Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive


Contributed by Mike Smolinski
Radio Call Sign: November - Charlie - Papa - India

Pollack (SSN-603)

Thresher Class Attack Submarine: Laid down, 14 March 1960, at New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, NJ; Launched, 17 March 1962; Commissioned, USS Pollack (SSN-603), 26 May 1964; Decommissioned and simultaneously struck from the Naval Register, 1 March 1989; Final Disposition, disposed of through NPSSRP (Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA., 17 February 1995.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 3,540 t., Submerged: 4,200 t.; Length 278' 6"; Beam 31' 8"; Speed, Surfaced 15 kts, Submerged 30 kts; Test Depth 1300'; Complement 143; Armament, four 21" torpedo tubes, UUM-44A SUBROC, UGM-84A/C Harpoon, MK57 deep water mines, MK60 CAPTOR mines, Sensors: Raytheon BQS-6A or -6B active/passive systems BQQ-1 and the Edo BQR-7 passive, conformal array, TB-16 Towed Sonar Array; Propulsion System, one S5W nuclear reactor, two steam turbines, single propeller, 15,000 shp.
Click On Image
For Full Size Image		SizeImage DescriptionSource
Submarine Silhouettes 1960179kSubmarine 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.
Nuclear Submarine Profiles187kNuclear 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.
Pollack62kThe Pollack (SSN-603), sponsored by Mrs. John Pastore, the wife of the Rhode Island governor and U.S. senator (with hat in hand), gets her taste of Champagne across her bow on 17 March 1962. Photo courtesy of New York Shipbuilding., yorkship.home.comcast.net.
Pollack598kPhoto of the silver tray presented to the officer and crew of the Pollack (SSN-603) upon her commissioning by Mrs. John O. Pastore on 26 May 1964.USN photo # 230190-11-88, courtesy of Darryl Baker. Photo added 08/28/09.
Pollack77k Pollack (SSN-603), probably off the Mid-Atlantic coast during her sea trials, 1963.Photo courtesy of New York Shipbuilding., yorkship.home.comcast.net.
Pollack45kPollack (SSN-603), probably off the Mid-Atlantic coast during her sea trials, 1963.Courtesy of tripod.com.
Pollack81kPollack (SSN-603), at NavSta Charlston, SC, 1966.© Richard Leonhardt.
Pollack108kThe Pollack (SSN-603) at her berth during her overhaul at Mare Island in May 1980. USN photo # 167967, courtesy of Darryl Baker.
Pollack121kThe Pollack (SSN-603) arriving at Pearl Harbor, possibly from 21 March to 9 May 1983, when Pollack participated in Fleetex 83 - 1. The exercise, involving six submarines and three carrier battle groups, took Pollack from San Diego to Pearl Harbor, then to Yokosuka, and back to San Diego Official US Navy photo courtesy of Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr. Text courtesy of aboutsubs.com.
Ballast Point, San Diego48kAn Oil on masonite painting by the artist John Charles Roach, entitled "Ballast Point, San Diego", depicts sub base with subs and tenders at the pier in San Diego during mid 1986. The tenders were possibly the McKee (AS-42) for Subron 7:
Dixon (AS-37) for Subron 3:
Among the subs were the:
Dolphin (AGSS-555):
Gudgeon (SS-567):
Albacore (AGSS-569):
Barbel (SS-580):
Blueback (SS-581):
Permit (SSN-594):
Plunger (SSN-595):
Pollack (SSN-603)
Haddo (SSN-604):
Guardfish (SSN-612):
Haddock (SSN-621):
Sturgeon (SSN-637):
Gurnard (SSN-662) :
Hawkbill (SSN-666):
Pintado (SSN-672):
Drum (SSN-677):
William H. Bates (SSN-680):
La Jolla (SSN-701):
Portsmouth (SSN-707) &
Salt Lake City (SSN-716).
Ballast Point, San Diego
John Charles Roach 1986.5
Oil on masonite, 1986, courtesy of the USNHC, # 88-163-CR.
Text contributed by OMC J. Reid Pallady USNR-RET & QM2(SS) David Johnston, USNR.
Pollack883k Pollack (SSN-603) entering Pearl Harbor, date unknown. Photo courtesy of Jim Stats and submitted by Darryl Baker.
Pollack177kNavy tug Skenandoa (YTB-835), assists the Pollack (SSN-603), arriving off Mare Island in January 1988 for inactivation. USN photo # 228496-8-88, courtesy of Darryl Baker.
Pollack578kHonors are being rendered during the playing of the National Anthem during the deactivation ceremonies for the Pollack (SSN-603) in the field house at Mare Island on 16 November 1988. The Combat Systems Technical Schools Command Color Guard presented the colors.USN photo # 230166-11-88, courtesy of Darryl Baker. Photo added 08/28/09.
Pollack359kCDR Prentice “Lee” House, Commanding Officer of Pollack (SSN-603) is at the speaker stand during the deactivation ceremonies for the submarine at Mare Island on 18 November 1988.USN photo # 230168-11-88, courtesy of Darryl Baker. Photo added 08/28/09.
Pollack372kRadm D. R. Oliver Jr., Commander Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Representative, West Coast is at the speaker during the deactivation ceremonies for the submarine at Mare Island on 18 November 1988.USN photo # 230171-11-88, courtesy of Darryl Baker. Photo added 08/28/09.
Pollack359kThe Chief of the Boat presents the commissioning pennant to CDR Prentice “Lee” House, Commanding Officer of Pollack (SSN-603) during the deactivation ceremonies for the submarine at Mare Island on 18 November 1988.USN photo # 230174-11-88, courtesy of Darryl Baker. Photo added 08/28/09.
Pollack400kCDR Prentice “Lee” House, Commanding Officer of the Pollack (SSN-603) departs during the deactivation ceremonies for the submarine at Mare Island on 18 November 1988.USN photo # 230176-11-88, courtesy of Darryl Baker. Photo added 08/28/09.
Pollack560kThe crew of Pollack (SSN-603) is seen at quarters during the deactivation ceremonies for the submarine at Mare Island on 18 November 1988.USN photo # 230179-11-88, courtesy of Darryl Baker. Photo added 08/28/09.
Pollack731kCDR Prentice “Lee” House, Commanding Officer of Pollack (SSN-603) and Dr. William M. Wilson holding a copy of the war time insignia for the submarine at Mare Island on 18 November 1988.USN photo # 230190-11-88, courtesy of Darryl Baker. Photo added 08/28/09.
Reactor Compartments83kTrench 94, Hanford Site, Washington, 1994. Hull sections containing defueled reactor compartments of decommissioned nuclear-powered submarines are put in disposal trenches. Once full, the trench will be filled with dirt and buried. The compartments are expected to retain their integrity for more than 600 years. USN photo & partial text courtesy of home.flash.net/~tomj/tunny/chop/rx. & submitted by Jack Treutle.
Spent Fuel569kSealed reactor compartments are shipped by barge out of Puget Sound Naval Base down the coast and along the Columbia River to the port of Benton. There the radioactively-contaminated hull sections are transferred to special multiwheeled high-load trailers for transport to the Hanford Reservation in Washington State. Pictured below is the burial ground for spent fuel of the following 77 nuclear reactor submarines as of March 2003:
Patrick Henry (SSBN-599),
Snook (SSN-592),
George Washington (SSBN-598),
Scamp (SSN-588),
Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601),
Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618),
Theodore Roosevelt (SSBN-600),
Dace (SSN-607),
John Adams (SSBN-620),
Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602),
Barb (SSN-596),
Ethan Allen (SSBN-608),
Thomas A. Edison (SSBN-610),
Pollack (SSN-603),
Glenard P. Lipscomb (SSN-685),
James Monroe (SSBN-622),
Skipjack (SS-585),
Nathan Hale (SSBN-623),
Plunger (SSN-595),
Shark (SSN-591),
Lafayette (SSBN-616),
Sam Houston (SSBN-609),
Jack (SSN-605),
Haddo (SSN-604),
Tinosa (SSN-606),
Guardfish (SSN-612),
Permit (SSN-594),
Queenfish (SSN-651),
Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN-631),
John Marshall (SSBN-611),
George C. Marshall (SSBN-654),
Flasher (SSN-613),
Guitarro (SSN-665),
Alexander Hamilton (SSBN-617),
George Washington Carver (SSBN-656),
Tecumseh (SSBN-628),
Halibut (SSGN-587),
Will Rogers (SSBN-659),
Henry L. Stimson (SSBN-655),
Daniel Boone (SSBN-629),
Greenling (SSN-614),
John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630),
Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633),
Skate (SSN-578),
Sargo (SSN-583),
Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657),
Sturgeon (SSN-637),
Benjamin Franklin (SSBN-640),
Swordfish (SSN-579),
Seadragon (SSN-584),
Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634),
Simon Bolivar (SSBN-641),
Hammerhead (SSN-663),
Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN-658) ,
Tullibee (SSN-597),
Lewis & Clark (SSBN-644),
Pargo (SSN-650),
Seahorse (SSN-669),
Gurnard (SSN-662),
Flying Fish (SSN-673),
Gato (SSN-615),
Puffer (SSN-652),
Seawolf (SSN-575),
Baton Rouge (SSN-689),
Bergall (SSN-667),
Whale (SSN-638),
Henry Clay (SSBN-625),
James Madison (SSBN-627),
Finback (SSN-670),
Spadefish (SSN-668),
Sunfish (SSN-649),
George Bancroft (SSBN-643),
Grayling (SSN-646),
Pintado (SSN-672),
Tunny (SSN-682),
Archerfish (SSN-678),
& Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624).
USN photo & partial text courtesy of home.flash.net/~tomj/tunny/chop/rx. & submitted by Jack Treutle.
There is no DANFS History currently available for Pollack (SSBN-603) at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS Pollack Pages SSN-603
aboutsubs.com - USS Pollack (SSN 603)
SSN-594 Permit Class - FAS web site
Back To The Main Photo IndexBack To the Submarine Index

Problems and site related matters, E-mail Webmaster
This page is created and maintained by Michael Mohl
© 2010 Michael Mohl © 2010 NavSource Naval History.All Rights Reserved.