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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 1989

SSN-603 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
MAR1960-Keel Date: 14 MAR 1960
at New York Shipbuilding Camden NJ
MAR1962-Launch Date: 17 MAR 1962
MAY1964-Commissioned: 26 MAY 1964
JUN1966-AUG1966North Atlantic
AUG1971-NOV1971Mediterranean
MAR1975-MAR1975Panama Canal
JUN1976-NOV1976West Pac
FEB1978-JUL1978West Pac
MAY1979-JUL1981Regular Overhaul
JUN1982-DEC1982West Pac
SEP1984-FEB1985West Pac
AUG1987-OCT1987NorPac
MAR1989-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]