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Tautog (SSN-639)

Sturgeon Class Attack Submarine: Laid down, 27 January 1964, at Ingalls Shipbuilding Co., Pascagoula, MS.; Launched, 15 March 1967; Commissioned, USS Tautog (SSN-639), 17 August 1968; Decommissioned and simultaneously struck from the Naval Register, 31 March 1997; Final Disposition, to be disposed of through NPSSRP (Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. 8 October 2002. Her sail is on permanent display at Seawolf Park, Galveston, TX.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 3,640 t., Submerged: 4,640 t.; Length 292' 3"; Beam 31' 8"; Draft 28' 8"; Speed, Surfaced 15 kts, Submerged 25 kts; Depth limit 1,300'; Complement 108; Armament, four 21" torpedo tubes amidships aft of bow, MK 48 Torpedoes, UUM-44A SUBROC, UGM-84A/C Harpoon, MK 57 deep water mines, MK 60 CAPTOR mines; Combat Sensors, Radar, BPS-14/15 surface search, Sonars, BQQ-5 multi-function bow mounted, BQR-7 passive in submarines with BQQ-2, BQS-12 active 7, TB-16 or TB-23 towed array, EW Systems, WLQ-4(V), WLR-4(V), WLR-9 ; Propulsion System, one S5W nuclear reactor, two steam turbines, one propeller, 15,000 shp.

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
19k	Commemorative postal cover marking the Tautog's (SSN-639) launching at Ingalls Shipbuilding Co., Pascagoula, MS., 15 March 1967.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
645k	A view of the replenishment oiler Roanoke (AOR-7) and the nuclear-powered attack submarine Tautog (SSN-639) tied up side by side 2 Aug 1982 at NAS Alameda California.	Photo # DN-ST-82-10436 by PHAN Kathy Moss, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil, Defense Visual Information Center.
43k	Oil on canvas painting by the artist Jim Christley entitled "Trailing". During the Cold War the US Naval Submarine Force was tasked with keeping tabs on Soviet Naval movements in particular, the Soviet Submarine Force. Submarines of the *Sturgeon Class* were well suited to this task and often trailed Soviet submarines for days reporting on their movements and recording noise signatures. In this image, such a trailing has turned into a close aboard encounter as a Soviet *Viktor III Class* has turned to port to check his baffles (to listen to see if anyone is immediately astern). A trailing *Sturgeon* has stopped his screw and gone quiet. Extending far behind the US submarine is its towed array sonar which assists in giving a clear picture of the ocean’s acoustics	Photo & text courtesy of subart.net.
145k	Submerged submarines in tandem.	U.S. Navy Photo courtesy of Robert Hall.
462k	A bow view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine Tautog (SSN-639) underway off the Virginia Capes on 1 Feb 1991.	Photo # DN-ST-91-05695 by PHAN Kathy Moss, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil, Defense Visual Information Center.
25k	Darter (SS-576) in the foreground about to be sunk as a target by the Tautog (SSN-639), 7 January 1992.	US Navy photo courtesy of diodon349.com.
65k	Tautog (SSN-639), underway off the Hawaiian Islands, date unknown.	US Navy photo courtesy of ComSubGruNine Website.
64k	Undated photo of the Tautog (SSN-639), passing under the Golden Gate bridge.	Official US Navy photo courtesy of Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr.
90k	Undated photo of the Tautog (SSN-639), leaving Pearl Harbor.	US Navy photo courtesy of diodon349.com.
118k	Portside view of the Tautog (SSN-639), underway.	US Navy photo courtesy of ComSubGruNine Website.
33k	Commemorative postal cover marking the completion of scrapping of the Tautog (SSN-639) & Lapon (SSN-661) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. 31 August 2002.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
359k	The aftermath on Seawolf Park [location of Stewart (DE-238) and Cavalla (SS-244)] from Hurricane Ike. The *Stewart* was partially refloated from her dry berth by the storm surge and was left in her current, listing position. It also appears that *Cavalla* was partially refloated out of her dry berth as well (since the waterline is far more exposed than before), and the sail from Tautog (SSN-639) was tipped over.	U.S. Navy photo # N-6575H-603 by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Chris Hoffpauir & submitted by Douglas Brown. Photo added 09/26/08.
26k	Bow on view of Hurricane Ike's visit.	Courtesy of images.chron.com. Photo added 09/26/08.

View the Tautog (SSN-639)
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 Tautog SSN-639
Album for USS Tautog SS 199 & SSN639
FAS--SSN-637 Sturgeon class

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