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U.S.S. DARTER
(SS-576)RENAUTIS
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USS DARTER (SS-576) - a Diesel-Electric Submarine
In Commission 1956 to 1989SS-576 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a SS-576 Shellback Initiation | Add a SS-576 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOV | 1954 | - | Keel Date: 10 NOV 1954 at General Dynamics Electric Boat Groton CT | ||
| MAY | 1956 | - | Launch Date: 28 MAY 1956 | ||
| OCT | 1956 | - | Commissioned: 20 OCT 1956 | ||
| JUN | 1960 | - | SEP | 1960 | Dry Dock |
| FEB | 1962 | - | MAR | 1962 | North Atlantic |
| OCT | 1962 | - | NOV | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
| OCT | 1962 | - | DEC | 1962 | Guantanamo Bay |
| MAR | 1963 | - | JUN | 1963 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
| MAY | 1964 | - | JUL | 1964 | Caribbean |
| FEB | 1965 | - | MAR | 1965 | Caribbean |
| SEP | 1967 | - | FEB | 1968 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1969 | - | DEC | 1971 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| AUG | 1969 | - | JUL | 1970 | Dry Dock |
| APR | 1971 | - | DEC | 1971 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JAN | 1972 | - | JAN | 1973 | Dry Dock |
| OCT | 1973 | - | APR | 1974 | West Pac |
| APR | 1975 | - | NOV | 1975 | West Pac |
| JAN | 1982 | - | JAN | 1983 | RIMPAC |
| MAY | 1989 | - | Shellback Initiation - 15 MAY 1989 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| DEC | 1989 | - | DEC | 1989 | Decommisioning |
| DEC | 1989 | - | Decommissioned: 12 DEC 1989 | ||
SS-576 General Specifications
Class: Diesel-Electric Submarine
Complement: 10 Officers and 75 Enlisted
Displacement: 1620 tons
Length: 283 feet 3 inches
Beam: 27 feet
Draft: 19 feet
Final Disposition: Sunk as a target 7 January 1992
USS DARTER (SS-576)
The second Darter (SS-576) was launched 28 May 1956 by General Dynamics Corp. (Electric Boat Co. Division) Groton, Conn.; sponsored by Mrs. G. L. Russell; and commissioned 20 October 1956, Lieutenant Commander R. R. Blaine in command.
Since her commissioning Darter has operated on various training exercises in the Atlantic
both locally from her home ports of Newport,
R.I.
and Charleston,
S.C. (since 1 August 1959),
and to Canada and Northern Europe on NATO maneuvers.
[Note: The above USS DARTER (SS-576) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS DARTER (SS-576) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]