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NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive

Patch on left courtesy of Jack Treutle. Other patches contributed by Mike Smolinski. Patch on right courtesy of Darryl Baker.

Seawolf (SSN-575)
Construction - Active Service

Radio Call Sign: November - Bravo - Whiskey - Yankee

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Decommissioning

Seawolf Class Submarine: Laid down, 7 September 1953, at General Dynamics Corp. Electric Boat Co. Div., Groton, CT.; Launched, 21 July 1955; Commissioned, USS Seawolf (SSN-575), 30 March 1957; Decommissioned, 12 December 1958; Recommissioned, 30 September 1960, at Groton, CT.; Decommissioned, 30 March 1987; Struck from the Naval Register, 10 July 1987; Final Disposition, disposed through NPSSRP (Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA., 30 September 1997.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 3,260 t., Submerged: 4,110 t.; Length 338' ; Beam 28'; Draft 23'; Speed, Surfaced 23 kts, Submerged 19 kts; Complement 101; Armament, six 21" torpedo tubes, Propulsion, sodium cooled nuclear reactor converted in a pressurized water cooled reactor, 1958-60, Twin-Screw Twin Steam Turbine. (C/o John Parrott MM1/SS).

Size	Image Description	Source
83k	Seawolf (SSN-575), launching 21 July 1955, at General Dynamcs, Electric Boat Div. Groton, CT.	Courtesy of R.M. Wagner.
198k	Seawolf (SSN-575) and Nautilus (SSN-571) appear together in an Ingersol-Rand Company newsbrief dated 5 June 1956.	Courtesy of Ron Titus.
28k	Seawolf (SSN-575) and Nautilus (SSN-571) appear together, circa 5 June 1956. Between 16 May and 5 August 1956, *Seawolf* made two voyages to Key West and participated in intensive training exercises.	Photo from Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995 and submitted courtesy of Robert Hurst. Partial text courtesy of DANFS.
179k	Submarine Silhouettes of 1960: Nautilus (SSN-571), Seawolf (SSN-575), Skate (SSN-578), Skipjack (SS-585), Triton (SSRN-586), Halibut (SSGN-587), Thresher (SSN-593), Tullibee (SSN-597), George Washington (SSBN-598), & Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) classes.	U.S. Navy Photograph submitted by Ron Titus, courtesy of Ingersoll-Rand. Corp.
187k	Nuclear Submarine Profiles 1960: Nautilus (SSN-571), Seawolf (SSN-575), Triton (SSRN-586), Skate (SSN-578) & Skipjack (SS-585) classes, Halibut (SSGN-587) & Tullibee (SSN-597) classes, George Washington (SSBN-598) & Thresher (SSN-593) classes.	US Navy photo courtesy of Ron Titus courtesy of Ingersoll-Rand. Corp. Photo i.d. courtesy of Dave Johnston.
84k	Looking pretty much like a giant door stopper, this circa 1963 photo shows the Seawolf (SSN-575) with a Hall-effect ELF sensor mounted on her bow.	From the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, Vol. 46, No. 1, February 2004. Submitted by Anton Karklit.
414k	Seawolf (SSN-575), underway, circa 1960's, place unknown. CVA in the far background might be the Essex (CVA-09).	Text courtesy of John Hummel. US Navy photo.
39k	Commemorative post mark on the occasion of the President of Italy, the Honorable Antonio Segni visit on the Seawolf (SSN-575) at Norfolk VA, 16 January 1964.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
127k	The Seawolf (SSN-575) in San Pablo Bay. The boat may be enroute to the Golden Gate. The bridge in the near background is the Richmond - San Rafael Bridge and the bridge in the far background is the San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge. The island in the center is Treasure Island and the island on the right is either Alcatraz or Angel Island. I'm not sure because of the angle of the shot. The San Francisco skyline can be seen at the upper right above the bridge. Photo probably dates from the time she converted to ocean system works from 1 Dec 70 to 8 June 1973 until her decommissioning.	US Navy photo courtesy of Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr. Partial text & photo i.d. courtesy of Lou Nostrand & Darryl Baker.
133k	The Seawolf (SSN-575) in San Francisco with the City in the background in August 1977.	USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
148k	The Seawolf (SSN-575) is seen departing San Francisco Bay in August 1977. The Golden Gate Bridge is in the background.	USN photo # KN-26095, courtesy of Darryl Baker.
126k	The Seawolf (SSN-575) casts ripples across the water as she sails along the surface of Puget Sound, circa 1980.	US Navy photo courtesy of Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr & Darryl Baker.
122k	Seawolf (SSN-575) at Mare Island on 22 March 1984.	USN photo # 201916-3-84, courtesy of Darryl Baker.
120k	Early 1985 photo of the Seawolf (SSN-575) headed out to sea @ the Golden Gate bridge.	USN photo courtesy of John Parrott, ex-MM1/ss, USS Seawolf SSN-575, 1983-Decomm Crew.
111k	The Seawolf (SSN-575) at her berth at Mare Island in October 1985. YFN 1199 (SSN-575) is alongside.	US Navy photo # 2111108, courtesy of Darryl Baker. Photo added 04/24/08.
117k	The Seawolf (SSN-575) at Pearl Harbor in 1985.	USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
118k	The Seawolf (SSN-575) berthed at Pearl Harbor in April 1986.	USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
98k	The Seawolf (SSN-575) berth at Pearl Harbor in April 1986.	USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
80k	The Seawolf (SSN-575) being assisted to a berth at NAS Alameda on 23 June 1986.	USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
96k	The Seawolf (SSN-575) about to enter Mare Island for the last time on 23 June 1986.	USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.