[MNnice]

I served aboard the 2nd boomer ever built, which was a fast attack cut in half and stretched to add a missile compartment.

USS Patrick Henry SSBN 599

 

 

[SmithL]

The surgery made it kind of an awkward class, but it was still one heck of a warship. I loved the torpedo room, with the six bow tubes. They sure got a lot of use out of the old 41 for Freedom boats. I was on the Washington for its 21st birthday. The boat was older than much of its crew. I’ve got a picture of the GW passing under the Golden Gate on my home page.