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U.S.S. HAWKBILL
(SSN-666)666 BABY
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USS HAWKBILL (SSN-666) - a Sturgeon-class attack submarine
In Commission 1971 to 2000SSN-666 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a SSN-666 Shellback Initiation | Add a SSN-666 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEP | 1966 | - | Keel Date: 12 SEP 1966 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo CA | ||
| APR | 1969 | - | Launch Date: 12 APR 1969 | ||
| FEB | 1971 | - | Commissioned: 4 FEB 1971 | ||
| OCT | 1971 | - | DEC | 1971 | DSRV Technical Evaluation |
| OCT | 1971 | - | OCT | 1971 | First mother submarine mating with Deep Submersive Rescue Vessel |
| MAR | 1972 | - | SEP | 1972 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| AUG | 1972 | - | Shellback Initiation - 12 AUG 1972 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| FEB | 1973 | - | FEB | 1973 | SubIceEx 1-73 |
| MAR | 1973 | - | JUN | 1978 | West Pac |
| JUL | 1973 | - | AUG | 1973 | Weapons systems testing and MK-48 certification |
| NOV | 1979 | - | MAY | 1982 | Regular Overhaul |
| MAR | 1986 | - | MAY | 1986 | North Pole |
| NOV | 1987 | - | MAY | 1988 | West Pac |
| JUL | 1993 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 JUL 1993 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JUL | 1996 | - | OCT | 1996 | West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| MAR | 1998 | - | JUN | 1998 | North Pole |
| MAR | 2000 | - | Decommissioned: 15 MAR 2000 | ||
SSN-666 General Specifications
Class: Sturgeon-class attack submarine
Named for: Misspelling carried over from previous ship of the nam
Complement: 14 Officers and 95 Enlisted
Displacement: 4002 tons
Length: 292 feet
Beam: 32 feet
Flank Speed: 15 knots
Final Disposition: Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program begun 15 March 2000 completed 1 December 2000
USS HAWKBILL (SSN-666)
The second Hawkbill (SS(N)-666)
a Sturgeon-class nuclear submarine
was laid down by Mare Island Division
San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard
Vallejo
Calif., She was launched on 12 April 1969, sponsored by Mrs. Bernard F. Roeder,
the wife of Vice Admiral Bernard F. Roeder, Commander United States First Fleet, and
commissioned on 4 February 1971 with Commander Christopher H. Brown in command.
[Note: The above USS HAWKBILL (SSN-666) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS HAWKBILL (SSN-666) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]