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U.S.S. QUEENFISH
(SSN-651)LA REINE DE LA MER
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USS QUEENFISH (SSN-651) - a Sturgeon-class submarine
In Commission 1966 to 1992SSN-651 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a SSN-651 Shellback Initiation | Add a SSN-651 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAY | 1964 | - | Keel Date: 11 MAY 1964 at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Newport News VA | ||
| JUL | 1964 | - | SEP | 1964 | North Pole |
| FEB | 1966 | - | Launch Date: 25 FEB 1966 | ||
| DEC | 1966 | - | Commissioned: 6 DEC 1966 | ||
| JAN | 1968 | - | SEP | 1969 | Uss New Jersey BB 62 |
| APR | 1968 | - | JUN | 1968 | West Pac |
| APR | 1968 | - | JUN | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JUL | 1968 | - | AUG | 1968 | Regular Overhaul |
| JUL | 1970 | - | SEP | 1970 | North Pole |
| JUN | 1971 | - | DEC | 1971 | West Pac |
| NOV | 1972 | - | APR | 1973 | West Pac |
| JAN | 1974 | - | OCT | 1975 | Dry Dock |
| MAR | 1975 | - | AUG | 1975 | West Pac |
| SEP | 1977 | - | APR | 1978 | West Pac |
| SEP | 1977 | - | APR | 1978 | West Pac |
| SEP | 1980 | - | APR | 1981 | West Pac |
| AUG | 1981 | - | MAR | 1983 | Regular Overhaul |
| DEC | 1983 | - | JUN | 1984 | West Pac-Indian Ocean |
| JUL | 1985 | - | AUG | 1985 | North Pole |
| SEP | 1986 | - | MAR | 1987 | West Pac |
| DEC | 1986 | - | DEC | 1986 | Dependents Cruise |
| JAN | 1987 | - | JUN | 1987 | West Pac |
| FEB | 1988 | - | MAR | 1988 | Middle Pacific |
| JUL | 1988 | - | SEP | 1988 | North Pole |
| MAY | 1989 | - | NOV | 1989 | West Pac |
| APR | 1992 | - | Decommissioned: 14 APR 1992 | ||
SSN-651 General Specifications
Class: Sturgeon-class submarine
Named for: The queenfish
Complement: 14 Officers and 99 Enlisted
Displacement: 4060 tons
Length: 292 feet
Beam: 31 feet
Flank Speed: Over 20 knots
Final Disposition: Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program begun 1 May 1992 completed 7 April 1993
USS QUEENFISH (SSN-651)
The second Queenfish (SSN-651) was laid down by the Newport News Shipbuilding
and Dry Dock Co., 11 May 1964; launched 25 February 1966; sponsored by Hon.
Julia Butler Hansen, Congresswoman from the State of Washington; and
commissioned 6 December 1966, Comdr. Jackson B. Richard in command.
Assigned a homeport and homeyard of Pearl Harbor, Queenfish reported to the Atlantic Fleet
for onward routing to the Pacific Fleet. She serves with the Pacific Fleet into
1970 as a nuclear-powered attack submarine guarding this nation against the
undersea forces of potential enemies.
[Note: The above USS QUEENFISH (SSN-651) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS QUEENFISH (SSN-651), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]