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Permit (SSN-594)

Radio Call Sign: November - Alpha - Victor - Echo
Thresher Class Attack Submarine: Laid down, 16 July 1959, at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA.; Launched, 1 July 1961; Commissioned, USS Permit (SSN-594), 29 May 1962;
Inactivation ceremony in San Diego - 8/31/1990; Defueling complete at Mare Island - April 1991; Decommissioning ceremony at Mare Island - 7/22/1991; Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 23 July 1991;
Laid up at Bremerton Naval Shipyard; Final Disposition, entered the NPSSRP (Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA., 30 September 1991 and completed 20 May 1993.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 3,540 t., Submerged: 4,200 t.; Length 278' 5"; Beam 31' 8"; ; Speed, Surfaced 15 kts, Submerged 28+ kts; Operating Depth 400'; Complement, 143; Sensors, Raytheon BQS-6A or - 6B active/passive systems BQQ-1 and the Edo BQR-7 passive, conformal array, TB-26 Towed Sonar Array; Armament, four 21" torpedo tubes, forward, MK 48 torpedoes, UUM-44A SUBROC, UGM-84A/C Harpoon, MK 57 deep water mines, Mk 60 CAPTOR mines; Propulsion System, one S5W nuclear reactor, two Westinghouse steam turbines, one propeller 15,000 shp.
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Sargo132kSargo (SSN-583) is seen departing Mare Island on 3 August 1958 for trials.
The object in the left hand corner is a temporary building and the hull sections that line the dockyard are either for Theodore Roosevelt (SSGN-600) or Permit (SSN-594). 		USN photo # NY9 40452-8-58, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
Permit
0859493		1.75kMare Island Naval Shipyard 22 September 1958 concept drawing of the Permit (SSN-594) as a SSGN type submarine. By the time Permit was laid down, the Regulus Missile was replaced by the Polaris Missile so Permit became an attack boat. USN photo contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Thresher50kPlatform plan of Thresher (SSN-593) class submarines. PDF courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
Permit204kHull section 2 of the Permit (SSN-594) is shown under construction at Mare Island on 19 January 1959. The hull section was under construction at berth 15 at the North end of the shipyard.USN photo # NY9 42819-1-59, contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit271kFirst section on the Permit (SSN-594) is placed on the building ways at Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 25 June 1959. This in bulkhead 52. USN photo # NY9 45039-6-59, contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit38k Close-up of Permit (SSN-594) insignia taken on 7/16/59. USN photo contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit97kRADM L. V. Honsinger, USN, Shipyard Commander, authenticates the keel of the Permit (SSN-594) at Mare Island on 16 July 1959. USN photo # NY9-45325-7-59, contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit258k The volunteer civilian band is shown in the foreground during the keel laying ceremony on the Permit (SSN-594) on 16 July 1959 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard.USN photo # NY9-45322-7-59, contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit77k RADM Leroy V. Honsinger, USN, Shipyard Commander, speaks at the keel laying of the Permit (SSN-594) on 16 July 59 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard. The Permit was Mare Island's 5th nuclear submarine.USN photo # NY9-45323-7-59,contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit96k VIPs at the keel laying of Permit (SSN-594) at Mare Island on 16 July 1959. From left to right: CDR E. E. Kintner, USN, Nuclear Power Supt, and honorary keel layers Henry A. McKenna, Master Machinist; Florie A. Braghetta, Head of Laboratory Branch; and Walter R. Suess, Head of Reproduction Center. USN photo # NY9-45328-7-59, contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit986kFull size mockup of the machinery spaces looking forward of the Permit (SSN-594) at Mare Island on 17 July 1959. USN photo # 45280-7-59, contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit986kFull size mockup of the machinery spaces looking aft of the Permit (SSN-594) at Mare Island on 17 July 1959. USN photo # 45285-7-59, contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Submarine Silhouettes 1960179kSubmarine Silhouettes of 1960:
Nautilus (SSN-571), Seawolf (SSN-575), Skate (SSN-578), Skipjack (SSN-585), Triton (SSRN-586), Halibut (SSGN-587), Thresher (SSN-593), Tullibee (SSN-597), George Washington (SSBN-598), & Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) classes. 		USN photo submitted by Ron Titus, courtesy of Ingersoll-Rand. Corp.
Nuclear Submarine Profiles187kNuclear Submarine Profiles 1960:
Nautilus (SSN-571),
Seawolf (SSN-575),
Triton (SSRN-586),
Skate (SSN-578) & Skipjack (SSN-585) classes,
Halibut (SSGN-587) & Tullibee (SSN-597) classes,
George Washington (SSBN-598) &
Thresher (SSN-593) classes. 		USN photo courtesy of Ron Titus courtesy of Ingersoll-Rand. Corp. Photo i.d. courtesy of David Johnston
Permit240kSection number 10 for Permit (SSN-594) is shown being prefabricated in Mare Island's shipfitter shop on 25 January 1960.USN photo # NY9 46866-1-60, contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit182kPermit (SSN-594), Hull section 3 (Aft section of submarine) is show being placed on the building ways at Mare Island on 18 February 1960.USN photo # NY9 47152-2-60, contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit406kHull section of the Permit (SSN-594) being placed on the ways by YD-33 at Mare Island on 29 March 1960.USN photo # 47551-3-60, contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit351kStern hull section of Permit (SSN-594) being transported from structural shop to the building ways at Mare Island on 23 June 1960.USN photo # 48065-6-60, contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit1.10kProgress view of the Permit (SSN-594) on the building ways at Mare Island on 6 April 1960. View is looking aft.USN photo # NY9 47620-4-60, contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit420kBow view of Permit (SSN-594) on the ways at Mare Island on 6 July 1960. USN photo # 48262-7-60, contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit462kStern view of Permit (SSN-594) on the ways at Mare Island on 6 July 1960. USN photo # 48263-7-60, contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit620kBow compartment of Permit (SSN-594) being landed on the building ways at Mare Island on 20 July 1960. USN photo # 48357-7-60, contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit388kBow view of Permit (SSN-594) on the ways at Mare Island on 4 October 1960.USN photo # 49122-10-60, contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit225k Photo of the installation of engine room patch of Permit (SSN-594), at Mare Island on 26 January 1961.USN photo # 50216-1-61, contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit191k The BQQ-1 sonar sphere is being ready for installation on the Permit (SSN-594) at Mare Island on 19 March 1961. USN photo # 50731-3-61, contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit544k Permit (SSN-594) sonar sphere being lifted off the dual trailers at Ways One South at Mare Island on 19 March 1961. USN photo # 50735-3-61, contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit456k Permit (SSN-594) bow is ready for installation of sonar sphere at Mare Island on 19 March 1961. USN photo # 50737-3-61, contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit206k Permit (SSN-594) sonar sphere being lifted off the dual trailers at Ways One South at Mare Island on 19 March 1961 with the submarine in the background. USN photo # 50738-3-61, contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit394k Permit (SSN-594) sonar sphere being fitted aboard at Mare Island on 19 March 1961. USN photo # 50739-3-61, contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit341k Permit (SSN-594) sonar sphere being fitted aboard at Mare Island on 19 March 1961. USN photo # 50740-3-61, contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit290kBow view of Permit (SSN-594) on the ways at Mare Island on 4 April 1961.USN photo # 50829-4-61, contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit314kStern view of Permit (SSN-594) on the ways at Mare Island on 4 April 1961. USN photo # 50830-4-61, contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit392k Fairwater of Permit (SSN-594) is landed on board at Mare Island on 2 May 1961.USN photo # 51146-5-61, contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit717kCapt. Karl R. Wheland (Commander Submarine Group San Francisco Bay Area) presents LT Hugh A Benton, prospective engineering officer of Permit (SSN-594), a Navy Unit Commendation award earned while LT Benton was servicing in Skipjack (SSN-585) at Mare Island on 24 June 1961.A Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum, MINSY #51750-6-61, submitted by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit435kPermit's (SSN-594) launch cradle in the bottom of Mare Island's dry dock # 3 in July 1961. USN photo # 50740-3-61, contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit44kPermit (SSN-594), launching invitation ceremony, 1 July 1961. Courtesy of Dave Stoops EM2(SS) Permit (SSN-594) and webmaster of the Permit (SSN-594) homepage.
Permit1.39k3 page PDF of Permit's (SSN-594) launching program on 1 July 1961 at Mare Island. Photos courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
Permit336kLaunching of the Permit (SSN-594).Photo courtesy of Dale Hargrave.
Permit373kMrs. John A. McCone christens the Permit (SSN-594) on 1 July 1961 at Mare Island. Photo # NY9-51975-7-61, courtesy of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum via Darryl L. Baker.
Permit145kA carving of the Permit (Fish) is presented to the Commanding Officer of Permit (SSN-594) prior to her launching at Mare Island on 1 July 1961. The carving was done by Chief Torpedoman R. L. Seay and he was presented a commendation medal from Asst. SECNAV K. E. Belieu. Left to right: RADM L. V. Honsinger (Shipyard Commandant), CDR E. R. Barrett (Commanding Officer), LT A. S. Cabot, Chief R. L. Seay and Asst. SECNAV K. E. Belieu.USN photo # 51907-7-61, contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit714kRADM Hyman G. Rickover at the launching of the Permit (SSN-594) at Mare Island on 1 July 1961. USN photo # 51978-7-61, contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit685kPermit (SSN-594) waterborne for the first time on 1 July 1961 at Mare Island. Photo # NY9-51928-7-61 courtesy of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum via Darryl L. Baker.
Permit1.19kThe Permit (SSN-594) is waterborne on 1 July 1961.Photo # NY9-51931-7-61 scanned by Ryan Crierie, via flickr, courtesy of Stephen Gower.
Permit125k Commemorative postal cover marking the Permit's (SSN-594) launching, 1 July 1961. Courtesy of Dave Stoops EM2(SS) Permit (SSN-594) and webmaster of the Permit (SSN-594) homepage.
Permit241k Forward plan view of Permit (SSN-594) at her outfitting berth at Mare Island on 15 January 1962. The Plunger (SSN-595) is aft of Permit.USN photo # 53561-1-62, contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit222k Aft plan view of Permit (SSN-594) at her outfitting berth at Mare Island on 15 January 1962. USN photo # 53562-1-62, contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit643k7 page PDF file of Permit's (SSN-594) commissioning program. PDF courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
Permit1.08k Permit (SSN-594) departing San Francisco Bay on 19 April 1962 for builders trials. Photo from the files of the Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum via Darryl L. Baker.
SSN 594
0859462		 NR Freighter Hits Nuclear Sub Making Test Run in Pacific
A 12,000-ton freighter ran over the nine-month-old nuclear submarine Permit (SSN-594) 30 miles at sea last night, but both reached port today, although damaged. There were no injuries among the 140 men and officers aboard the Permit. The submarine, on a test run with 25 trial board evaluation officers, was run over while submerged near the Farallon Islands.
The Matson freighter Hawaiian Citizen, which passed over the sub, reported hull damage at the No. 4 hold and docked at San Francisco after making sure the submarine was safe. The freighter brought a varied cargo from Hawaii. It had a crew of 47, with William O’Brien as its captain.		 Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo & text by Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 10 May 1962, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Insert image courtesy of shipsnostalgia.com
Permit962kRADM Roy S. Benson (COMSUBPAC) speaks at the commissioning of the Permit (SSN-594) at Mare Island on 29 May 1962.Photo from the files of the Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum via Darryl L. Baker.
Permit1.10kView of the commissioning ceremonies of the Permit (SSN-594) in dry dock 3 at Mare Island on 29 May, 1962.USN photo # 55162-5-62, courtesy of the Valllejo Naval and Historical Museum. Photo contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit90k Permit (SSN-594), first day commemorative post card, 29 May, 1962. Courtesy of Dave Stoops EM2(SS) Permit (SSN-594) and webmaster of the Permit (SSN-594) homepage.
Permit283kPermit (SSN-594), sea trials at flank speed at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 1 June 1962.Navy Photo # NY9-55179-6-62, courtesy of Dave Stoops EM2(SS) Permit (SSN-594) and webmaster of the Permit (SSN-594) homepage.
Permit98kClipping from the 8 June 1962 edition of Mare Island's newspaper the "Grapevine" showing the flag raising aboard Permit (SSN-594) during her commissioning ceremonies.USN photo # 55162-5-62, courtesy of the Valllejo Naval and Historical Museum. Photo contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit709kRADM Eugene B. Fluckey (COMSUBPAC) (left) presents the Navy "E" plaque to LCDR David Boyd commanding officer of the Permit (SSN-594) (center) at Mare Island on 6 August 1964. RADM Edward J. Fahy (shipyard commander) is on the left. USN photo # 64547-8-64, from the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
Service - Decommissioning
Permit132kUSN photo, declassified. Taken on 28 March 1963, subroc as seen from Permit's (SSN-594) scope. Long Beach Photographic Laboratory Negative # 24326,courtesy of Dave Stoops EM2(SS) Permit (SSN-594) and webmaster of the Permit homepage.
Permit52kCommemorative postal cover issued on the occasion of the Presidential visit on the Permit (SSN-594) 6 June 1963.Courtesy of Jack Treutle (of blessed memory).
Permit53k The Permit (SSN-594) being loaded with a UUM-44A Subroc submarine launched anti-submarine missile, date and location unknown. USN photo courtesy of Robert Hurst.
Permit36kCommemorative postal cover issued on the occasion of the first firing of the SUBROC by the Permit (SSN-594), 4 December 1963.Courtesy of Jack Treutle (of blessed memory).
Permit132kThe Snook (SSN-592) and Permit (SSN-594) are shown entering dry dock 3 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 18 February 66. Snook is in front of the Permit. They were in dry dock from 18 February to 27 February 1966.USN photo # MSA 71823-2-66, contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit69kPermit (SSN-594), under way. Circa 1967, location unknown.Courtesy of Dave Stoops EM2(SS) Permit (SSN-594) and webmaster of the Permit homepage.
Nunneley
0865851		 259kCapt. John (Jack) K. Nunneley as Commander of Mare Island Naval Support Activity. Photo is dated 31 March 1977. Note he was the 5th Commanding Officer of the Permit (SSN-594) from 10 February 1970 to 6 March 1970.USN photo courtesy of Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum via Darryl L. Baker.
Permit333kPermit (SSN-594), summer or fall of 1970 on a WesPac cruise as we were approaching Okinawa. The Chief in the picture near the torpedo shipping hatch is TMC(SS) Robert McClain.Courtesy of PH3 Mac McCloskey.
Permit145kPermit (SSN-594), tied up next to the Florikan (ASR-9) in Hong Kong, summer or fall of 1970. Courtesy of Dave Stoops EM2(SS) Permit (SSN-594) and webmaster of the Permit homepage.
Permit128kPhoto of the Permit's (SSN-594), battery well looking aft, 1970. Courtesy of Dave Stoops EM2(SS) Permit (SSN-594) and webmaster of the Permit homepage.
Permit928kCDR G. W. Greene Jr. (middle) is relieved by CDR J. F. Sullivan (right) as Commanding Officer of Permit (SSN-594) at Mare Island on 28 October 1972. Left is CDR W. S. Cole Jr. (COMSUBDIV 71).Photo from the files of the Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum via Darryl L. Baker.
Permit80k Port side view of the Permit (SSN-594), taken in March 1978 underway somewhere off the Pacific coast.Official USN photo # 147500-3 78 courtesy of Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr. Photo i.d. courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
Permit731kThe Permit (SSN-594) fires a Harpoon missile on 12 November 1982 against Ex-Bausell (DD-845) at the Pacific Missile Test Center range. Photo courtesy of Jim Stats and submitted by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit703kThe Permit (SSN-594) on sea trials in June 1984 after overhaul at Mare Island. She is located in San Francisco Bay. Photo courtesy of Jim Stats and submitted by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit731kThe Permit (SSN-594) on sea trials in June 1984 after overhaul at Mare Island. She is located in San Francisco Bay.
Note the fog shrouded Golden Gate Bridge in the background.		 Photo courtesy of Jim Stats and submitted by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit778kThe Permit (SSN-594) departing Mare Island after completion of her refueling overhaul at the yard on 19 July 1984.Photo # 203307-7-84 TH courtesy of Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum via Darryl L. Baker.
Ballast Point, San Diego48kAn Oil on Masonite painting by the artist John Charles Roach, entitled "Ballast Point, San Diego", depicts sub base with subs and tenders at the pier in San Diego during mid 1986. The tenders were possibly the: McKee (AS-42) for Subron 7 & Dixon (AS-37) for Subron 3.
Among the subs were the:
Gudgeon (SS-567):
Albacore (AGSS-569):
Blueback (SS-581):
Permit (SSN-594):
Plunger (SSN-595):
Pollack (SSN-603)
Haddo (SSN-604):
Guardfish (SSN-612):
Haddock (SSN-621):
Sturgeon (SSN-637):
Gurnard (SSN-662) :
Hawkbill (SSN-666):
Pintado (SSN-672):
Drum (SSN-677):
William H. Bates (SSN-680):
La Jolla (SSN-701):
Portsmouth (SSN-707) &
Salt Lake City (SSN-716). 		Ballast Point, San Diego
John Charles Roach 1986.5
Oil on Masonite, 1986, courtesy of the USNHC, # 88-163-CR.
Text contributed by OMC J. Reid Pallady USNR-RET & QM2(SS)David Johnston (USN, retired)
Permit731kThe Permit's (SSN-594) 28th Birthday photo (with special patch insert). Photo courtesy of Jim Stats and submitted by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit130k The Permit (SSN-594) is shown at Mare Island Naval Shipyard on the date of her decommission on 22 July 1991. Notice that the sonar dome has been removed for towing to Puget Sound. The house behind the sail is an emergency diesel installed for the tow.USN photo # 247635, contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit103kCapt M. T. Coyle, USN, Shipyard Commander, Mare Island Naval Shipyard and CDR D. A. Schneegas, Commanding Officer, Permit (SSN-594) are shown signing the transfer order for Permit to the shipyard after her decommissioning on 22 July 1991.USN photo # 247626, contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit111kCDR D. A. Schneegas, USN, Commanding Officer, Permit (SSN-594) is seen carrying the ship's colors off the ship after her decommissioning at Mare Island on 22 July 1991. USN photo # 3 247631,contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
Permit73k RADM R. H. Blount, USN (Retired) (first skipper of Permit (SSN-594)), is shown with CDR D. A. Schneegas, USN (last skipper of Permit), and Captain M. T. Coyle, USN, Shipyard Commander, Mare Island on 22 July 1991 after the decommissioning ceremony for Permit.USN photo # 249633, contributed by Darryl L. Baker.
PSNSY291k"Sign of the times." March 1994 photo of Nuclear submarines at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard waiting in line for scrapping.
Top row left to right are Ethan Allen (SSBN-608), Seawolf (SSN-575), Plunger (SSN-595), Shark (SSN-591), Nathanael Greene (SSBN-636), Glenard P. Lipscomb (SSN-685) alongside Sperry (AS-12), with Triton (SSRN-586) across the pier from the Sperry .
Bottom row, from left to right Thomas A. Edison (SSBN-610), Skipjack (SSN-585), Snook (SSN-592), Henry Clay (SSBN-625), Lapon (SSN-661), Dace (SSN-607), Skate (SSN-578), Swordfish (SSN-579), Sargo (SSN-583), Seadragon (SSN-584).
Across the pier are Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618), and not in view, Patrick Henry (SSBN-599), George Washington (SSBN-598), Barb (SSN-596) & Sea Devil (SSN-664).
There are so many submarines at PSNSY that the yard is running out of pier space. 		Courtesy of Jack Treutle (of blessed memory).
Reactor Compartments83kTrench 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 Mare than 600 years. USN photo submitted by 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 (SSN-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
Commanding Officers
01CDR. Blount, Robert Haddock, USN :RADM29.05.1962 - 25.04.1964 First Date in Commission
02CDR. Boyd, David Stuart, USN (USNA 1950)25.04.1964 - 20.07.1966
03CDR. Malone Jr., Thomas Logan, USN (USNA 1953) :RADM20.07.1966 - 02.05.1969
04CDR. Kollmorgen, Frederick Joseph, USN (USNA 1954)02.05.1969 - 10.02.1970
05CDR. Nunneley, John Kerwin, USN (USNA 1951)10.02.1970 - 03.06.1970
06CDR. Greene Jr., George William, USN (USNA 1955)03.06.1970 - 28.10.1972
07CDR. Sullivan, Jeremiah Francis, USN28.10.1972 - 24.04.1976
08CDR. Dewhirst, George Harness, USN (USNA 1961)24.04.1976 - 26.10.1979
09CDR. McKenna Jr., Russell Edmund, USN (USNA 1963)26.10.1979 - 10.10.1982
10CDR. Rushing, John Michael, USN10.10.1982 - 19.08.1986
11CDR. Frasher, Steven John, USN19.08.1986 - 21.03.1989
12CDR. Schneegas, David Alan, USN (USNA 1972)21.03.1989 - 31.08.1990 Last Date in Commission
Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler
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