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Woodrow Wilson (SSBN 624)
Commissioning

Radio Call Sign: November - Victor - Romeo - India

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Keel Laying - Launching
Active Service - Present

Lafayette Class Ballistic Missile Submarine: Laid down, 16 September 1961, at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA; Launched, 22 February 1963; Commissioned, USS Woodrow Wilson (SSBN 624), 27 December 1963; Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 1 September 1994; Disposed of through Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program, 27 October 1998 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.

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
14k	Commemorative post mark on the occasion of the commissioning of the Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624), 27 December 1963.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
122k	The front page of the Mare Island Shipyard's newspaper 20 Dec 1963 edition of the "Grapevine" marking the commissioning of the Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624) on 27 Dec 1963.	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
78k	The scene at the commissioning of the Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624) at Mare Island on 27 December 1963.	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
133k	Front cover and 1st page of the Commissioning Program of Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624) at Mare Island on 27 December 1963.	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
174k	2nd and 3rd pages of the Commissioning Program of Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624) at Mare Island on 27 December 1963.	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
130k	4th and 5th pages of the Commissioning Program of Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624) at Mare Island on 27 December 1963.	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
140k	6th and 7th pages of the Commissioning Program of Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624) at Mare Island on 27 December 1963.	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
179k	8th and 9th pages of the Commissioning Program of Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624) at Mare Island on 27 December 1963.	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
162k	Pages 10 & 11 of the Commissioning Program of Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624) at Mare Island on 27 December 1963.	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
140k	Pages 12 & 13 of the Commissioning Program of Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624) at Mare Island on 27 December 1963.	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
112k	Pages 14 & 15 of the Commissioning Program of Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624) at Mare Island on 27 December 1963.	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
109k	Pages 16 of the Commissioning Program of Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624) at Mare Island on 27 December 1963.	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
60k	The Honorable Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court delivering a speech at the commissioning of the Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624) at Mare Island on 27 December 1963.	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
69k	The colors are raised aboard the Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624) during her commissioning at Mare Island on 27 December 1963.	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
56k	The sail of the Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624) is gift wraped for her commissioning at Mare Island on 27 December 1963.	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
121k	Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624) departs the Golden Gate on her maiden voyage after her commissioning at Mare Island on 27 December 1963.	U.S. Navy photo # MSA 61946-1-64, courtesy of Darryl Baker.
170k	Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624) departs the Golden Gate on her maiden voyage after her commissioning at Mare Island on 27 December 1963. Sign hanging from the bridge reads "From Gold 624 - - God Speed and Smooth Sailing".	U.S. Navy photo # MSA 61945-1-64, courtesy of Darryl Baker.
100k	Port Bow quarter view of the Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624) departing the Golden Gate on her maiden voyage after her commissioning at Mare Island on 27 December 1963.	U.S. Navy photo # MSA 61941-1-64, courtesy of Darryl Baker.
91k	Forward starboard quarter view of the Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624) departing San Francisco Bay in January 1964.	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
100k	Commemorative post mark on the occasion of the Woodrow Wilson's (SSBN-624) first successful firing of the A-2 Polaris by the Gold crew, 16 March 1964.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
108k	Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624), testing her main ballast blow system during an alongside test at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard.	US Navy Photo by Myron Abrams from The American Submarine, by Norman Polmar, submitted by Robert Hurst. Photo added 05/07/08.