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U.S.S. PARGO
(SSN-650)UNDERWATER THOROUGHBRED
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USS PARGO (SSN-650) - a Sturgeon-class attack submarine
In Commission 1968 to 1995SSN-650 Deployments - Major Events
Add a SSN-650 Shellback Initiation | Add a SSN-650 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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JUN | 1964 | - | Keel Date: 3 JUN 1964 at General Dynamics Electric Boat Groton CT | ||
SEP | 1966 | - | Launch Date: 17 SEP 1966 | ||
JAN | 1968 | - | Commissioned: 5 JAN 1968 | ||
FEB | 1969 | - | FEB | 1969 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
FEB | 1969 | - | FEB | 1969 | North Pole |
JUL | 1970 | - | MAR | 1971 | Mark 48 torpedo |
OCT | 1972 | - | MAR | 1973 | Mediterranean |
APR | 1973 | - | Shellback Initiation - 7 APR 1973 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
SEP | 1973 | - | NOV | 1973 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
MAY | 1979 | - | OCT | 1979 | Mediterranean |
JAN | 1980 | - | DEC | 1980 | Awarded Battle |
JAN | 1980 | - | DEC | 1980 | Battle E Engineering E and ASW A |
FEB | 1980 | - | APR | 1980 | Restricted Availability(SRA) Portsmouth Naval Shipyard |
SEP | 1980 | - | NOV | 1980 | Speical Operations |
JAN | 1981 | - | MAR | 1981 | Speical Operations |
APR | 1981 | - | APR | 1981 | Meritorious Unit Commendation |
APR | 1982 | - | AUG | 1982 | Mediterranean |
APR | 1984 | - | OCT | 1984 | Mediterranean |
JAN | 1985 | - | JAN | 1987 | Dry Dock |
JAN | 1985 | - | JAN | 1985 | Panama Canal |
JAN | 1986 | - | FEB | 1986 | Panama Canal |
MAY | 1988 | - | OCT | 1988 | Mediterranean-West Africa |
JAN | 1989 | - | JAN | 1990 | North Atlantic |
JAN | 1990 | - | MAR | 1990 | Special Operations - Barents Sea |
SEP | 1990 | - | SEP | 1990 | Battle E award |
SEP | 1990 | - | NOV | 1990 | Faroe Islands |
MAR | 1991 | - | JUL | 1991 | North Pole |
MAY | 1991 | - | Shellback Initiation - 22 MAY 1991 - Pacific Ocean | ||
AUG | 1994 | - | DEC | 1994 | ICE-EX |
APR | 1995 | - | Decommissioned: 14 APR 1995 |
SSN-650 General Specifications
Class: Sturgeon-class attack submarine
Named for: The pargo
Complement: 107 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 4600 tons
Length: 292 feet
Beam: 31 feet
Flank Speed: Over 20 knots
Final Disposition: Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program begun 1 October 1994 completed 15 October 1996
USS PARGO (SSN-650)
The second Pargo (SSN-650) was laid down 3 June 1964 by General Dynamics Corp.
Electric Boat Division, Groton, Conn.; launched 17 September 1966; sponsored by
Mrs. James L. Holloway, Jr.; and commissioned 5 January 1968, Comdr. Steven A.
White in command.
Assigned to Submarine Development Group
2, with a homeport of New London, Conn., her primary wartime mission is to
detect, track and destroy enemy submarines. She combines the endurance and
environmental independence of nuclear power with deep submergence, high speed,
quietness, and the most advanced weapons and electronics capabilities. These
characteristics make her one of the Navy's most effective anti-submarine
warfare weapons.
After acoustic trials and a restricted availability at
Groton, Conn., Pargo participated in
the search for Scorpion (SSN-589) 27
May to 7 June 1968, and spent the rest of the year conducting various trials in
the Caribbean and off New London. As of 1970 the second Pargo is still operating with the U.S. Atlantic Fleet.
[Note: The above USS PARGO (SSN-650) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS PARGO (SSN-650), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]