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Trepang (SSN-674)

Sturgeon Class Attack Submarine: Laid down, 28 October 1967, at the Electric Boat Division, of General Dynamics, Groton, CT.; Launched, 27 September 1969; Commissioned, USS Trepang (SSN-674), 14 August 1970; Decommissioned and simultaneously struck from the Naval Register, 1 June 1999; Final Disposition, disposed of through NPSSRP (Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA., 7 April 2000.

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	Source
309k	The Trepang (SSN-674) sponsored by Mrs. Melvin R. Laird, wife of the Secretary of Defense.	USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. Photo added 12/27/12.
117k	The Trepang (SSN-674) slides down the shipway during her launch at Electric Boat Division, of General Dynamics, Groton, CT., 27 September 1969.	US Navy photo.
82k	Bow on view of the Trepang (SSN-674), possibly during her alpha trials off the Atlantic coast, late 1969.	Official US Navy photo courtesy of Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr.
368k	Ten photo PDF / Welcome Aboard the Trepang (SSN-674).	USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. PDF added 12/27/12.
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.
91k	The crew of the Trepang (SSN-674) decked out in whites.	Official US Navy photo courtesy of Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr.
74k	The Trepang (SSN-674) and the Fulton (AS-11).	Official US Navy photo courtesy of Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr.
69k	Trepang (SSN-674) surfaced above the Arctic circle, 1971.	USN photo courtesy of Arctic Submarine Laboratory.
410k	Five page PDF / COC Trepang (SSN-674) 7 April 1973.	USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. PDF added 12/27/12.
125k	Trepang (SSN-674) passes the Pillar of Hercules; possibly when she deployed to the Mediterranean from June to November 1976, operating with the 6th Fleet.	Official US Navy photo courtesy of Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr. Partial text courtesy of DANFS.
154k	The sail of the nuclear-powered submarine Trepang (SSN-674) protrudes from the ice near Ice Camp Opal, one of three research stations established on the polar ice cap during the Arctic Research and Environmental Acoustic (AREA) program. AREA '85 is a Navy-sponsored expedition to study oceanography, acoustics, geophysics, communications and submarine warfare in the polar environment. Crew members are removing ice from one of the ship's hatches.	USN photo # DN-ST-87-02290 by PH1 David B. Loveall, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
127k	The sail and tail fin of the nuclear-powered submarine Trepang (SSN-674) protrude from the ice after surfacing near Ice Camp Opal, one of three research stations established on the polar ice cap during the Arctic Research and Environmental Acoustic (AREA) program.	USN photo # DN-ST-87-02298 by JOC Kleinenberger, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
377k	Ice is cleared from the hatch of the nuclear-powered submarine Trepang (SSN-674) on 5 Jul 1985.	USN photo # DN-ST-87-02294 by PH1 David B. Loveall, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
127k	Crewmen monitor instruments aboard the nuclear-powered submarine Trepang (SSN-674) while underway under the ice pack during operations in support the Arctic Research and Environmental Acoustic (AREA) program on 5 Jul 1985.	USN photo # DN-ST-87-02303 by JOC Kleinenberger, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
138k	Admiral (ADM) James D. Watkins, chief of naval operations, left, and Vice Admiral (VADM) N.R. Thunman, deputy chief of naval operations, submarine Trepang (SSN-674) while inspecting the Arctic Research and Environmental Acoustic (AREA) program.	USN photo # DN-ST-87-02289 by PH1 David B. Loveall, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
69k	The Orion (AS-18) and two of her charges at La Maddalena Italy, August 1987: Trepang (SSN-674) inboard of the Skipjack (SSN-585).	Photo courtesy of Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr.
43k	Commemorative postal cover issued on the occasion of Trepang's (SSN-674) 20th anniversary commissioning, 14 August 1990.	Photo courtesy of Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr.
67k	Commemorative postal cover issued on the occasion of Trepang's (SSN-674) visit to the Southern hemisphere, 21 September 1996.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
188k	Painting by the artist G. Levey of the Trepang (SSN-674) & Trepang (SS-412) underway.	Courtesy of SSN 674 - USS TREPANG
80k	The Trepang (SSN-674) entering Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery,ME.	Official US Navy photo courtesy of Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr.
65k	The crew's "dining room", the mess decks, from the U.S. Navy nuclear-powered submarine Trepang (SSN-674), is displayed as part of the submarine exhibit which opened 12 April 2000 to the public at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.	U.S. Navy photo by Alan P. Goldstein, Navy Office of Information. The cribbage board and a paperback copy of Anne Rice's 'Queen of the Damned' that appear in the crew's mess were donated by Montgomery Boyle, Formerly ET2(SS) aboard the *Trepang*.
152k	The commode / bathroom (head) from the C.P.O. (Chief Petty Officer) quarters aboard a typical U.S. Navy nuclear-powered submarine (in this case) the Trepang (SSN-674) of the Cold War era is displayed as part of the exhibition which opened 12 April 2000 to the public at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. The commodes and wash sinks are in a separate space from the showers. Two commodes and three sinks in a space six feet by six feet was considered "luxurious" by sailors from diesel powered boats of WWII.	Photo copyrighted by the Smithsonian/NMAH-Transportation. Photo # P5280475 courtesy of Paul F. Johnston, Ph.D. Curator of Maritime History National Museum of American History / Captain Pete Boyne (USN Ret) / Admiral Jerry Holland (USN Ret) & Alice Jonaitis. Text courtesy of Admiral Jerry Holland (USN Ret).
179k	The commode / bathroom (head) from the C.P.O. (Chief Petty Officer) quarters aboard a typical U.S. Navy nuclear-powered submarine, (in this case) the Trepang (SSN-674), of the Cold War era is displayed as part of the exhibition which opened 12 April 2000 to the public at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. The commodes and wash sinks are in a separate space from the showers. Two commodes and three sinks in a space six feet by six feet was considered "luxurious" by sailors from diesel powered boats of WWII.	Photo copyrighted by the Smithsonian/NMAH-Transportation. Photo # P6020109 courtesy of Paul F. Johnston, Ph.D. Curator of Maritime History National Museum of American History /Captain Pete Boyne (USN Ret) / Admiral Jerry Holland (USN Ret) & Alice Jonaitis. Text courtesy of Admiral Jerry Holland (USN Ret).

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