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 | 158k | Thomas Jefferson (13 April 1743 – 4 July 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801–1809), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776). | Photo from the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540, courtesy of Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 179k | Submarine Silhouettes of 1960: Nautilus (SSN-571), Seawolf (SSN-575), Skate (SSN-578), Skipjack (SS-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. | |
 | 187k | Nuclear Submarine Profiles 1960: Nautilus (SSN-571), Seawolf (SSN-575), Triton (SSRN-586), Skate (SSN-578) & Skipjack (SS-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 |
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 | 531k | Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618) a few days before her launching on 24 February 1962. The James Monroe (SSBN-622) is on the left. | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company photo courtesy of Dale Hargrave. | |
 | 161k | Mrs. Robert McNamara christens the Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618) as William E. Blewett, Jr,, president of Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company stands behind her on 24 February 1962. | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company photo courtesy of Dale Hargrave. | |
 | 993k | Mrs. Robert McNamara has just christened the Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618), 24 February 1962. | UPI photo courtesy of Dale Hargrave. | |
 | 452k | The launching of Thomas Jefferson (SSN-618) at Newport News on 24 February 1962. | Photo courtesy of the Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum via Darryl L. Baker. | |
 | 143k | Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618) sliding down Shipway 5 into the water. | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company photo courtesy of Dale Hargrave. | |
 | 181k | Commemorative post mark on the occasion of the Thomas Jefferson's (SSBN-618) launching at Newport New Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA., on 24 February 1962. | Photo courtesy of Dale Hargrave. | |
 | 252k | The trials of Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618) on 17 December 1962. | USN photo # NPC 1069067, courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 350k | The trials of Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618) on 17 December 1962. | USN photo # NPC 1069069, courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 422k | Sail boats above the sail of the Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618) in this view on 17 December 1962. | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 67k | Commissioning Invitation for Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618) on 4 January 1963. | Photo courtesy of Dale Hargrave. | |
 | 57k | Navy ships circle in the vicinity of the site of Thresher's (SSN-593) sinking, 15 April 1963, five days after her loss. Ships are (left to right): Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618); Sunbird (ASR-15); Warrington (DD-843), group flagship; and Redfin (SS-272). | Photographed by PHCS Parker. Official USN photo # NH 97555, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. |
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 | 612k | Port side view of Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618) in this view on June 1965. | USN photo NPC 1111769, courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 1.07k | View of the Thomas Jefferson (SSN-618) date and place unknown. This photo appeared in 28 June 1974 edition of Mare Island's newsletter to mark the start of her overhaul at Mare Island. | Photo courtesy of the Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum via Darryl L. Baker. | |
 | 882k | Mayor Florence E. Douglas presents Key to the City of Vallejo on 31 July 1974 to commanding officers undergoing overhaul at Mare Island: Left to right are: LCDR Ronald Doyle, [CO, Wahoo (SS-565)], CDR John Hummer [CO, Barb (SSN-596)], Mayor Florence E. Douglas and CDR Russell Knowles [CO, Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618)]. | Photo MINSY 123X01-7-74 TH, from the files of the Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum, via Darryl L. Baker. | |
 0861821 | 2.34k | Eight submarines plus a deep-diving submersible were at Mare Island during March 1975. Skippers of the submarines are from the left CDR Noel B. Henderson, Flasher (SSN-613); LCDR Ronald J. Doyle, Wahoo (SS-565); CDR Russell Knowles, Jr., Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618); CDR Charles R. Larson, Halibut (SSGN-587) ; CDR John A. Webster, Jr., Seawolf (SSN-575); CDR Thomas H. Bond, John Marshall (SSN-611); CDR John J. Hummer, Barb (SSN-596); LCDR Roger B. Whitaker; Trieste II and CDR James D. Cossey, Snook (SSN-592). All vessels were under overhaul at the yard. | Photo MINSY 128732-3-75, via Darryl L. Baker. | |
 | 567k | Mare Island was always dry docked constrained so the yard was good at using cofferdams to repair work under the waterline versus dry docking the ship. Here is a 3 photo PDF of a cofferdam being used to repair the sonar dome on the Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618) in November 1975. | USN photo # 133095-11-75 courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | |
 | 623k | An aerial bow view of the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618) underway on 14 June 1976. | USN photo # DN-SC-86-00163 by PH1 A. Legare from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 63k | Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618) at Pearl Harbor with the Arizona Memorial in the background. The Thomas Jefferson was serving then as a unit of Submarine Squadron 15 throughout 1977 and 1978, at the end of which she completed her 44th deterrent patrol. | USN photo courtesy of STSCS(SS) Robert Carlin. Text courtesy of DANFS. |
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 | 489k | Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618) in the floating dry dock in Apra Harbor Guam in 1979 getting a hull cleaning while we were members of Squadron 15. Note the outer doors open on two of the torpedo tubes. | Photo courtesy of Jeff Nieberding, ET1(SS) via Tom Kermen. | |
 | 51k | Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618), underway, date and place unknown. | USN photo courtesy of STSCS(SS) Robert Carlin. | |
 | 83k | Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618), underway, date and place unknown. | USN photo. | |
 | 213k | The Fulton-class submarine tender Orion (AS-18) services the Thomas Jefferson (SSN-618) on 15 August 1983. The Orion is berthed at the Italian island of Santo Stefano, located between the Sandinian coastal town of Palau and the island of La Maddalena. | Official USN photo # DN-ST-84-07596 by PH3 Lange, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. & submitted by Bill Gonyo. Photo i.d. courtesy of Richard Watson, Orion Storekeeper 1983-1984. | |
 | 128k | Commemorative post mark on the occasion of the Thomas Jefferson's (SSBN-618) commission on 4 January 1963 and her last day in commissioning, 24 January 1985. | Courtesy of Jack Treutle (of blessed memory). | |
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683k | An aerial view of a section of the Ship Intermediate Maintenance Facility at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard on 17 May 1993.
One submarine tender and 16 decommissioned nuclear-powered submarines are shown including the Seawolf (SSN-575); six George Washington, and Lafayette class SSBN's (with their missile sections cut out) plus several Skate, Skipjack, Permit and Sturgeon class SSN's. All are awaiting scrapping. Bottom row, from left to right Thomas A. Edison (SSBN-610), Skipjack (SS-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). |
Official USN photo # DN-ST-95-01863, by Calvin Larsen, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. Photo i.d. courtesy of David Johnston. | |
 | 291k | "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 (SS-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). | |
 | 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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 0861820 | 388k | 2 photo PDF of Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618) at Gosport Park, located just a few blocks from Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia. | USN photos by Max Lonzanida from dvidshub.net via Yu Chu. | |
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