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Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657)
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 | 140k | Francis Scott Key (1 August 1779 – 11 January 1843) was an American lawyer, author, and amateur poet, from Georgetown, who wrote the words to the United States national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner". | Photo from the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540, courtesy of Bill Gonyo. Photo added 02/02/08. | |
 | 85k | An aerial view of historic Fort McHenry guarding the Baltimore harbor entrance. It was here, in August 1814, that Francis Scott Key wrote the National Anthem at dawn's early light after he had watched British naval forces bombard the fort all night long without forcing its surrender. The American defends unfurled a large American flag and the British Admiral in charge gave up and sailed home. | USN photo # DN-SC-95-00566, by Don S. Montgomery & Marty Goppert, Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 89k | With an escort of seagulls, the Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657) is waterborne at the end of the launching ways at the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp., Groton, CT., 23 April 1965. | USN photo. | |
 | 97k | Commemorative postal cover marking the Francis Scott Key's (SSBN-657) launching, 23 April 1965. | Courtesy of Jack Treutle. | |
 | 33k | The Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657) making a hard turn to port, possibly during her sea trials off the Atlantic coast before December 1966. | Courtesy of 657webpage. | |
 | 37k | Starboard side view of the Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657), possibly during her sea trials off the Atlantic coast before December 1966. | Courtesy of 657webpage. | |
 | 33k | Commemorative postal cover marking the Francis Scott Key's (SSBN-657) commissioning on 3 December 1966. | Courtesy of petloveshack.com. | |
 | 47k | The Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657) underway at Charleston, SC. The bridges in the background are the Pearman and Grace Bridges spanning the Copper River. Both are undergoing demolition at this point in time, (11 - 05). | Photo courtesy of 657webpage. Photo i.d. courtesy of Wayne Fritz. | |
 | 254k | A view of the fifth launch of a Trident I (C-4) fleet ballistic missile (FBM) from the submerged nuclear-powered strategic ballistic missile submarine Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657) on 22 Jul 1979.
| USN photo photo # DN-SC-82-04224, Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. & submitted by Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 178k | A Trident I C-4 missile is lowered into a missile cell aboard the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657) at Kings Bay, GA., on 2 Oct 1981. | USN photo # DN-SC-82-00003, Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 302k | A montage of seven views showing parts of the launching of a Trident I C-4 missile from the submerged nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657) and the Trident's re-entry bodies as they plunge into the earth's atmosphere and then into the Atlantic Ocean. | USN photo # DN-SC-82-00005, Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 117k | Flag adorned Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657).
| USN photo courtesy of pelicanharborsubvets.com. | |
 | 805k | Crewmen load supplies aboard the Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657) prior to departure to participate in Exercise Ocean Venture '81. | USN photo # DN-ST-82-04857, by JO1 LON Cabot, Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 586k | Two large harbor tugs, including Okmulgee (YTB-765), front, maneuver the Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657) into docking position at Kings Bay, Georgia, 1 Sep 1981. | USN photo # DN-ST-82-04863, by JO1 LON Cabot, Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 602k | The large harbor tug Okmulgee (YTB-765) maneuvers the Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657) into docking position at Kings Bay, Georgia, 1 Sep 1981. | USN photo # DN-ST-82-04859, by JO1 LON Cabot, Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 429k | A starboard quarter view of the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657) taking on Trident C-4 missiles from the fleet ballistic missile submarine tender Simon Lake (AS-33). The Simon Lake's cranes are transferring the missiles on 2 Oct 1981.
| USN photo photo # DN-SC-82-00002, Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. & submitted by Bill Gonyo. | |
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Crewmen man the rails aboard the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657) and the submarine tender Canopus (AS-34) as the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine Tennessee (SSN-734) arrives at its new home port for the first time at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia, 15 Jan 1989.
| USN photo photo # DN-ST-90-03737 by JOSN Oscar Sosa, Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
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Sailors manning the rails aboard the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657) and the submarine tender Canopus (AS-34) watch as the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine Tennessee (SSN-734) arrives at its new home port for the first time at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia, 15 Jan 1989.
| USN photo photo # DN-ST-90-03738 by JOSN Oscar Sosa, Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 108k | Undated montage of photos of the Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657). | Official US Navy photo courtesy of Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr. | |
 | 129k | Forward torpedo room aboard the Benjamin Franklin Class Ballistic Missile Submarine Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657). | Photo from ssbn657.com, courtesy of Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 80k | Forward torpedo room aboard the Benjamin Franklin Class Ballistic Missile Submarine Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657). | Photo from ssbn657.com, courtesy of Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 83k | Trench 94, Hanford Site, Washington, 1994. Hull sections containing defueled reactor compartments of decommissioned nuclear-powered submarines are put in disposal trenches. Once full, the trench will be filled with dirt and buried. The compartments are expected to retain their integrity for more than 600 years. | USN photo & partial text courtesy of home.flash.net/~tomj/tunny/chop/rx. & submitted by Jack Treutle. | |
 | 569k | Sealed reactor compartments are shipped by barge out of Puget Sound Naval Base down the coast and along the Columbia River to the port of Benton. There the radioactively-contaminated hull sections are transferred to special multiwheeled high-load trailers for transport to the Hanford Reservation in Washington State. Pictured below is the burial ground for spent fuel of the following 77 nuclear reactor submarines as of March 2003: Patrick Henry (SSBN-599), Snook (SSN-592), George Washington (SSBN-598), Scamp (SSN-588), Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601), Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618), Theodore Roosevelt (SSBN-600), Dace (SSN-607), John Adams (SSBN-620), Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602), Barb (SSN-596), Ethan Allen (SSBN-608), Thomas A. Edison (SSBN-610), Pollack (SSN-603), Glenard P. Lipscomb (SSN-685), James Monroe (SSBN-622), Skipjack (SS-585), Nathan Hale (SSBN-623), Plunger (SSN-595), Shark (SSN-591), Lafayette (SSBN-616), Sam Houston (SSBN-609), Jack (SSN-605), Haddo (SSN-604), Tinosa (SSN-606), Guardfish (SSN-612), Permit (SSN-594), Queenfish (SSN-651), Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN-631), John Marshall (SSBN-611), George C. Marshall (SSBN-654), Flasher (SSN-613), Guitarro (SSN-665), Alexander Hamilton (SSBN-617), George Washington Carver (SSBN-656), Tecumseh (SSBN-628), Halibut (SSGN-587), Will Rogers (SSBN-659), Henry L. Stimson (SSBN-655), Daniel Boone (SSBN-629), Greenling (SSN-614), John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630), Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633), Skate (SSN-578), Sargo (SSN-583), Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657), Sturgeon (SSN-637), Benjamin Franklin (SSBN-640), Swordfish (SSN-579), Seadragon (SSN-584), Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634), Simon Bolivar (SSBN-641), Hammerhead (SSN-663), Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN-658) , Tullibee (SSN-597), Lewis & Clark (SSBN-644), Pargo (SSN-650), Seahorse (SSN-669), Gurnard (SSN-662), Flying Fish (SSN-673), Gato (SSN-615), Puffer (SSN-652), Seawolf (SSN-575), Baton Rouge (SSN-689), Bergall (SSN-667), Whale (SSN-638), Henry Clay (SSBN-625), James Madison (SSBN-627), Finback (SSN-670), Spadefish (SSN-668), Sunfish (SSN-649), George Bancroft (SSBN-643), Grayling (SSN-646), Pintado (SSN-672), Tunny (SSN-682), Archerfish (SSN-678), & Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624). | USN photo & partial text courtesy of home.flash.net/~tomj/tunny/chop/rx. & submitted by Jack Treutle. | |
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