I served on-board the USS Dace, ssn-607.
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Thanks for the memories. I spent a couple of years at Groton Electric Boat doing precom for the USS Boston (SSN-703), now razorblades. The sail is in Buffalo, NY.
It was so neat watching the rings being welded together while the turbines and reactor and such were added. Awesome to see. The shipyard workers cared and there were a lot of them and they were so dedicated.
I can only imagine what it was like when the Nautilus was built. The program was just getting started. I saw Rickover getting on the Dallas on his last sea trials. Awesome memories.
BTW, I saw them launch the USS OHIO at that shipyard.
I had no idea that it had been converted from SSBN to SSGN. Cool!
http://navysite.de/ssbn/ssbn726.htm
I worked on 2 slow attack conversions, USS George Washington and USS John Marshall