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Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN-658)
Sea Trials - Commissioning

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Benjamin Franklin Class Ballistic Missile Submarine: Laid down, 7 July 1964 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA.; Launched, 23 October 1965; Commissioned, USS Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN 658), 16 December 1966; Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 9 March 1995; Disposed of through the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program, 22 December 1995 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
116k	Forward port quarter view of Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN-658) departing San Francisco Bay on 15 May 1966 on her builders trials.	U.S. Navy photo # 051566-01, courtesy of Darryl Baker. Photo added 09/16/07.
125k	Bow on view of Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN-658) departing San Francisco Bay on 15 May 1966 on her builders trials with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background.	U.S. Navy photo # 051566-03, courtesy of Darryl Baker. Photo added 09/16/07.
126k	Forward starboard quarter view of Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN-658) departing San Francisco Bay on 15 May 1966 on her builders trials with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background.	U.S. Navy photo # 051566-02, courtesy of Darryl Baker. Photo added 09/16/07.
107k	Newspaper clipping from the 16 Sep 1966 edition of the Vallejo Times-Herald showing the Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN-658) in dry dock #3 at Mare Island sometime between 27 Aug and 15 Sep 1966.	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
70k	A clipping from the 18 Nov 1966 edition of the shipyard newspaper showing the Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN-658) at the outfitting dock.	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
65k	Newspaper clipping from the 17 Dec 1966 edition of the Vallejo Times-Herald showing the crowd at the commissioning of Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN-658) at Mare Island on 16 Dec 1966.	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
58k	First day cover for the commissioning of the Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN-658), 16 December 1966.	Courtesy of Darryl Baker.
89k	A clipping from the 23 Dec 1966 editon of the shipyard newspaper covering the commissioning of the Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN-658) .	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
83k	Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN-658) off Mare Island sometime in December 1966.	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
99k	Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN-658) departs Mare Island sometime in December 1966.	U.S. Navy photo # 75579-12-65, courtesy of Darryl Baker.
69k	Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN-658) off the California coast sometime in December 1966.	U.S. Navy photo # 75594-12-65, courtesy of Darryl Baker.
109k	The nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN-658) possibly sometime after her commissioning.	US Navy photo courtesy of Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr.