Fleet Timeline

Fleet Timeline

Date Category Event
26 AUG 1983 SSN-680 Events Local Ops
09 SEP 1983 SSN-680 Events Depart San Diego
09 SEP 1983 SSN-680 Deployments WestPac '83-'84
21 SEP 1983 SSN-680 Events Crossed International Date Line - Golden Dragon
25 OCT 1983 World Events Invasion of Grenada
10 SEP 1984 SSN-680 Exercises ORSE
01 JAN 1985 SSN-680 Deployments WestPac '85
03 DEC 1985 SSN-680 Exercises DSRV Ops
26 APR 1986 World Events Chernobyl Nuclear Accident
01 SEP 1987 SSN-680 Deployments WestPac '87-'88
03 JUL 1988 World Events Iran Air Flight 655 Shootdown
15 SEP 1990 SSN-591 Events USS SHARK (SSN 591) Decommissioning
01 JAN 1991 SSN-680 Homeports Homeport Change to Pearl Harbor, HI
12 AUG 1991 SSBN-616 Events USS LAFAYETTE (SSBN 616) Decommissioning
26 DEC 1991 World Events **************** !! COLD WAR ENDS !! ****************
25 FEB 1992 SSBN-616 Events Lafayette Recycling Complete
29 MAY 1992 SSN-665 Events USS GUITARRO (SSN 665) Decommissioning
27 JUN 1992 SSBN-644 Events USS LEWIS AND CLARK (SSBN 644) Decommissioning
24 JUN 1994 SSN-687 Events USS RICHARD B. RUSSELL (SSN 687) Decommissioning
01 AUG 1994 SSN-637 Events USS STURGEON (SSN 637) Decommissioning
06 SEP 1994 SSN-680 Deployments WestPac '94-'95
09 SEP 1994 SSGN-587 Events Halibut Recycling Complete
18 OCT 1994 SSN-665 Events Guitarro Recycling Complete
24 MAR 1995 SSBN-600 Events Theodore Roosevelt Recycling Complete
31 MAR 1995 SSN-648 Events USS ASPRO (SSN 648) Decommissioning
26 AUG 1995 SSN-680 Exercises Ke Koa '95
01 OCT 1995 SSN-591 Events Shark Enters Recycling
30 OCT 1995 SSN-677 Events USS DRUM (SSN 677) Decommissioning
11 DEC 1995 SSN-637 Events Sturgeon Recycling Complete
16 MAY 1996 SSN-673 Events USS FLYING FISH (SSN 673) Decommissioning
26 SEP 1996 SSBN-644 Events Lewis and Clark Recycling Complete
15 OCT 1996 SSN-673 Events Fliying Fish Recycling Complete
22 DEC 1997 SSN-695 Events USS BIRMINGHAM (SSN 695) Decommissioning
11 FEB 2000 SSN-680 Events USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) Decommissioning
03 NOV 2000 SSN-648 Events Aspro Recycling Complete
30 OCT 2002 SSN-680 Events William H. Bates Recycling Complete
03 JAN 2003 SSN-687 Events Richard B. Russell Recycling Complete
01 OCT 2012 SSN-695 Events Birmingham Enters Ship and Submarine Recycling
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