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Daniel Webster (SSBN-626)

Lafayette Class Ballistic Missile Submarine: Laid down, 28 December 1961, at Electric Boat Works Division of General Dynamics, Groton, CT.; Launched, 27 April 1963; Commissioned, USS Daniel Webster (SSBN-626), 9 April 1964; Decommissioned, and simultaneously struck from the Naval Register, 30 August 1990; Final Disposition, converted to Dockside Trainer as S5W Prototype facility.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 7,325 t., Submerged: 8,251 t.; Length 425'; Beam 33'; Draft 29'; Speed, Surfaced 16 kts, Submerged 21 kts; Depth limit 1,300'; Complement 140 (each crew, blue and gold); Armament, 16 missile tubes; four 21" torpedo tubes, forward, MK 14/16 Anti-ship Torpedo MK 37 Anti-Submarine Torpedo, MK 45 ASTOR Nuclear Torpedo MK 48 Anti-Submarine Torpedo; Propulsion, S5W nuclear reactor two geared steam turbines, 15,000 SHP, one propeller.
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Daniel Webster116kDaniel Webster (18 January 1782 – 24 October 1852), was a leading American statesman during the nation's antebellum era. He first rose to regional prominence through his defense of New England shipping interests. His increasingly nationalistic views and the effectiveness with which he articulated them led Webster to become one of the most famous orators and influential Whig leaders of the Second Party System.
Daniel Webster was an attorney, and served as legal counsel in several cases that established important constitutional precedents that bolstered the authority of the Federal government. As Secretary of State, he negotiated the Webster-Ashburton Treaty that established the definitive eastern border between the United States and Canada.
Primarily recognized for his Senate tenure, Webster was a key figure in the institution's "Gogen days". So well-known was his skill as a Senator throughout this period that Webster became a third and northern counterpart of what was and still is known today as the "Great Triumvirate," with his colleagues Henry Clay from the west and John C. Calhoun from the south. His "Reply to Hayne" in 1830 was generally regarded as "the most eloquent speech ever delivered in Congress." Similar to Henry Clay, Webster's desire to see the Union preserved and conflict averted led him to search out compromises designed to stave off the sectionalism that threatened war between the North and South.
Webster tried three times to achieve the Presidency; all three bids failed, the final one in part because of his compromises. Similarly Webster's efforts to steer the nation away from civil war toward a definite peace ultimately proved futile. Despite this, Webster came to be esteemed for these efforts and was officially named by the Senate in 1957 as one of its five most outstanding members. 		Photo from the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 & submitted by Bill Gonyo. Partial text courtesy of Wikipedia.
Daniel Webster28k This cover is one of 100 prepared by sponsor on the occasion of the keel laying of the Daniel Webster (SSBN-626), 28 December 1961.
Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
Poker585kTHREE OF A KIND-And an ace hidden in the hole. A trio of Polaris submarines poke their noses over the edge of their building ways while another while another lies hidden at extreme right. Photo was made just before James Madison (SSBN-627) (center) was launched yesterday, 15 March 1963. At left is the Von Steuben (SSBN-632) and at right is the John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630). At far right and not sporting a nose as yet is the Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635). The four-in-a-row Polaris lineup can be duplicated in only one other yard-Electric Boat-where the Daniel Webster (SSBN-626),Tecumseh (SSBN-628),Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN-631) & Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633) have been laid down. The building slot vacated yesterday in Newport News by the James Madison soon will hold (SSNB-641), as yet unnamed. Photo courtesy of Dale Hargrave.
Daniel Webster412kLaunching program of the Daniel Webster (SSBN-626) on 27 April 1963. Photo courtesy of Dale Hargrave.
Daniel Webster273kMrs. W. Osborn Goodrich, Jr. makes contact with Daniel Webster's (SSBN-626) bow on 9 April 1964. USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com.
Daniel Webster101kThe Daniel Webster (SSBN-626) slides down the launching ways 27 April 1963. She was launched with sailplanes and modified with bowplanes prior to commissioning.
US Navy photo courtesy of USS Bowfin Submarine Museum archives / members.aol.com. Photo i.d. courtesy of Dave Johnston.
Daniel Webster33kCommemorative post mark on the occasion of the launching of the Daniel Webster (SSBN-626), 27 April 1963.
Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
Daniel Webster1.18kTwelve page PDF Welcome Aboard pamphlet for the Daniel Webster (SSBN-626).U.S. Navy Photograph courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com
Daniel Webster64k Bow mounted diving planes fitted for the commissioning ceremonies of the Daniel Webster (SSBN-626) on 27 April 1964.
US Navy photo courtesy of Electric Boat.
Daniel Webster1.10kBow on view of the Daniel Webster (SSBN-626) during tests of her diving planes in April 1964. The idea behind the bow planes was to reduce the effect of porpoising, but they increased water resistance and lowered her overall speed. They were subsequently removed during a refit between 1976-78.
Partial text courtesy of Bill Roberts CDR, USN (Ret).
US Navy photo # NPC 711453 courtesy Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com.
Daniel Webster85kDaniel Webster (SSBN-626), circa 1964.
US Navy photo.
Daniel Webster199k Daniel Webster (SSBN-626) in Port Canaveral, Florida, fitted with special masts in preparation for the first shots of hardened A-3 missiles, in August 1968.Photo courtesy of Fred Tollison.
Daniel Webster138k Daniel Webster (SSBN-626) firing first of two shots of hardened A-3 missiles, August 1968.Photo courtesy of Fred Tollison.
Daniel Webster176kDaniel Webster (SSBN-626) underway in Sept. 1968.USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com.
Guardfish & Daniel Webster37k Guardfish (SSN-612) and the Daniel Webster (SSBN-626), in the Panama Canal, 14 March 1970. We were heading back to Pearl after the shipyard in Miss. If I remember right this was the only time two nukes were in the canal at one time. It was some kind of a first.
Courtesy of Jeff Kelly / USS Guardfish web page. Partial text info courtesy of Skip Spahr, TM02 (SS)
Daniel Webster229kPulling into Pearl Harbor shortly afterwards the above photo was taken, the Daniel Webster (SSBN-626) glides past the palm tree in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii that seems to be in most submarines photos in this section.
Photo courtesy of Don Hulse, EMC9SS0 (USN RET.) Partial text info courtesy of Skip Spahr, TM02 (SS).
Daniel Webster59kDaniel Webster (SSBN-626) being helped by Navy yard tugs alongside a pier at the New London sub base sometime before 1974. USN photo by JO2 Gwyneth J. Schulz from The American Submarine, by Norman Polmar, submitted by Robert Hurst.
Daniel Webster650kDaniel Webster (SSBN-626) moves down the way in 1976.USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com.
Daniel Webster487kA port quarter view of the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine Daniel Webster (SSBN-626) underway on 2 Aug 1985.
Defense Visual Information Center photo # DN-SC-85-09576, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
Daniel Webster390kDaniel Webster (SSBN-626) in dry dock.USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com.
Sam Rayburn28kThe Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635) at NPTU Goosecreek, South Carolina.
She is there with the Daniel Webster (SSBN-626) and they are moored for training in the Cooper River; the Sam Rayburn is up river, with the Webster down river and behind.
Photo courtesy of Lew Kennedy / James K. Polk Veteran's Association.
Sam Rayburn & Daniel Webster21kThe Sam Rayburn (MTS-635) at NPTU Goosecreek, South Carolina, Dec. 2005.
She is there with the Daniel Webster (MTS-626) and they are moored for training in the Cooper River; the Sam Rayburn is up river, with the Webster down river and behind.		Photo courtesy of Lew Kennedy / James K. Polk Veteran's Association.
Daniel Webster1.00kThree tugs crowd the Daniel Webster (MTS-626) as she sailed under tow from Charleston,SC. to a scheduled overhaul in Virgina on 26 Sept.2011.Photos courtesy of Captain Zane Johnston via Manning J. Harvey III.
Daniel Webster787kThe moored training ship Daniel Webster (MTS-626) begins its tow from Norfolk Naval Shipyard to Charleston, S.C. on 21 Aug. 2012 for the final quarter of its 16-month dry docking engineered maintenance availability more than three weeks ahead of schedule as she sailed under tow from Charleston,SC. to a scheduled overhaul in Virgina on 26 Sept.2011.USN photo # N-SY521-001 courtesy of navy.mil. via Ron Reeves.
Photo added 08/25/12.
There is no DANFS History currently available for Daniel Webster (SSBN-626) at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
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