 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| For RATING SHIRTS - Click on your Rating Abbreviation below: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Click on your Rating abbreviation above: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
U.S.S. BLUEBACK
(SS-581)FACTIS NON VERBIS
Click to view crew list
USS BLUEBACK (SS-581) - a Barbel-class diesel-electric submarine
In Commission 1959 to 1990SS-581 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a SS-581 Shellback Initiation | Add a SS-581 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APR | 1957 | - | Keel Date: 15 APR 1957 at Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula MS | ||
| MAY | 1959 | - | Launch Date: 16 MAY 1959 | ||
| OCT | 1959 | - | Commissioned: 15 OCT 1959 | ||
| JUL | 1960 | - | JUL | 1960 | Panama Canal |
| FEB | 1961 | - | SEP | 1961 | West Pac |
| JAN | 1962 | - | JAN | 1962 | Open House for Worlds Fair Visitors Seattle WA |
| JUL | 1962 | - | JAN | 1963 | Regular Overhaul |
| APR | 1963 | - | Shellback Initiation - 18 APR 1963 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| MAY | 1963 | - | MAY | 1963 | Battle of Coral Sea Pageant - Australia |
| JUN | 1963 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 JUN 1963 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| FEB | 1965 | - | JUN | 1965 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JAN | 1966 | - | SEP | 1966 | Regular Overhaul |
| JUL | 1968 | - | DEC | 1968 | West Pac |
| FEB | 1969 | - | MAR | 1970 | Dry Dock |
| JUL | 1970 | - | DEC | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JUL | 1971 | - | DEC | 1971 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| FEB | 1972 | - | FEB | 1973 | Regular Overhaul |
| SEP | 1973 | - | FEB | 1974 | West Pac |
| MAR | 1976 | - | AUG | 1976 | Dry Dock |
| JUN | 1977 | - | OCT | 1977 | UNITAS |
| JUL | 1977 | - | Shellback Initiation - 15 JUL 1977 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| AUG | 1977 | - | AUG | 1977 | Panama Canal |
| AUG | 1977 | - | Shellback Initiation - 21 AUG 1977 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| AUG | 1978 | - | MAR | 1979 | West Pac |
| OCT | 1978 | - | MAR | 1979 | West Pac |
| OCT | 1978 | - | Shellback Initiation - 2 OCT 1978 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| SEP | 1981 | - | DEC | 1981 | West Pac |
| MAY | 1982 | - | Shellback Initiation - 27 MAY 1982 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| OCT | 1990 | - | Decommissioned: 1 OCT 1990 | ||
SS-581 General Specifications
Class: Barbel-class diesel-electric submarine
Complement: 8 Officers and 69 Enlisted
Displacement: 1744 tons
Length: 219 feet 6 inches
Beam: 29 feet
Draft: 25feet
Final Disposition: Donated to the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
USS BLUEBACK (SS-581)
The second Blueback (SS-581) was launched 16 May 1959 by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp.
Pascagoula, Miss.; sponsored by Mrs. Kenmore McManes,
wife of Rear Admiral McManes.
[Note: The above USS BLUEBACK (SS-581) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS BLUEBACK (SS-581) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]
Click Here
U.S.S. BLUEBACK
(SS-581)
at HullNumber.com
(SS-581)
at HullNumber.com
- - Specs & Deployments
- - Crew Roster
- - Photos
- - NEW -> ALL HANDS
- - Internet Links
- - Reunion Info
Add Your Name to the
SS-581 Crew Roster
HullNumber.com's mission is to provide a means for shipmates to keep in touch with one another.
Registration and communicating with shipmates at Hullnumber.com is FREE FOREVER.
We ask that you enter only enough information about yourself that your shipmates can recall you... Your ORIGINAL HOMETOWN and State are asked for because that confirms who you are in your shipmate's memories.
PRIVACY NOTICE:
HullNumber.com takes your privacy seriously
HullNumber.com does not share your information.
HullNumber.com does not retain your payment information if you make a purchase.
If contacted by a Shipmate through HullNumber, your Shipmate does not have your email address unless you reply.
At the bottom of every email sent by HullNumber is an UNSUBSCRIBE link.