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U.S.S. NEREUS

(AS-17)

CAN DO

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AS-17 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
NOV1941-NOV1969Mazatlan Mex.
OCT1943-Keel Date: 12 OCT 1943
at Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo CA
FEB1945-Launch Date: 12 FEB 1945
OCT1945-Commissioned: 27 OCT 1945
DEC1945-MAR1946Dismantle Japanese Submarines
MAR1946-Shellback Initiation - 25 MAR 1946 - Pacific Ocean
JUL1947-SEP1947Blue Nose - Arctic Circle
APR1955-MAY1955French Friget Shools
JUN1961-OCT1961Cuban Missle Blockade
JUN1961-JUN1961Hawaii Visit
JUN1961-JUN1961Panama Canal
SEP1962-SEP1962SEATTLE WORLD FAIR
JUN1963-SEP1963Regular Overhaul
JUN1963-SEP1963Dry Dock
DEC1963-Shellback Initiation - 16 DEC 1963 - Pacific Ocean
SEP1964-SEP1964Pearl Harbor Hawaii (Subrock delivery)
FEB1965-FEB1965Acapulco Mexico (R & R)
JUN1966-JUL1966Peral Harbor - Change of Command
APR1967-MAY1967trip to Acapoco mexico
MAY1967-JUN1967Ballast Point, San Diego - Filming of Ice Station Zebra
JAN1968-APR1971West Pac-Viet Nam
FEB1968-MAR1968FRAM Conversion - Dry Dock - Bremerton, Washington
NOV1968-NOV1968Mazatlan Mex.
JAN1971-AUG1971Panama Canal
JUN1971-AUG1971Panama Canal
JUN1971-JUN1971Portland Rose Festival
JUL1971-OCT1971Decommisioning

AS-17 General Specifications

Class: Fulton-class submarine tender

Named for: Nereus

Complement: 1217 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 9250 tons

Length: 529 feet 6 inches

Beam: 73 feet 4 inches

Flank Speed: 15 knots

Final Disposition: Awaiting sale for scrapping