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USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680)

ETR2(SS) Curt Folio, LTJG Jeff Griffiths, ETR2(SS) Ken Deakyne, and LTJG John Dempsey of USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) find something to smile about on a bright Ft. Lauderdale morning prepping for public visitor tours

~ 1976 (Neal Degner)

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USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680)

Camaraderie perseveres even amidst the deadly serious activity of piloting 300 feet of nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine at depths in excess of 200 feet on board the USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680)

~ 1993 (Erik Pietras)

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USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680)

Shipmates prepare to meet their friends and families waiting on the pier as the USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) waits for the brow outboard the USS Sam Houston (SSBN 609) on their return home from Westpac 82-83.

~ 1983 (Brad Williamson)

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USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680)

Cleaning up topside on the USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) after mooring in Puerto Rico during exercises in the Carribean during 1975

 

~ 1975 (courtesy of Ray Haines)

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