorial ceremony where I rang the bell and my shipmate in a boat laid flowers onto the water for each ringing of a boat lost in WWII and the Thresher (SSN-593) and Scorpion (SSN-589)! I was always requested and was present/part of every Public Relations trip, what a wonderful time! I also designed a bumper sticker for the crew and families and cover designs used for launching and commissioning envelopes. I later presented the original, rough draft, of the Launch Patch to Mark Parish and Nick Christadolu and the Tennessee WWII Sub Vets. Nick and I stayed friends until his passing in 2012. Before his death he returned that original draft to me, representing it to me in 2008, so I would have that legacy to pass on to my two sons..both who are now active duty submarine sailors. Not long before commissioning the Captain and the Governor of Tennessee opened a Ships Patch contest, open to all crew members and Tennessee citizens. Once again the submitted designs where posted on the barge and voted on by the crew. The Launch Patch design was submitted upon request of the crew in this contest. The crew loved my design and it finished a close second to the State submitted design. The winning design utilized an oval watertight door (like older boats had) and the ship within wasn't a boomer silhouette, it also lacked banners. I was asked to utilize the winning "concept", correct it inaccuracies, and incorporate my design. Thus, the ships patch is a compilation of ideas between a State Citizen and a Crew Member, but is ultimately my artwork! The PDF here shows 2 patches, 1st, the Launch Patch Original Rough Sketch & 2nd, Back Side of Rough Sketch. | Text & photo courtesy of Brian Schlau. | |
 | 291k | A Trident II (D-5X3) ballistic missile is launched from a flat pad at Cape Canaveral during the third developmental test flight of the system on 30 April 1987. The missile is designed for submerged firing from the ninth nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine Tennessee (SSBN-734) and all subsequent submarines in its class. | USN photo # DN-ST-87-06503 from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 51k | Howard H. Baker Jr., former U.S. Senator from Tennessee, speaks during the commissioning ceremony for the nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine Tennessee (SSBN-734). The Tennessee, which is being commissioned at the Naval Underwater Systems Center, is the first submarine equipped to carry the new Trident II D-5 missile, 17 December 1988. | USN photo # DN-ST-89-03080, by PH2 Duvall, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 103k | Tennessee (SSBN-734), sea trials in 1988. | USN photo courtesy of the Federation of American Scientists web site and Scott Blosser Plankowner, USS Tennessee, SSBN - 734 (B). | |
 | 91k | The first watch is set during the commissioning ceremony for the nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine Tennessee (SSBN-734) on 17 December 1988. The Tennessee, which is being commissioned at the Naval Underwater Systems Center, is the first submarine equipped to carry the new Trident II D-5 missile. | USN photo # DN-ST-89-03088 by PH2 Carl Duvall, USN, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. & submitted by Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 566k | A port bow view of the nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine Tennessee (SSBN-734) arriving in port for the first time, 15 January 1989. | USN photo # DN-SC-89-05595, by Russ Underwood, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. & Federation of American Scientists web site and Scott Blosser Plankowner, USS Tennessee, SSBN - 734 (B). | |
 | 68k | The crew of the Tennessee (SSBN-734) at Kings Bay, perhaps after commissioning in early January 1989. This might be a "Coming Home" ceremony as Tennessee pulls into Kings Bay for the very first time; a ceremony that "commissioned" Kings Bay as an active Trident base. | USN photo. Photo & text i.d. courtesy of Michael Goodknight, Former FTG2(SS), Plankowner, USS Tennessee SSBN-734 Blue. | |
 | 171k | Two Navy officers watch as the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine Tennessee (SSBN-734) is tied up alongside the pier at its new home port on 15 January 1989. | USN photo # DN-SC-89-06536, by Ross Underwood, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. & submitted by Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 373k | Sailors manning the rails aboard the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657) and the submarine tender Canopus (AS-34) watch as the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine Tennessee (SSBN-734) arrives at its new home port for the first time at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia, 15 January 1989. | USN photo # DN-ST-90-03738 by JOSN Oscar Sosa, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 60k | Secretary of the Navy William Ball speaks to members of the crew of the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine Tennessee (SSBN-734) after the submarine's arrival at its new home port. | USN photo # DN-ST-90-03743, by JOSN Oscar Sosa, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. & submitted by Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 75k | The ship's officers stand at attention during a colors ceremony aboard the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine Tennessee (SSBN-734) shortly after its arrival at its new home port. | USN photo # DN-SC-89-06538 by Ross Underwood, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. & submitted by Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 69k | Vice Admiral Roger F. Bacon, commander, Submarine Force, US Atlantic Fleet, leans on a railing as he stands atop the sail of the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine Tennessee (SSBN-734) on 15 January 1989. | USN photo # DN-ST-90-03740 by John Oscar Sosa, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. & submitted by Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 429k | A D-5 Trident II missile spins out of control after being launched from the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine Tennessee (SSBN-734), 21 March 1989. | USN photo # DN-SC-89-06614, by TGS Technology, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 308k | A Trident II D-5 intercontinental ballistic missile lifts off from the water after being launched from the submerged nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine Tennessee (SSBN-734) at Cape Canaveral, Florida on 4 December 1989. This is the fourth submerged launch of the Trident II test series. | USN photo # DN-SC-93-04642, by PH2 PHCM David Campbell, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 288k | Breaking through clouds off the coast of Florida, the sun spotlights a flotilla of ships monitoring the launch of a Trident II (D-5) performance evaluation missile by the nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine Tennessee (SSBN-734), 15 December 1989. | USN photo # DN-SC-90-03725, by PHCM David Campbell, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 560k | A Trident D-5 missile launched from the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine Tennessee (SSBN-734) ascends from the ocean surface, beneath the exhaust plume of a Trident launched 15 seconds earlier. The Tennessee is conducting missile test PEM-9/DASO-1 off the coast of Florida, 12 February 1990. | USN photo # DN-ST-90-05746, by PH2 Susan Marie Carl, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 822k | Commercial tugs escort the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine Tennessee (SSBN-734) as the vessel departs from Kings Bay. The tug on the submarine's port side is underway in reverse, 24 March 1990. | USN photo # DN-ST-90-07269, by PH2 Witham, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 322k | Country singer Lee Greenwood stands on the sail of the nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine Tennessee (SSBN-734). Greenwood will be spending a night aboard the vessel as part of his visit to Naval Submarine Base, Kings Bay, Georgia, 1 October 1991. | USN photo # DN-SN-92-03684, by PH3 Lorrie Hughes-Smith, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 497k | Podium guests, include VADM Roger Bacon, Assistant Chief or Naval Operations (Undersea Warfare), left, and GEN Colin L. Powell, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, second from left, salute during the national anthem at the beginning of a ceremony in front of the strategic missile submarine Tennessee (SSBN-734). The occasion of the ceremony is the Tennessee's completion of the U.S. Navy's 3,000th strategic deterrent patrol, 25 April 1992 at Kings Bay, Georgia. | USN photo # DN-SC-92-08567, by PH3 Lorrie Hughes-Smith, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 60k | Tennessee (SSBN-734). | USN photo courtesy of the Federation of American Scientists web site and Scott Blosser Plankowner, USS Tennessee, SSBN - 734 (B). | |
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1.01k | Blue & Gold Crew 12 page Welcome Aboard Tennessee (SSBN-734) PDF, circa 1997. | PDF photos courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 178k | Submarine Centennial Day Proclaimation, 9 May 2000, signed by the Governor of the State of Tennessee in honoring the State's namesake, Tennessee (SSBN-734). | USN photo courtesy of chinfo.navy.mil., submitted by Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 150k | Country music legend Charlie Daniels borrows a dixie cup for a group photo with crew members of the Ohio-class submarine Tennessee (SSBN-734). Tennessee crew members were in town as part of a name-sake visit in conjunction with Navy Week Nashville, 7 June 2006. Daniels hosted a private concert for his fans as part of the Country Music Assosciation's Music Festival. | USN photo # N-2908O-002 by Journalist 1st Class Steve Owsley, courtesy of news.navy.mil. | |
 | 37k | Electrician's Mate 3rd Class Gary Wright assigned to the ballistic missile submarine Tennessee (SSBN-734) assist with an arts and crafts project with a young child at the Douglas Headstart Program by Porter Leath Children's Center 28 September 2006. Wright is one of eight crew members from Tennessee that came to Memphis to support NAVCO and NRD Nashville's Memphis Navy Week. Twenty-six such weeks are planned in cities throughout the U.S., arranged by the Navy Office of Community Outreach (NAVCO). NAVCO is a unit tasked with enhancing the Navy's brand image in areas with limited exposure to the Navy. | USN photo # N-2908O-001 by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Steve Owsley, courtesy of news.navy.mil. & submitted by Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 160k | The ballistic missile submarine Tennessee (SSBN-734) Gold Crew approach Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay on 22 May 2008. | USN photo # N-9610C-001 by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Dmitry Chepusov, courtesy of news.navy.mil. | |
 | 5.38k | The attached file gives about 50 photos and illustrations of a Trident missile submarine and its equipment. It gives you a pretty good idea of the surroundings and "living in a sewer pipe" with unclassified pictures. | Richard Scheeder via Ron Reeves (of blessed memory) | |
 | 637k | The ballistic missile submarine Tennessee (SSBN-734) returns to homeport at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay on 23 November 2011 after a three-month deployment. | USN photo # N-FG395-062 by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class James Kimber, courtesy of news.navy.mil. | |
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1.68k | Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) Chuck Hagel speaks with Cmdr. Christopher Bohner, commanding officer of the Gold crew of the ballistic missile submarine Tennessee (SSBN-734), during a tour of Tennessee at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay on 9 July 2014. Hagel toured Kings Bay as one of three installations in the Southeast United States to highlight key investments the Department of Defense is making for the future. | USN photo # 140709-N-QO773-192 by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Rex Nelson, courtesy of news.navy.mil. | |
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1.20k | Machinist's Mate 1st Class Bryan Lynch, assigned to Tennessee (SSBN-734) speaks with children at Boys and Girls Clubs of Tennessee Valley during Knoxville's Navy Week on 15 April 2016. The Navy Week program is designed to raise awareness about the Navy in areas across the country that traditionally do not have a naval presence, and to bring America's Navy closer to the people it protects through community relations projects, speaking engagements, science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) demonstrations and media interviews with flag hosts and local areas Sailors. | USN photo # 160415-N-RR852-158 by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Bobby Northnagle, courtesy of news.navy.mil. | |
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