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Tinosa (SSN-606)

Thresher Class Attack Submarine: Laid down, 24 November 1959, at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME.; Launched, 9 December 1961; Commissioned, USS Tinosa (SSN-606), 17 October 1964; Decommissioned and simultaneously struck from the Naval Register, 15 January 1992; Final Disposition, disposed of through the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA., 15 August 1992.

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.
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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.
Tinosa66k Commemorative post card marking the launching of the Tinosa (SSN-606) at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME., 9 December 1961.
 Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
Tinosa94kThe Tinosa (SSN-606), 14 October 1964, underway on a shakedown criuse out of Portsmoth, NH. Three days before her commissioning ceremony.
US Navy photo. Text courtesy of Marty Kilmer QM2 SS (RET).
Tinosa213kThe Tinosa (SSN-606) underway on a shakedown criuse or sea trial out of Portsmoth, NH in the fall of 1964. Marty Kilmer QM2 SS (RET), a Tinosa Plank Owner on on the left and the Executive Officer who later took comand when Comander Brumsted retired.
US Navy photo, courtesy of Federation of American Scientists (fas.org.) Text courtesy of Marty Kilmer QM2 SS (RET).
Tinosa73k Commemorative post card marking the commissioning of the Tinosa (SSN-606), 17 October 1964.
Courtesy of Richard Leonhardt & Jack Treutle.
Tinosa51k Tinosa (SSN-606) underway with her crew on deck saluting the 'Stone Frigate' HMS Dolphin October 1970.
Photo from Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships, 1947-1995 & submitted by Robert Hurst.
Tinosa22k Commemorative post card marking the Tinosa's (SSN-606) port visit to Port Everglades, Florida, 19 July 1979.
Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
Tinosa512kThe Tinosa (SSN-606) in 1980 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
USN photo courtesy of Keith Weitemeyer.
Tinosa150kStern view of the Tinosa (SSN-606) during a port visit to Frederiksted, St Croix, USVI in October 1981.Photo courtesy of Keith Weitemeyer. Photo added 01/12/10.
Tinosa21k Commemorative post card marking the decommissioning of the Tinosa (SSN-606), 15 January 1992.
Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
Tinosa67k Commemorative post card marking the decommissioning of the Tinosa (SSN-606); and listing her last commanding officer, & dates of keel laying, launching, comissioning & decommissioning, 15 January 1992.
Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
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.
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