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U.S.S. SOUTH CAROLINA
(CGN-37)PREPARED IN MIND AND RESOURCES
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The USS SOUTH CAROLINA (CGN-37), a California class nuclear powered cruiser, was commissioned on 25 JAN 1975. Her early Mediterranean deployments in the late 1970s extended in the Indian Ocean in the 1980s and 90s as needed. SOUTH CAROLINA over her service career was North of the Arctic Circle and south of the Equator, and traveled the North Atlantic, Caribbean, North Sea, Mediterranean, Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf. USS SOUTH CAROLINA served her country for 24 years, 6 months and 5 days, until decommissioned on 30 JUL 1999. SOUTH CAROLINA's sole transit of the Panama Canal took place while moving to the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Facility at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard where she was disposed of in March 2000.
The USS SOUTH CAROLINA (CGN-37) deployment history and significant events of her service career follow:
CGN-37 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a CGN-37 Shellback Initiation | Add a CGN-37 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEC | 1970 | - | Keel Date: 1 DEC 1970 at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Newport News VA | ||
| JUL | 1972 | - | Launch Date: 1 JUL 1972 | ||
| JAN | 1975 | - | Commissioned: 25 JAN 1975 | ||
| OCT | 1975 | - | DEC | 1975 | North Atlantic |
| JUL | 1976 | - | Shellback Initiation - 8 JUL 1976 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| JUL | 1976 | - | FEB | 1977 | Mediterranean |
| JUN | 1977 | - | Shellback Initiation - 19 JUN 1977 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| JUN | 1977 | - | Shellback Initiation - 17 JUN 1977 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| NOV | 1977 | - | JUL | 1978 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1979 | - | AUG | 1979 | Mediterranean |
| APR | 1980 | - | Shellback Initiation - 23 APR 1980 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| APR | 1980 | - | DEC | 1980 | Indian Ocean / Persian Gulf / Staits of Hormutz |
| APR | 1980 | - | DEC | 1980 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
| APR | 1980 | - | Shellback Initiation - 23 APR 1980 - Indian Ocean | ||
| SEP | 1981 | - | Shellback Initiation - 9 SEP 1981 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| SEP | 1981 | - | Shellback Initiation - 9 SEP 1981 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| OCT | 1981 | - | NOV | 1981 | Caribbean |
| JAN | 1982 | - | JUL | 1982 | Mediterranean |
| AUG | 1982 | - | OCT | 1982 | North Atlantic |
| NOV | 1982 | - | DEC | 1982 | Caribbean |
| JAN | 1983 | - | JAN | 1984 | Dry Dock |
| SEP | 1983 | - | NOV | 1983 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| DEC | 1984 | - | SEP | 1985 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1985 | - | MAR | 1985 | Caribbean |
| AUG | 1986 | - | OCT | 1986 | North Atlantic |
| AUG | 1986 | - | AUG | 1986 | blue nose |
| DEC | 1986 | - | JUL | 1987 | Mediterranean |
| AUG | 1988 | - | OCT | 1988 | North Atlantic |
| AUG | 1988 | - | OCT | 1988 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| SEP | 1988 | - | Shellback Initiation - 14 SEP 1988 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| DEC | 1988 | - | JUN | 1989 | Mediterranean |
| OCT | 1990 | - | MAR | 1991 | Desert Storm |
| OCT | 1990 | - | MAR | 1991 | Mediterranean - Indian Ocean - Desert Shield & Storm |
| AUG | 1995 | - | FEB | 1996 | Mediterranean |
| SEP | 1997 | - | MAY | 1998 | Mediterranean |
| JUL | 1999 | - | Decommissioned: 30 JUL 1999 | ||
CGN-37 General Specifications
Class: California class cruiser
Named for: South Carolina
Complement: 40 Officers and 544 Enlisted
Displacement: 10500 tons
Length: 597 feet
Beam: 61 feet
Flank Speed: 30 knots
Final Disposition: Stricken to be disposed of by recycling 30 July 1999
USS SOUTH CAROLINA (CGN-37)
The fifth South Carolina (DLGN-37), a nuclear-powered guided missile
frigate, was laid down on 1 December 1970 by
Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock
Co. at Newport News, Va.; launched on 1 July 1972; sponsored by Mrs. J. Fred Buzhardt; and commissioned on 25 January 1975, Capt. William C. Neel
in command.
Upon commissioning, South Carolina steamed to
Charleston, S.C., to repeat the traditional post-commissioning
visit to the state of South Carolina. There she received a silver service for the wardroom
symbolic of the close ties between the
frigate and her namesake state. Immediately thereafter, South Carolina joined
the Atlantic Fleet nuclear task
force, operating out of Norfolk, Va,
As of May 1975, she remained so employed.
[Note: The above USS SOUTH CAROLINA (CGN-37) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS SOUTH CAROLINA (CGN-37), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]