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Von Steuben (SSBN 632)


Lafayette Class Ballistic Missile Submarine: Laid down, 4 September 1962, at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA.; Launched, 18 October 1963; Commissioned, USS Von Steuben (SSBN 632), 30 September 1964; Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 26 February 1994; Disposed of through the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program, 1 November 2001 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 missile tubes, four 21" torpedo tubes; Propulsion, S5W Pressurized Water Nuclear Reactor, two geared turbines at 15,000 shp, one propeller.
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Von Steuben 73kBaron Frederick Wilhelm von Steuben. Copy of painting by Ralph Earl. (George Washington Bicentennial Commission).
NARA FILE #: 148-GW-76A. USN photo # HD-SN-99-01718, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
Von Steuben 102kCommemorative post card marking the launching of the Von Steuben (SSN-632), at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA., 18 October 1963.
Photo courtesy of Richard Leonhardt.
Von Steuben 69kThe Von Steuben (SSN-632) on her shakedown cruise off the Virginia coast, taken September 15, 1964.
USN photo.
Von Steuben 267kVon Steuben (SSN-632), taken September 1964, on her shakedown cruise off the Virginia coast.Official U.S. Navy Photograph, # USN 1106820. Photo courtesy of David Buell. Photo added 07/07/07.
Von Steuben 125kThe Von Steuben (SSN-632) on her shakedown cruise off the Virginia coast, 1964.
Official US Navy photo courtesy of Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr.
Von Steuben 17kCommemorative post card marking the commissioning of the Von Steuben (SSN-632), 30 September 1964.
Photo courtesy of Richard Leonhardt.
Von Steuben 97kCommemorative post card marking the commissioning of the Von Steuben (SSN-632), 30 September 1964.
Photo courtesy of Richard Leonhardt.
Von Steuben 33kCommemorative post card marking the firing of a Poseidon missle by the Von Steuben (SSN-632), on 16 March 1970.
Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
Von Steuben 112kVon Steuben (SSN-632), as "JAWS" in dry dock during the first non-CONUS, non-refueling, overhaul in Holy Loch Scotland, circa 1970's.
Photo courtesy of Walt Specht / USS Von Steuben SSBN-632 web page.
Von Steuben 341kAn aerial starboard quarter view of the Lafayette class nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine Von Steuben (SSN-632), underway, 6 Jul 1976.
USN photo # DN-SN-85-04125, by Kenneth Litwiller, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
Von Steuben 227kAerial port bow view of the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine Von Steuben (SSN-632) at sea on 6 Jul 1976.
USN photo # DN-SN-85-04126 by Kenneth Litwiller, courtesy of John Hummel, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
Von Steuben 304kA starboard quarter view of the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine Von Steuben (SSN-632) moored near the Soviet transport ship Maxim Gorky, 6 Feb 1984.
USN photo # DN-SC-85-06282, by Carlos C. Campbell, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
Von Steuben 599kAn aerial starboard bow view of the nuclear-propelled strategic missile submarine Von Steuben (SSN-632) underway, 15 May 1985.
USN photo # DN-SC-86-00447, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.

View the Von Steuben (SSBN 632)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS Von Steuben SSBN-632
FAS - SSBN-616 Lafayette Class FBM Submarines


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