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U.S.S. PATRICK HENRY
(SSBN-599)LIBERTY OR DEATH
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USS PATRICK HENRY (SSBN-599) - a George Washington-class submarine
In Commission 1960 to 1984SSBN-599 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a SSBN-599 Shellback Initiation | Add a SSBN-599 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAY | 1958 | - | Keel Date: 27 MAY 1958 at General Dynamics Electric Boat Groton CT | ||
| SEP | 1959 | - | Launch Date: 22 SEP 1959 | ||
| JAN | 1960 | - | JAN | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| APR | 1960 | - | Commissioned: 11 APR 1960 | ||
| JAN | 1970 | - | JAN | 1970 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| APR | 1972 | - | JUN | 1972 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean |
| OCT | 1972 | - | JAN | 1973 | Mediterranean |
| JUN | 1973 | - | Shellback Initiation - 6 JUN 1973 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| JUN | 1973 | - | Shellback Initiation - 6 JUN 1973 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| JUL | 1976 | - | JAN | 1977 | Middle Pacific |
| JUL | 1976 | - | JAN | 1977 | Recommisioning |
| JAN | 1980 | - | JAN | 1984 | West Pac |
| MAY | 1984 | - | Decommissioned: 25 MAY 1984 | ||
SSBN-599 General Specifications
Class: George Washington-class submarine
Named for: Patrick Henry (1736-1799)
Complement: 100 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 5400 tons
Length: 381.6 feet
Beam: 33 feet
Flank Speed: 20 kn
Range: Unlimited distance
Final Disposition:Recycling via Ship-Submarine Recycling Program completed 21 August 1997
USS PATRICK HENRY (SSBN-599)
Patrick
Henry (SSBN-599) was laid down by the Electric Boat
Division, General Dynamics Corp., Groton, Conn. 27 May 1958; launched 22
September 1959; sponsored by Mrs. Leslie C. Arends; and commissioned 9 April
1960, Comdr. Harold E. Shear (blue crew) and Comdr. Robert L. J. Long (gold
crew) in command.
Manned alternately by two crews, blue and
gold, to maximize her submerged operation, Patrick
Henry underwent shakedown with the blue crew until 16 September, when the
gold crew took over. This second Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine commenced
her first deterrent patrol in December 1960, still manned by the gold crew.
Between December 1960 and December 1964, Patrick
Henry conducted 17 deterrent patrols while remaining continuously deployed
overseas, operating out of Holy Loch, Scotland. When she surfaced at Holy Loch
8 March 1961 she had set a record for her type, cruising submerged 66 days and
22 hours.
In December 1964, Patrick Henry returned to Electric Boat
Division of General Dynamics, Groton, Conn., where she remained for 18 months
to complete extensive overhaul and repair operations, including refueling of
the reactor plant and modifications to permit the handling of the Polaris A-3
missiles. After shakedown in mid-1966 off Puerto Rico and Cape Kennedy, Fla.,
Patrick Henry departed Charleston in December for patrol No. 18, equipped with
A-3 Polaris missiles and assigned to Submarine Squadron 14. On 1 March 1968
Patrick Henry completed her 22nd patrol at Holy Loch. She remains with the
Atlantic Fleet into 1970.
[Note: The above USS PATRICK HENRY (SSBN-599) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS PATRICK HENRY (SSBN-599), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]