SSN 583 History
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USS HOWARD W. GILMORE (AS 16)
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USS HOWARD W. GILMORE (AS 16)
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USS HOWARD W. GILMORE (AS 16)
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USS HOWARD W. GILMORE (AS 16)
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USS HOWARD W. GILMORE (AS 16)
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USS HOWARD W. GILMORE (AS 16)
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USS HOWARD W. GILMORE (AS 16)
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USS HOWARD W. GILMORE (AS 16)
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USS James K. Polk (SSBN/SSN 645)
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USS James K. Polk (SSBN/SSN 645)
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USS James K. Polk (SSBN/SSN 645)
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USS James K. Polk (SSBN/SSN 645)
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USS James K. Polk (SSBN/SSN 645)
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USS James K. Polk (SSBN/SSN 645)
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USS James K. Polk (SSBN/SSN 645)
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USS James K. Polk (SSBN/SSN 645)
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USS Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN 658)
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USS Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN 658)
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USS Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN 658)
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USS Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN 658)
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USS Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN 658)
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USS Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN 658)
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USS Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN 658)
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USS Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN 658)
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USS BLUEBACK (SS 581)
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~ USS CARBONERO (SS 337) ~ (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS BLUEBACK (SS 581)
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~ USS SAILFISH (SS 572) ~ (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS BLUEBACK (SS 581)
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~ USS GATO (SS 212) ~ (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS BLUEBACK (SS 581)
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~ USS BALAO (SS 285) ~ (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS BLUEBACK (SS 581)
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~ USS GRENADIER (SS 525) ~ (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS BLUEBACK (SS 581)
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~ USS WAHOO (SS 565) l. and USS TROUT (SS 566) r. ~ (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS BLUEBACK (SS 581)
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~ USS CERO (SS 225) ~ (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS BLUEBACK (SS 581)
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~ USS RAY (SS 271) l. and USS TIRANTE (SS 420) r.~ (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS BLUEBACK (SS 581)
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~ USS GRAYBACK (SS/SSG/APSS/LPSS 574) ~ (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS BLUEBACK (SS 581)
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~ USS CATFISH (SS 339) ~ (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS ALBANY (SSN 573)
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USS ALBANY (SSN 573)
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USS ALBANY (SSN 573)
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USS ALBANY (SSN 573)
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USS ALBANY (SSN 573)
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USS ALBANY (SSN 573)
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USS ALBANY (SSN 573)
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USS ALBANY (SSN 573)
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USS GATO (SS 212)
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~ USS RAY (SS 271) l. and USS TIRANTE (SS 420) r.~ (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS GATO (SS 212)
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~ USS CERO (SS 225) ~ (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS GATO (SS 212)
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~ USS CATFISH (SS 339) ~ (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS GATO (SS 212)
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~ USS GATO (SS 212) ~ (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS GATO (SS 212)
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~ USS GRAYBACK (SS/SSG/APSS/LPSS 574) ~ (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS GATO (SS 212)
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~ USS CARBONERO (SS 337) ~ (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS GATO (SS 212)
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~ USS BALAO (SS 285) ~ (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS GATO (SS 212)
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~ USS CERO (SS 225) ~ (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS GATO (SS 212)
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~ USS SAILFISH (SS 572) ~ (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS GATO (SS 212)
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~ USS GRENADIER (SS 525) ~ (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS SARGO (SSN 583)
The USS SARGO (SSN 583) is accompanied to sea as it passes Ballast Point with what appears to be North Island and San Diego, CA in the background.
~ Date Unknown (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS SARGO (SSN 583)
The SARGO (SSN 583) at her outfitting berth shortly after her launching on 10 OCT 1957 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard. She would not receive her USS designator until commissioning until a year later. The Grayback (SSG 574) is in the background.
~ Date Unknown (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS SARGO (SSN 583)
The future USS SARGO (SSN 583) departs Mare Island Naval Shipyard on the Napa River passing hull sections for the scheduled Theodore Roosevelt (SSBN 600) or the yet-to-be Permit (SSN 594) as she heads out for sea trials.
~ 03 AUG 1958 (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS SARGO (SSN 583)
USS SARGO (SSN 583) gets line one across as she arrives at Pearl Harbor, HI. Line handlers turn to as those on lines 2, 3, and 4 demonstrate their prowess with the heaveys.
~ 16 OCT 1958 (US Navy Official Photograph
USS SARGO (SSN 583)
USS SARGO (SSN 583) departs Mare Island mid-autumn on the Napa River. The shipyard's Master Pipefitter Irv Witthorne assists the Nuclear Power Superintendent CDR E. E. Kintner in casting off the last line.
~ 07 OCT 1958 (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS SARGO (SSN 583)
The USS SARGO (SSN-583), commissioned on 01 OCT 1958, returns to Mare Island from her first cruise after being designated USS.
~ 02 NOV 1958 (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS SARGO (SSN 583)
Illuminated by a flare, the USS SARGO (SSN 583) casts deep shadows while surfaced through the thin ice of a polynya, somewhere north of the Arctic Circle.
~ 1960 (US Navy Arctic Submarine Laboratory)
Men mean more than guns in the rating of a ship... ~ John Paul Jones
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Recent Logroom Archives
- SSN 651 - 25 OCT 1966 - ADM Rickover to Rep. Morgan - First Sea Trials
- SSN 651 - 25 OCT 1966 - ADM Rickover to Rep. Natcher - First Sea Trials
- SSN 667 - Commissioning Brochure - 13 JUN 1969
- SSN 653 - Inactivation Brochure - 24 JUL 1992
- SSN 653 - Commissioning Brochure - 12 APR 1967
- SSN 653 - Welcome Aboard - CO Unknown - Undated
- SSN 606 - Commissioning Brochure - 17 OCT 1964
- SSN 606 - Welcome Aboard - CO Unknown - Undated
- SSN 597 - Decommissioning Brochure - 25 JUN 1988
- SSBN 734 - Change of Command - Schaffner/Luff - 29 AUG 2019
- SSBN 734 - 17 DEC 1988 - CAPT Witzenburg - Commissioning Guests
- SSBN 734 - Commissioning Brochure - 17 DEC 1988
- SSBN 732 - Commissioning Brochure - 25 JAN 1986
- SSBN 732 - Welcome Aboard - CO Unknown - Undated
- SSBN 659 - 13 FEB 1967 - ADM Rickover - General Distribution - 659 Story
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