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NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive

Contributed by Mike Smolinski

Permit (SSN-594)
Keel Laying & Mock Up

Radio Call Sign: November - Alpha - Victor - Echo

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Thresher Class Attack Submarine: Laid down, 16 July 1959, at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA.; Launched, 1 July 1961; Commissioned, USS Permit (SSN-594), 29 May 1962; Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 12 June 1991; Laid up at Bremerton Naval Shipyard; Final Disposition, entered the NPSSRP (Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA., 30 September 1991 and completed 20 May 1993.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 3,540 t., Submerged: 4,200 t.; Length 278' 5"; Beam 31' 8"; ; Speed, Surfaced 15 kts, Submerged 28+ kts; Operating Depth 400'; Complement, 143; Sensors, Raytheon BQS-6A or -6B active/passive systems BQQ-1 and the Edo BQR-7 passive, conformal array, TB-26 Towed Sonar Array; Armament, four 21" torpedo tubes, forward, MK 48 torpedoes, UUM-44A SUBROC, UGM-84A/C Harpoon, MK 57 deep water mines, Mk 60 CAPTOR mines; Propulsion System, one S5W nuclear reactor, two Westinghouse steam turbines, one propeller 15,000 shp.

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
132k	Sargo (SSN-583) is seen departing Mare Island on 3 August 1958 for trials. The object in the left hand corner is a temporary building and the hull sections that line the dockyard are either for Theodore Roosevelt (SSGN-600) or Permit (SSN-594).	US Navy photo # NY9 40452-8-58, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
204k	Hull section 2 of the Permit (SSN-594) is shown under construction at Mare Island on 19 January 1959. The hull section was under construction at berth 15 at the North end of the shipyard.	U.S. Navy photo # NY9 42819-1-59, contributed by Darryl Baker.
271k	First section on the Permit (SSN-594) is placed on the building ways at Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 25 Jun 1959. This in bulkhead 52.	U.S. Navy photo # NY9 45039-6-59, contributed by Darryl Baker.
38k	Close-up of Permit (SSN-594) insignia taken on 7/16/59.	U.S. Navy photo contributed by Darryl Baker.
97k	RADM L. V. Honsinger, USN, Shipyard Commander, authenticates the keel of the Permit (SSN-594) at Mare Island on 16 Jul 59.	U.S. Navy photo # NY9-45325-7-59, contributed by Darryl Baker.
258k	The volunteer civilian band is shown in the foreground during the keel laying ceremony on the Permit (SSN-594) on 16 July 1959 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard.	U.S. Navy photo # NY9-45322-7-59, contributed by Darryl Baker.
77k	RADM Leroy V. Hunsinger, USN, Shipyard Commander, speaks at the keel laying of the Permit (SSN-594) on 16 Jul 59 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard. The *Permit* was Mare Island's 5th nuclear submarine.	U.S. Navy photo # NY9-45323-7-59,contributed by Darryl Baker.
96k	VIPs at the keel laying of Permit (SSN-594) at Mare Island on 16 Jul 59. From left to right: CDR E. E. Kintner, USN, Nuclear Power Supt, and honorary keel layers Henry A. McKenna, Master Machinist; Florie A. Braghetta, Head of Laboratory Branch; and Walter R. Suess, Head of Reproduction Center.	U.S. Navy photo # NY9-45328-7-59,contributed by Darryl Baker.
986k	Full size mockup of the machinery spaces looking forward of the Permit (SSN-594) at Mare Island on 17 July 1959.	U.S. Navy Photo # 45280-7-59, contributed by Darryl Baker. Photo added 02/27/09.
986k	Full size mockup of the machinery spaces looking aft of the Permit (SSN-594) at Mare Island on 17 July 1959.	U.S. Navy Photo # 45285-7-59, contributed by Darryl Baker. Photo added 02/27/09.
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.