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Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619)
Sea Trials / Decommissioning

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Keel Laying - Launching

Lafayette Class Ballistic Missile Submarine: Laid down, 26 April 1961, at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA.; Launched, 15 September 1962; Commissioned, USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619), 3 July 1963; Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 31 August 1989; Disposed of through the (NPSSRP) Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA., 30 August 1999.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 7,250 t., Submerged: 8,250 t.; Length 425' ; Beam 33'; Draft 32'; Speed, Surfaced/Submerged 20+ kts; Complement 120; Test depth 1,300'; Armament, 16 Polaris missile tubes, four 21" torpedo tubes; Propulsion, S5W Pressurized Water Nuclear Reactor, two geared turbines at 15,000 shp, one propeller.

Size	Image Description	Source
143k	Commemorative post mark on the occasion of the Andrew Jackson's (SSBN-619) first sea trials, 9 May 1963.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
18k	Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619) underway, 4 June 1963.	US Navy photo # USN 1073880, from DANFS, contributed by Joe Radigan, MACM USN, Ret.
64k	Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619), the 13th and newest nuclear Powered fleet ballistic missile submarine to be commissioined, will join the fleet 3 July 1963.	US Navy photo contributed by Darryl Baker.
171k	Colors are raised for the first time aboard Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619) during her commissioning at Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 3 July 1963. She is seen in dry dock 3.	US Navy photo # MSA 59898-7-63, contributed by Darryl Baker.
899k	View of the commissioning ceremonies of the Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619) in dry dock #2 at Mare Island on 3 July 1963.	US Navy photo # 59704-7-63, contributed by Darryl Baker. Photo added 07/20/08.
175k	Bow view of the Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619) at Mare Island during her commissioning in dry dock 3 on 3 July 1963.	US Navy photo # MSA 59897-7-63, contributed by Darryl Baker.
94k	Commemorative post mark on the occasion of the commissioning of the Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619), 3 July 1963.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
200k	Pictures shows the crews mess aboard the Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619) configured as an operating room. Picture taken at Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 19 July 1963.	US Navy photo # MSA 59899-7-63, contributed by Darryl Baker.
152k	Commemorative post mark on the occasion of the Andrew Jackson's (SSBN-619) East - West Panama Canal Transit, 14 August 1963.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
20k	Commemorative post card marking the Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619) launching a Poseidon C-3 missle, 1975.	Courtesy of Richard Leonhardt.
396k	A starboard bow view of the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619) underway on 28 Oct 1985.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-SC-86-00711, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
137k	Undated bow view of the Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619).	US Navy photo courtesy of pelicanharborsubvets.com. Photo added 07/20/08.
79k	Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619) in 1/200 scale, starboard side view.	Model and photo by Ken Hart.