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U.S.S. BARB

(SSN-596)

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USS BARB (SSN-596) - a Thresher/Permit-class submarine

In Commission 1963 to 1989

SSN-596 Deployments - Major Events

Add a SSN-596 Shellback Initiation Add a SSN-596 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
NOV1959-Keel Date: 9 NOV 1959
at Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula MS
FEB1962-Launch Date: 22 FEB 1962
AUG1963-Commissioned: 24 AUG 1963
JAN1967-DEC1967Battle Efficiency Pennant Personal Records
MAY1967-NOV1967West Pac
MAY1967-JUL1967West Pac-Viet Nam
JUN1967- Shellback Initiation - 7 JUN 1967 - Pacific Ocean
MAY1972-OCT1972West Pac
MAR1973-JUL1973West Pac
FEB1980-MAR1980RIMPAC
DEC1989-Decommissioned: 20 DEC 1989

SSN-596 General Specifications

Class: Thresher/Permit-class submarine

Complement: 130 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 4400 tons

Length: 278 feet

Beam: 31 feet 8 inches

Draft: 26 feet

Final Disposition: Recycling via Ship-Submarine Recycling Program completed 14 March 1996