Fleet Timeline

Fleet Timeline

Date Category Event
29 NOV 1967 SSN-648 Events Aspro Launching
25 JUN 1968 SSN-680 Events Redfish Contract Awarded
27 JUL 1968 SSN-665 Events Guitarro Launching
20 AUG 1968 SSN-677 Events Drum Keel Laid
20 FEB 1969 SSN-648 Events USS ASPRO (SSN 648) Commissioning
15 MAY 1969 SSN-665 Photo Galleries 1969 – The Sinking of the Guitarro (pre-commissioning 665)
15 MAY 1969 SSN-665 Events Guitarro Sinking
17 MAY 1969 SSN-673 Events Flying Fish Launching
18 MAY 1969 SSN-665 Events Guitarro Refloated
22 JUN 1969 SSN-680 Events Death of the Hon. William H. Bates
20 JUL 1969 World Events US Lands Men on the Moon
25 JUL 1969 SSN-687 Events Richard B. Russell Contract Awarded
04 AUG 1969 SSN-680 Homeports Homeport Established at Pascagoula, MS
04 AUG 1969 SSN-680 Events Redfish Keel Laid
13 SEP 1969 SS-241 Events USS BASHAW (SS 241) Decommissioning
29 APR 1970 SSN-673 Events USS FLYING FISH (SSN 673) Commissioning
25 JUN 1971 SSN-680 Events Redfish Renamed William H. Bates
19 OCT 1971 SSN-687 Events Richard B. Russell Keel Laid
11 DEC 1971 SSN-680 Events William H. Bates Launching
01 JAN 1972 SSN-680 Photo Galleries 1972 - Pascagoula Awards Ceremony
24 JAN 1972 SSN-695 Events Birmingham Contract Awarded
15 APR 1972 SSN-677 Events USS DRUM (SSN 677) Commissioning
04 AUG 1972 SS-241 Events Bashaw sold for scrapping
09 SEP 1972 SSN-665 Events USS GUITARRO (SSN 665) Commissioning
09 FEB 1973 SSN-680 Events William H. Bates Sea Trials
05 MAY 1973 SSN-680 Events USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) Commissioning
15 MAY 1973 SS-525 Events USS GRENADIER (SS 525) Decommissioning
16 MAY 1973 SS-525 Events Grenadier Sold To Venezuelan Navy
01 JAN 1974 SSN-680 Homeports Homeport Change to Groton, CT
12 JAN 1974 SSN-687 Events Richard B. Russell Launching
01 JUN 1974 SSN-680 Photo Galleries 1974 - June - The Caribbean - Underway for Torpedo Exercises
17 JUL 1974 SSN-680 Deployments Deployed to Eastern Atlantic
09 AUG 1974 World Events President Richard M. Nixon Resigns
04 SEP 1974 SSN-680 Port Calls Holy Loch, Scotland
22 SEP 1974 SSN-680 Photo Galleries 1974 - September - Liberty In Halifax, Nova Scotia
22 SEP 1974 SSN-680 Port Calls Halifax, Nova Scotia
04 OCT 1974 SSN-680 Port Calls New London, CT
30 OCT 1974 SSN-680 Photo Galleries 1974 - October - SUBASE New London, Connecticut
30 DEC 1974 SSN-680 Deployments Deployed to Eastern Atlantic
05 JAN 1975 SSN-680 Port Calls Holy Loch, Scotland
07 JAN 1975 SSN-680 Photo Galleries 1975 - January - Holy Loch, Scotland
17 JAN 1975 SSN-680 Port Calls Faslane, Scotland
30 JAN 1975 SSN-680 Port Calls New London, CT
15 MAR 1975 SSN-680 Photo Galleries 1975 - March - Ham Radio SUBASE New London
01 APR 1975 SSN-680 SRAs Refit - Norfolk Naval Shipyard
25 APR 1975 SSN-695 Events Birmingham Keel Laid
01 JUL 1975 SSN-680 Port Calls Fort Lauderdale, FL
10 JUL 1975 SSN-680 Photo Galleries 1975 - July - Port Everglades, FL
17 JUL 1975 World Events Apollo-Soyuz: US-Soviet Handshake in Space
16 AUG 1975 SSN-687 Events USS RICHARD B. RUSSELL (SSN 687) Commissioning
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