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U.S.S. POLLACK
(SSN-603)SILENT DEFENSE
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USS POLLACK (SSN-603) - a Thresher/Permit-class submarine
In Commission 1964 to 1989SSN-603 Deployments - Major Events
Add a SSN-603 Shellback Initiation | Add a SSN-603 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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MAR | 1960 | - | Keel Date: 14 MAR 1960 at New York Shipbuilding Camden NJ | ||
MAR | 1962 | - | Launch Date: 17 MAR 1962 | ||
MAY | 1964 | - | Commissioned: 26 MAY 1964 | ||
JUN | 1966 | - | AUG | 1966 | North Atlantic |
AUG | 1971 | - | NOV | 1971 | Mediterranean |
MAR | 1975 | - | MAR | 1975 | Panama Canal |
JUN | 1976 | - | NOV | 1976 | West Pac |
FEB | 1978 | - | JUL | 1978 | West Pac |
MAY | 1979 | - | JUL | 1981 | Regular Overhaul |
JUN | 1982 | - | DEC | 1982 | West Pac |
SEP | 1984 | - | FEB | 1985 | West Pac |
AUG | 1987 | - | OCT | 1987 | NorPac |
MAR | 1989 | - | Decommissioned: 1 MAR 1989 |
SSN-603 General Specifications
Class: Thresher/Permit-class submarine
Complement: 107 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 3750 tons
Length: 278 feet 5 inches
Beam: 31 feet 7 inches
Draft: 25 feet 2 in
Final Disposition: Entered Ship-Submarine Recycling Program 9 February 1993
USS POLLACK (SSN-603)
The second Pollack (SSN-603) was laid down by the New York Shipbuilding Corp.,
Camden, N.J., 14 March 1960; launched 17 March 1962; sponsored by Mrs. John O.
Pastore; and commissioned 26 May 1964, Comdr. Harvey E. Lyon in command.
Pollack
reported to Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet for
duty, and became a unit of Submarine Squadron 4, homeported in Charleston, S.C.
After shakedown in the Caribbean, she underwent a six-month evaluation as an
antisubmarine warfare weapon.
Most of 1965 was spent at sea evaluating
new ASW tactics, participating in a destroyer versus submarine evaluation, and
practicing an anti-shipping mission.
During 1966 Pollack was
evaluated in coordinated ASW operations. She spent most of 1967 at sea, making
various weapons tests. On 1 March 1968, Pollack's
homeport was changed to Norfolk and she became a unit of Submarine Squadron
10, the first all nuclear attack submarine squadron in the Navy. Pollack remains with the Atlantic Fleet
into 1970.
[Note: The above USS POLLACK (SSN-603) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS POLLACK (SSN-603), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]