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Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635)

Lafayette Class Ballistic Missile Submarine: Laid down, 3 December 1962, at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA.; Launched, 20 December 1963; Commissioned, USS Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635), 2 December 1964; Decommissioned, 31 July 1989 and retained as a Moored Training Ship; Struck from the Naval Register, 28 August 1989; Awaiting disposal through the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program 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.

Size	Image Description	Source
24k	Commemorative postal cover issued on the occasion of the keel laying of the Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635), 3 December 1962, at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
92k	The officers & crew of the Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635) salute the national ensign as she starts making her way down the launching ramp 20 December 1963, at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA.	U.S. Navy Photograph courtesy of pelicanharborsubvets.com & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
94k	Commemorative postal cover issued on the occasion of the launching of the Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635), 20 December 1963, at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
124k	Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635) makes her way off the Atlantic coast, probably during her Alpha sea trilas.	Official US Navy photo courtesy of Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr.
103k	Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635) prepares to moor alongside a submarine tender at Holy Loch, Scotland.	USN photo from The American Submarine, by Norman Polmar, submitted by Robert Hurst. Photo added 05/07/08.
66k	Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635) with her eight starboard Polaris missle tubes open with the usual request for the Army-Navy football game where Army gets nuked.	USN photo.
14k	Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635) with Polaris missle tubes open for inspection, date and location unknown.	Courtesy of Nova/PBS.
834k	A starboard bow view of the nuclear-powered strategic missle submarine Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635) being dismantled prior to decommissioning, circa 31 July 1989.	Defense Visual Information Center photo # DN-SN-86-00575, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
28k	The 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 / USS James K. Polk Veteran's Association.
21k	The Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635) at NPTU Goosecreek, South Carolina, Dec. 2005. 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 / USS James K. Polk Veteran's Association.

View the Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635)
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
Welcome Aboard the USS Sam Rayburn (SSBN 635)
SSBN 635 Sam Rayburn
FAS - SSBN-616 Lafayette Class FBM Submarines

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