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Sea Trials
From 10 SEP 1981
To 25 SEP 1981
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by Brad Williamson

This large shipyard workload also contributed to a delay in completion from the planned 15 months to an actual period of 24 months.

We took our leave from the shipyard on 9 September 1981 and proceeded to the Bangor Submarine Base that was being built to accommodate the Trident SSBNs. We would operate out of Bangor that was located on the Hood Canal, an offshoot from Puget Sound, for several weeks of trials and calibrations. It was the most challenging period of my entire command tour as I led a crew that had not operated for two years, through a series of challenging operations associated with weapons tests and acoustic tests in a physical environment that was extremely challenging. The Puget Sound area has many islands and shallows with a lot of traffic.

Location Bangor Submarine Base
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