USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619)

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The Andrew Jackson at sea in 1995
The Andrew Jackson at sea in 1995
Overview
Order July 23, 1960
Keel laying April 26, 1961
Launch September 15, 1962
1. Period of service flag
Commissioning 3rd July 1963
Decommissioning August 31, 1989
Whereabouts Canceled
Technical specifications
displacement

8250 ts submerged

length

129.5 m

width

10.1 m

Draft

9.6 m

crew

13 officers and 107 men

drive

A S5W reactor

speed

30+ knots

Armament

4 533 mm torpedo tubes , 16 ICBMs

The USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619) was a nuclear-powered submarine of the United States Navy and was part of the Lafayette-class at. It was named after the seventh US President Andrew Jackson .

history

SSBN-619 was commissioned in 1960, the keel was laid in April 1961, the shipyard was Mare Island Naval Shipyard . In September 1962 the boat was launched and was christened by Nancy Kefauver, wife of US Senator Estes Kefauver . On July 3, 1963, the Jackson was put into service.

The submarine then entered the Atlantic through the Panama Canal and made its first voyages from the port of Cape Canaveral , Florida . On October 1 and 11, it successfully shot down two UGM-27B Polaris A2 test missiles , and on October 26, it was the first submerged unit to fire the further development of the UGM-27C Polaris A3. On November 16, US President John F. Kennedy attended a test launch of an A2, which was followed by a layover in the Charleston Naval Shipyard .

In April 1964, the Andrew Jackson was assigned to Submarine Squadron 16 and moved to the advanced base in Rota , Spain until 1973 . On March 19, 1973, she returned to domestic waters as she was converted to the more modern UGM-73 Poseidon missile in the Electric Boat shipyard . From 1977 she was stationed in Holy Loch , Scotland, from where she drove until 1987. In total, SSBN-619 conducted 69 nuclear deterrent patrols . On August 31, 1989, the submarine was decommissioned and dismantled in 1999 in the Ship-Submarine Recycling Program in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard .

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