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Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634)
Keel Laying - Launching

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Commissioning
Active Service - Final Disposition

Lafayette Class Ballistic Missile Submarine: Laid down, 4 July 1962, at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA.; Launched, 30 November 1963; Commissioned, USS Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634), 26 August 1964; Decommissioned, and simultaneously struck from the Naval Register, 8 February 1995; Final Disposition, disposed of through NPSSRP (Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program), 13 October 1995, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.

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.

Size	Image Description	Source
127k	Keel laying ceremony for Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634) at Mare Island on 4 July 1962. From left to right: RADM Edward J. Fahy (shipyard commander) is on the speakers stand, the following are not completely visible; D. L. Hughes, E. S. Tilley, and P. F. Minasian, E. S. Harvego (mid photo), LT R. M. Flaherty (ship superintendent) and CDR Charles A. Swift, Jr. (CHC).	US Navy photo # 55529-7-62, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
92k	Keel laying plaque on the keel of Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634) at Mare Island on 4 July 1962.	US Navy photo # 55532-7-62, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
127k	Page 1 of 5 of the Launching Program of the Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634) at Mare Island on 30 November 1963. The black ribbon is in memory of the late President John F. Kennedy.	US Navy photo # 55532-7-62, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
176k	Page 2 & 3 of the 5 page Launching Program of the Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634) at Mare Island on 30 November 1963.	US Navy photo # 55532-7-62, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
135k	Page 2 & 3 of the 5 page Launching Program of the Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634) at Mare Island on 30 November 1963.	US Navy photo # 55532-7-62, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
55k	Portrait of Miss Julia McAffee, great granddaughter of General Stonewall Jackson and the Sponsor of the launching of the Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634).	US Navy photo # 60523-10-63, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. Photo added 07/06/07.
294k	Miss Julia McAffee, great granddaughter of General Stonewall Jackson and the Sponsor of the launching of the Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634). Photo dated 30 Nov 1963.	US Navy photo # 61245 courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
133k	Miss Julia McAffee, ship Sponsor, christens the Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634) at Mare Island on 30 November 1963. RADM Edward J. Fahy, shipyard commander, is to the left of Miss McAffee.	US Navy photo # 61233-11-63, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. Photo added 07/06/07.
293k	Christening ceremony of the Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634) at Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 30 Nov 1963.	US Navy photo # 61272 courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
191k	Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634) at the end of the ways during lauching at Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 30 Nov 1963.	US Navy photo # 61246 courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
137k	Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634) launch, 30 November 1963, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA.	US Navy photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
191k	Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634) entering dry dock 3 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard to drop launch cradle after launching on 30 Nov 1963.	US Navy photo # 61277 courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
92k	Commemorative post mark honoring the Stonewall Jackson's (SSBN-634) launch, 30 November 1963, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
116k	View of the Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634) at her outfitting berth at Mare Island in May 1964.	US Navy photo # 63346-64, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. Photo added 07/06/07.
104k	Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634) shows water slug from missile tube at Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 17 May 1964.	US Navy photo # 63317 courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
143k	Forward port quarter view of Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634) departing Mare Island for trials in June 1964.	US Navy photo # 110373-6-64, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. Photo added 07/06/07.
143k	Official visitors boarding the Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634) at Mare Island in July 1964 while she was in the yard's dry dock #3. From left to right RADM Edward J. Fahy, shipyard commander, Governor Brown of California, Mrs. Fahy, VADM Hyman G. Rickover and CDR John H. Nicholson (PCO). The mast has been censored out of the photo.	US Navy photo # 64119-64, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. Photo added 07/06/07.
82k	Portrait of General Stonewall Jackson.	US Navy photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. Photo added 07/06/07.
44k	Photo of the replica of Stonewall Jackson's sword presented to the Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634) by the United Daughters of the Confederacy.	US Navy photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. Photo added 07/06/07.