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USS Hunley (AS-31)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Sierra - Quebec - Yankee
NSQY

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Secretary of the Navy Letter of Commendation
Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (3)
Bottom Row - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon - National Defense Service Medal - Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon

Hunley Class Submarine Tender:

Laid down, 28 November 1960, at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA.

Launched, 28 September 1961

Commissioned USS Hunley (AS-31), 16 June 1962, CAPT. Douglas N. Syverson USN in command

Decommissioned, 15 September 1994

Struck from the Naval Register, 30 May 1995

Title transfer to the Maritime Administration, 1 May 1999, for disposal

Custody assumed by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), 12 October 1995 for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Lee Hall, VA.

Title transfer to the Maritime Administration, 1 May 1999, for disposal

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 5 January 2007, to Southern Scrap Materials Company, New Orleans, LA. for $150,000.00, removed, 7 March 2007

Specifications:
Displacement 12,852 t.(lt) 17,640 t.(fl)
Length 599'
Beam 83'
Draft 23' 4"
Speed 18 kts.
Complement 1,190
Armament two twin 40mm AA gun mounts
Propulsion Diesel-electric, one shaft

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By / Source
	187k	Hunley (AS-31) ready for launch, 28 September 1961, at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA. Newport News Shipbuilding photo	Dale Hargrave
09363135	326k	Hunley (AS-31) sponsor, Mrs. Lucy Gaillard, wife of J. Palmer Gaillard, Jr, mayor of Charleston, S.C. breaks the traditional bottle of Champagne across the ship's bow as she is launched, 28 SEptember 1961, at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA. Newport News Daily Press	Dale Hargrave
09363136	692k	Hunley (AS-31) enters the water for the first time as she slides down the builders ways during her launching ceremony, 28 September 1961, at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA. Newport News Daily Press	Dale Hargrave
	321k	*USS Hunley* (AS-31)**Commissioning Program cover	Dale Hargrave
	385k	*USS Hunley* (AS-31)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photos.	Scott Koen
NPC-1064162	185k		Scott Koen
09363137	176k	*USS Hunley* (AS-31)** underway, date and location unknown.	Nicholas Tiberio
09363138	225k	*USS Hunley* (AS-31)** underway, off Norfolk, VA., date unknown. ©George Barber	Nicholas Tiberio
	59k	*USS Hunley* (AS-31)** under way, date and location unknown. US Navy photos.	Robert Hurst
	164k		Robert Hurst
	103k	*USS Hunley* (AS-31)** under way, 14 December 1962 US Navy photo # NH 96829 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	US Naval History and Heritage Command
09363142	488k	*USS Hunley* (AS-31)** underway, circa 1963, location unknown US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine March 1964, p. 3	Robert Hurst
	3499k	*USS Hunley* (AS-31)** at her mooring in Holy Loch, Scotland, with ballistic-missile submarines alongside, circa April 1963.	HMC Fred Overly, USN Retired
	103k	*USS Hunley* (AS-31)** tied to mooring buoys at Holy Loch, Scotland, circa April 1963. She has two submarines, an LCM and other vessels alongside. US Navy photo # NH 96830 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	US Naval Historical Center
	226k	*USS Hunley* (AS-31)** moored in the Holy Loch, Scotland, circa April 1963-64 while tending FBM Submarines. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	997k	*USS Hunley* (AS-31) with the Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine USS Thomas A. Edison (SSBN-610) alongside at Holy Loch, Scotland, in 1963. Hunley** is using her hammerhead crane to offload a Polaris missile for test and inspection. US Navy photo.	Robert Hurst
	105k	*USS Hunley* (AS-31) at her mooring in Holy Loch, Scotland, April 1966, with USS Thomas A. Edison (SSBN-610)** alongside. US Navy photo # 69856 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	US Naval Historical Center
	24k	*USS Hunley* (AS-31) at her mooring in Holy Loch, Scotland, circa 1966 while tending SSBNs. Also note Floating Crane YD-245**.	Carl Musselman
	154k	*USS Hunley* (AS-31)** in Holy Loch, Scotland, with harbor tugs Piqua (YTB-793), at left, and Natick (YTB-760) assisting, 7 June 1987. *USS Simon Lake* (AS-33) is on Hunley*'s opposite side, with masts, cranes and stack visible. Photograph was received in June 1992. US Navy photo # NH 96831*	US Naval Historical Center
	152k	*USS Simon Lake* (AS-33) arriving at Holy Loch, Scotland to relieve USS Hunley (AS-31)** in 1966. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, October 1966.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	450k	Looking into the Holy Loch from Large Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock Los Alamos (AFDB-7) *USS Hunley* (AS-31) Large Covered Lighter (NSP) YFNB-31 Large Covered Lighter (NSP) YFNB-42 Floating Crane (NSP) YD-245**	Carl Musselman
	133k	Left to right; *USS Kamehameha* (SSBN-642), USS Hunley (AS-31), USNS Furman (T-AK-280) USS Proteus (AS-19) and USS Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634) The two submarines are receiving regular routine maintenance and upkeep. Hunley is in the process of relieving Proteus, and Furman is providing both tenders with spare parts and groceries on her regular monthly trip Guam. Hunley will be in Guam for about five months while Proteus** is in overhaul at the Ship Repair Facility, Guam. The background shows the peninsula of Polaris Point. Photo from "All Hands" magazine, July 1968.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	79k	Stern view of *USS Hunley* (AS-31)** moored in her homeport, Charleston, S. C., circa 1970. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	133k	Stern view of *USS Hunley* (AS-31) moored in her homeport, Charleston, S. C., circa 1970. She has two submarines alongside. An unidentified sub to port and USS John Adams (SSBN-620)** to starboard. US Navy photo	Scott Koen
	151k	*USS Hunley* (AS-31)** moored pierside at Fort Lauderdale. FL., date unknown US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, January 1971.	Stanley C. Svec
	304k	*USS Hunley* (AS-31)** moored pierside at Key West, FL., circa 22-23 January 1976. Photo by Ray Blazevic. Image from Flickr courtesy of Florida Keys Public Libraries photo # MM00040123x.	Robert Hurst
	65k	*USS Hunley* (AS-31)** approaching Apra Harbor, Guam, 11 October 1977 Photographed by M.L. Millard US Navy photo # 1150152 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	US Naval Historical Center
09363143 DN-SC-90-07705	373k	*USS Hunley* (AS-31)** underway off Agana Bay, Guam, on 1 August 1980. U.S. Defenseimagery photo # VIRIN: DN-SC-90-07705 and US National Archives and Records Administration Identifier (NAID) 6451565, US Navy photos by PH1 Winfrey, USN	Robert Hurst
09363144 NARA 6451565	146k		Robert Hurst
	134k	*USS Hunley* (AS-31) moored at Holy Loch, Scotland, with USS Sunbird (ASR-15)** alongside. Supporting yard craft including Large Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock Los Alamos (AFDB-7) Large Covered Lighter (NSP) *YFNB-31* Large Covered Lighter (NSP) *YFNB-42* Floating Crane (NSP) *YD-245* District Harbor Tug Large Piqua (YTB-793) District Harbor Tug Large Sagus (YTB-780) District Harbor Tug Large Natick (YTB-760) are moored aft of *Hunley*, circa 1982.	Carl Musselman
09363139	187k	*USS Hunley* (AS-31)** moored in the Holy Loch, Scotland with submarines alongside, circa 1982. Supporting yard craft including Large Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock Los Alamos (AFDB-7) Large Covered Lighter (NSP) YFNB-31 Large Covered Lighter (NSP) YFNB-42 Floating Crane (NSP) YD-245	Nicholas Tiberio
09363140	283k	View of Holy Loch Scotland from Kilmun looking south toward Sandbank and Ardnadam Pier with *USS Hunley* (AS-31)** moored in the Loch with submarines alongside, circa 1982. Supporting yard craft including Large Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock Los Alamos (AFDB-7) Large Covered Lighter (NSP) YFNB-31 Large Covered Lighter (NSP) YFNB-42 Floating Crane (NSP) YD-245	Nicholas Tiberio
	353k	*USS Hunley* (AS-31) servicing FBM Submarines in the Holy Loch at Dunoon, Scotland, December 1985. Moored aft of Hunley** is Large Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock Los Alamos (AFDB-7) US Navy photos by PH1 Perry E. Thorsvik.	Scot Koen and Carl Musselman
	358k
	149k
09363141	159k	Two U.S. submarines coming alongside *USS Hunley* (AS-31)** at Holy Loch Refit Site 1 on 1 December 1985. Photo taken by 6985ws (real name unknown).	Robert Hurst
	205k	*USS Hunley* (AS-31)** tied to mooring buoys at Holy Loch, Scotland, circa December 1986-87. Note Christmas decorations, the stars on the stack and main mast.	Photo by Carl Musselman MM1/SS 1982-1995.
	383k	*USS Hunley* (AS-31)** moored at the D&S piers Naval Station Norfolk, VA., with two Los Angeles Class Submarines alongside, 9 October 1988. Department of Defense photo # DN-ST-89-00218	Scott Koen
	279k	*USS Hunley* (AS-31)** moored at the D&S piers Naval Station Norfolk, VA., Christmas Day 1989. US Navy photo	Scott Koen
	634k	*USS Hunley* (AS-31)** and SUBRON Eight FBM Submarines moored at the D&S piers Naval Station Norfolk, VA., Winter 1989-90. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	292k	*USS Hunley* (AS-31)** moored pierside at at Truman Annex, in May 1994. Photo by Raymond L. Blazevic. Image from Flickr courtesy of Florida Keys Public Libraries photo # MM0004OO84x.	Robert Hurst
NS0273ay	2.67M	Aerial view of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard on the Elizabeth River, 25 March 1995. Ships in the yard, (L to R), the decommissioned Orion (AS-18), a destroyer under overhaul, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier *USS George Washington* (CVN-73)*, decommissioned submarine tender Hunley* (AS-31), the stripped-down hull of the decommissioned nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser Virginia (CGN-38) and a medium auxiliary repair dock inside the large graving dock at lower right. Photo by Robert J. Sitar. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), photo # 330-CFD-DN-SC-95-01523.	US National Archives

For more photos and information about USS Hunley, see;
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
Submarine Tenders of the United States Navy
Launching Program
Welcome Aboard Pamphlet Port Call, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 22-23 January 1976

Commanding Officers
01	CAPT. Syverson, Douglas Neil, USN (USNA 1939)	16 June 1962 - 15 November 1963
02	CAPT. Black Sr., Robert Glenwood, USN	15 November 1963 - 11 September 1965
03	CAPT. Heald, Joseph Frank, USN (USNA 1944)	11 September 1965 - 12 October 1966
04	CAPT. Thomas Jr., Albert Horatio, USN (USNA 1946)	12 October 1966 - 8 June 1968
05	CAPT. Anders Jr., Samuel Glen, USN (USNA 1946)	8 June 1968 - 27 July 1970
06	CAPT. Frost, Rilward Alfred, USN (USNA 1949)	27 July 1970 - 5 March 1972
07	CAPT. Clay, Harold Scott, USN (USNA 1948-A)	5 March 1972 - 29 June 1974
08	CAPT. Williams III, William Albert, USN :RADM	29 June 1974 - 11 January 1975
09	CAPT. Hebbard Jr., Leroy Blanchard, USN (USNA 1953)	11 January 1975 - 30 October 1976
10	CAPT. Glovier Jr., Harold Alba, USN (USNA 1954)	30 October 1976 - 14 February 1979
11	CAPT. Bacon, Roger F. USN (USNA 1959)	14 February 1979 - 12 June 1980
12	CAPT. Loewenthal, Robert Gordon, USN (USNA 1957)	12 June 1980 - 31 August 1982
13	CAPT. Camilleri, Terrence Joseph, USN (USNA 1959)	31 August 1982 - 21 July 1984
14	CAPT. Hastie, William John (Sandy), USN (USNA 1960)	21 July 1984 - 29 August 1987
15	CAPT. Bean, Charles Dunbar, USN	29 August 1987 - 11 August 1989
16	CAPT. Almon, John Sterling, USN	11 August 1989 - 12 July 1991
17	CAPT. Kent, Thomas Richard, USN (USNA 1967)	12 July 1991 - 12 June 1993
18	CAPT. Helfen, William, USN (USNA 1970)	12 June 1993 - 15 September 1994


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