P.O.D.

SSN 680 Plan of the Day

NR-1 Awaits Scrapping at PSNS

My younger brother, eagle-eyed denizen of northwest air traffic control, Kawasaki Concours ninja, and dapper master of the Onassis, True Love, and Eldredge knots for neckties, alerted me to this image on Google Earth this morning. While he described it as an 'itty-bitty' submarine, a quick check of the 'net suggested that it was in fact the NR-1, which, having briefly reflected on the situation actually does qualify as 'itty-bitty'.

Decommissioned back in 2008, defueled in Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, ME, and sent to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS) to be scrapped, this Google Earth photo taken in March of 2013 is probably the NR-1 in black-face, presumably having exhausted her supply of day-glo orange as a wardrobe fashion statement, for those of you that knew her in her active years. 

The Wikipedia article suggests that as of this date the legendary NR-1 is pieces parts...

...though some of those may been salvaged and put on display at the Submarine Force Library and Museum in Groton, CT.

You can download the Google Earth placemark here:  PSNS and NR1 Placemark

If you have any more current information, please leave a comment or contact the Site Administrator.

 

Click on image for full size view of PSNS and NR-1
My comments Subscribe RSS
Show comment form
Share the good stuff, shipmate!
0
Shares

OPSEC Policy

The Cold War Boats Association prohibits the posting of Classified material on the the coldwarboats.org website.

Any documents, photographs, audio or video recordings, or artifacts that are currently considered Classified are not permitted, and will be removed.

Any information that could compromise the operational security of active duty personnel, commissioned ships, or their missions is not permitted, and will be removed.

Access to personally identifiable information (PII) of active-duty service members or information related to the crews of submarines currently in full or limited commission is restricted to administrators only.

Full details of the Cold War Boats Association's Security Policy can be found at: www.coldwarboats.org/security.

Questions and concerns should be directed to the Security Manager at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Copyright Information

 
 
© 2024 Brad Williamson
and/or the
Cold War Boats Association
or respective image owners
 
All Rights Reserved
 
Permission is granted for not-for-profit reproduction
of text and images under the condition that
all attribution as to owner and source is included,
and additionally, when republished electronically, a link to is provided.
 
 

Privacy Policy

The Cold War Boats Association is committed to protecting your personally identifiable information (PII). 

This information, your PII,  includes your email, your street address, your phone number(s), your personal records (such as a DD-214) and various other related information.

Your PII will never be shared, given, sold, or rented. It will not be accessible by others, except by administrators or moderators of the www.coldwarboats.org website as necessary in the performance of their duties.

Your use of the www.coldwarboats.org website is your acknowledgement that these limitations are understood.

Full details of the Cold War Boats Association's Privacy Policy can be found at: www.coldwarboats.org/privacy.

Questions and concerns should be directed to the Privacy Manager at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

0
Shares