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U.S.S. JAMES MONROE
(SSBN-622)WATCHFUL WAITING
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USS JAMES MONROE (SSBN-622) - a Lafayette-class submarine
In Commission 1963 to 1990SSBN-622 Deployments - Major Events
Add a SSBN-622 Shellback Initiation | Add a SSBN-622 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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JUL | 1961 | - | Keel Date: 31 JUL 1961 at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Newport News VA | ||
MAR | 1962 | - | MAR | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
AUG | 1962 | - | Launch Date: 4 AUG 1962 | ||
DEC | 1963 | - | Commissioned: 7 DEC 1963 | ||
OCT | 1968 | - | FEB | 1969 | Dry Dock |
JAN | 1971 | - | JUN | 1974 | Middle Pacific |
JAN | 1971 | - | JUN | 1974 | West Pac |
JAN | 1975 | - | JAN | 1977 | Regular Overhaul |
JUL | 1975 | - | Shellback Initiation - 7 JUL 1975 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
JAN | 1977 | - | JAN | 1978 | Sea Trials |
JAN | 1977 | - | JAN | 1980 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
JUN | 1977 | - | DEC | 1977 | Sea Trials |
JAN | 1978 | - | AUG | 1979 | North Atlantic |
JAN | 1978 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 JAN 1978 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
JUN | 1979 | - | JUL | 1979 | First Submarine in Kings Bay |
OCT | 1982 | - | JAN | 1983 | North Atlantic |
AUG | 1989 | - | Shellback Initiation - 5 AUG 1989 - Pacific Ocean | ||
SEP | 1990 | - | Decommissioned: 25 SEP 1990 |
SSBN-622 General Specifications
Class: Lafayette-class submarine
Named for: James Monroe (1758-1831)
Complement: 13 Officers and 130 Enlisted
Displacement: 7250 tons
Length: 425 feet
Beam: 33 feet
Flank Speed: 20 knots
Final Disposition: Scrapping via Ship-Submarine Recycling Program completed 10 January 1995