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USS Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN-658)
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 The USS Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN-658) off Mare Island sometime in December 1966. |
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| Career (US) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Mariano G. Vallejo |
| Ordered: | 8 August 1963 |
| Laid down: | 7 July 1964 |
| Launched: | 23 October 1965 |
| Commissioned: | 16 December 1966 |
| Decommissioned: | 9 March 1995 |
| Struck: | 9 March 1995 |
| Fate: | Submarine recycling |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Benjamin Franklin-class |
| Displacement: | 6465 tons |
| Length: | 425 feet (129.5 m) |
| Propulsion: | S5W reactor |
USS Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN-658), a Benjamin Franklin-class ballistic missile submarine, was named for Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, a key proponent of California statehood.
The contract to build her was awarded to Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 8 August 1963 and her keel was laid down on 7 July 1964. She was launched on 23 October 1965 sponsored by Miss Patricia O.V. McGettigan, and commissioned on 16 December 1966, with Commander Douglas B. Guthe commanding the Blue Crew and Commander John K. Nunneley commanding the Gold Crew.
Mariano G. Vallejo conducted shakedown and training exercises along the West Coast, in the Caribbean Sea, and off the coast of Florida. Transiting the Panama Canal for the second time on 21 March 1967, she headed for her assigned home port, Pearl Harbor. Arriving 10 April, she continued training exercises and sound trials, then returned briefly to Mare Island. Thence, she sailed back to Pearl Harbor, becoming, as of 1 August, an on-the-line unit of Submarine Squadron 15.
27 years of deterrent patrols go here
Mariano G. Vallejo was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 9 March 1995. Ex-Mariano G. Vallejo entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington, on 1 October 1994 and on 22 December 1995 ceased to exist. Her sail was preserved and is slated to become part of a memorial at Mare Island.
Sail still sitting on Mare Island untouched(Sf, CA)-witnessed and photographed 8/29/07 Google 38° 5'51.10"N/122°15'58.14"W Dry Land
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
- history.navy.mil: USS Mariano G. Vallejo
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